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Zamora

a very ancient town of Spain; capital of the province of the same name; on the Douro, 150 miles N.

W. of Madrid. It is the see of a bishop ZANGWILL suffragan of Santiago. Zamora was of great importance in the Moorish times, was strongly fortified, and has many interesting remains of medieval archi tecture. The cathedral is a late Romanesque edifice. There are some linen and woolen manufactures. It has never re covered from the devastations of the French (1808-1809).

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