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CARDONA

Volume 3 · 70 words · 1778 Edition

a handsome town of Spain, in Catalonia, with a strong castle, and the title of a duchy. Near it is an inexhaustible mountain of salt of several colours, as red, white, carnation, and green: but when washed, it becomes white. There are also vineyards which produce excellent wine, and very lofty pine-trees. It is seated on an eminence, near the river Cardenero. E. Long. 1. 26. N. Lat. 41. 42.