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CASTELLON DE LA PLANA

Volume 6 · 109 words · 1860 Edition

a town of Valencia, Spain, about 4 miles from the sea, and 40 miles N.N.E. of Valencia. N. Lat. 39° 57'; W. Long. 0° 4'. It derives its name from an extensive plain in which it is situated, and which is watered artificially by an aqueduct brought for the most part through solid rock from the Mijares, a stream about 5 miles distant. It is walled, and contains several excellent churches, in which there are paintings by Ribalta a native artist. The climate is mild and salubrious, and the soil fertile. There are no manufactures of any consequence, but it possesses a brisk local trade. Pop. estimated at 16,000.