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BRESTE

Volume 4 · 90 words · 1823 Edition

the palatinate of, is one of the provinces of Cujava, in Poland. It lies between the palatinates of Ploesko, Raya, and Lencici Wiadislaw. It is divid-

or Bressici, the capital of the palatinate of Bressici, and of Polesia in Poland, seated on the river Bug, 80 miles east of Warsaw, and subject to Poland. It is a fortified town, and has a castle built upon a rock. Here is a famous synagogue, resorted to by the Jews from all the countries in Europe. E. Long. 24°. N. Lat. 41°. 35'.