1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
TORRES VEDRAS, a town of Portugal, in the district of Lisbon, 43 m. N. by W. of Lisbon, on the Lisbon-Figueira da Foz railway. Pop. (1900), 6900. Torres Vedras is built on the left bank of the river Sizandro; it has a Moorish citadel and hot sulphur baths. Roman inscriptions and other remains have been found here, but the Latin name of the town, Turres Veleres, is probably medieval. Here were the noted fortifications known as the " lines of Torres Vedras," constructed by Wellington in 1810 (see PENINSULAR WAR). Her…
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