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VILLANUEVA Y GELTRU

This article appears in Volume V28, Page 75 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: VAN-VIR
VILLANUEVA Y GELTRU , a seaport of north-eastern Spain, in the province of
Barcelona
 ; on the
Barcelona
 -
Tarragona
  section of the
coast
  railway. Pop. (1900) 11,85o. Villanueva is a busy modern town, with manufactures of
cotton
 , woollen and linen goods, and of
paper
 . It has also iron foundries and an important agricultural
trade
 . The harbour affords safe and deep anchorage; it is a lifeboat station and the head-quarters of a large fishing
fleet
 . The
coasting
 
trade
  is also considerable. Villanueva has a museum, founded by the Catalan poet, historian and diplomat, Vittorio Balaguer (1824-1901), which contains collections of Roman, Egyptian and prehistoric antiquities, besides paintings, engravings, sculptures, coins and a large library, including many valuable MSS.


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