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It lias befiJfS two ancient towers, and two churches ; 1 1 

 miles E. of Turin. 



Villa Nova de Barcarota, a town of Spain, in Eftre- 

 madura ; 27 miles S. of Badajos. 



Villa hlova da Cervera, a town of Portugal, on the S. 

 fide of the Minho, near its mouth, in the province of Er.tre 

 Duero e Minho; 27 miles N.N.W. of Braga. N. ht. 

 41° 55'. W. long. 8° 27'. 



Villa No-ua de Flcalbo, a town of Portugal, in Alentejo, 

 on the confines of Spain; 24 miles S.E. of Bcja. 



Villa Nova de Friffoa, a town of Portugal, in the pro- 

 vince of Beira ; 12 miles S.E. of St. Joao da Pefqucira. 



Villa Nova de Me^a, a town of Spain, in Catalonia; 13 

 miles N.N.E. of Balaguer. 



Villa Nova de Milfonles, a town of Portugal, in 

 Alentejo ; 1 1 miles S. of Sines. 



Villa Nova de Moncarros, a town of Portugal, in the 

 province of Beira; 16 miles W. of Montemor o Velho. 



Villa Nova de Portlmao, a fea-port town on the S. coaft 

 of Portugal, and province of Algarve. It is a fortified 

 town, bi.ilt in the year 1463, and contains about 500 moftly 

 fmall and poor houfes, furroundcd by a'high wall, beyond 

 which is a fmall luburb, and is garrifoned by two com- 

 panies. The river of Villanova flows clofc to the walls, is 

 here confiderably broad (next to the Guadiana, which is the 

 largeftin Algarvia), and difcharges itfelf half a league from 

 thence between high downs into the fea. The bar is dan- 

 gerous, and the fand-banks (hifting, fo that the harbour 

 cannot be very important ; 9 miles E.N.E. of Lagos. N. 

 lat. 37° 5'. W. long. 8° 28'. 



Villa Nova de Porta, a town of Portugal, in the pro- 

 ▼ince of Entre Duero e Minho, on the left fide of the 

 Duero, oppofite Oporto, built in the year 1255, and con- 

 taining about 3000 inhabitants. 



VtLLA A^ova del Principe, a town of Brafil, in the jurif- 

 diftion of Bahia. N. lat. 17° 10'. W. long. 42° 34'. 



Villa Nova del Rio, a town of Spain, in the province of 

 Seville, near the Guadalquivir ; 1 8 miles N.N.E. of Seville. 



Villa Nueva, a town of Spain, in Catalonia, on the coafl 

 of the Mediterranean. It has no harbour, but a good road ; 

 24 miles W. of Barcelona. — Alio, a town of Spain, in 

 Ailiu-ia ; 43 miles W. of Oviedo. 



Villa Nueva de Gallego, a town of Spain, in Aragon, 

 on the Gallego ; 6 miles from Saragoffa. 



Villa Nueva de Jaro, a town of Spain, in the province 

 of Cordova; 27 miles N.N.E. of Cordova. 



Villa Nueva dehs Infantes, a town of Spain, in Galicia; 

 12 miles S. of Orenfe. 



Villa Nueva de la Serena, a town of Spain, in Eftre- 

 madura ; 63 miles N. of Seville. 



Villa Nuova, a town of Iflria ; 9 miles E.S.E. of 

 Umago. — Alfo, a town of the ifland of Sardinia ; 10 miles 



S. of Algeri Alfo, a town of Italy, in the department of 



the Upper Po; 18 miles E. of Cremona. — Alfo, a town of 

 the Popedom, in the marquifate of Ancona, on the coaft of 

 the Adriatic ; 10 miles E. of Macerata. 



Villa Obleda, a town of Spain, in New Caftile ; 28 

 miles N. of Alcaraz. 



Villa Ombrofa, a town of Etruria ; 14 miles E. of 

 Florence. 



Villa d^l Ovo, a town of Brafil, in the jurifdiflion of 

 Matto Groflb. 



Villa do Ponte Trabpa, a town of Portugal, in the pro- 

 vince of Beira ; 18 miles N.E. of Vifeu. 



Villa del Principe, a town of the ifland of Cuba ; 145 

 miles N.W. of St. Jago. N. lat. 21° 17'. W. long. 

 77^^ 45'- 



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Villa do Principe, a town of Brafil, in the government 

 of Minas Geraes ; 360 miles N. of Rio Janeiro, This 

 town is fituated on the declivity of a lofty hill, the bafe of 

 which is walhed by a rivulet called Corvinha de quatro 

 Vergtems. It was eftabliflied as a comarco, or diftrift, in the 

 year 1730, when the gold-wafhings were moil produftive ; 

 though it dates its origin about fif\;een years earlier, when the 

 place was dilcovercd by the Panhfts, at the commencement 

 of their migr.:tion from Villa Rica and the adjacent fettle- 

 ments. At prefent the town contains about 5000 in- 

 habitants, moft of whom are (hop-keepers, and the reft 

 artifans, farmers, miners, and laborers. As this town is 

 fituated very near the confines of the Diamond diftrift, and 

 on the high road leading to it, the pafTage of all perfons 

 thither is uibjeft to the ftrifteft regulations. The country 

 round is veiy fine and open, being free from thofe impene- 

 trable woods, which occur fo frequently in other parts of 

 the province. Its foil is in general very produftive, and 

 the climate mild and falubrious. N. lat. 1 7° 6'. W. long. 

 42°44'. 



Villa Real, a town of Portugal, in the province of 

 Algarve, built by Pombal, four leagues from Tavira. It 

 is fituated at the mouth of the Guadiana, which is here a 

 broad and fine ftream. It is built with perfedl regularity, 

 the llreets in which are the handfomeft houfes being fituated 

 on the bank of the river, and the fmaller houfes at a greater 

 diftancc. The pavement is good, and in the middle of the 

 town is a handfome Tquare, in which the town-houfe ftands. 

 But it is in a lamentable degree deftitute of inhabitants, and 

 without a company of foldiers, the place would be quite 

 empty. Poverty every where appears, the adjacent country 

 being very fandy, and the foil in many places confifting 

 entirely of quickfand : the downs are planted with fig-trees. 

 The entrance of the harbour is broad but not very deep. 

 The town derives all its fupplics, even of bread, from 

 Ayamonte, the deftruftion of which was aimed at by the 

 founder of this town. — Alfo, a town of Portugal, in the 

 province of Tra los Montes, containing two churches, two 

 hofpitals, three convents, and about 2400 inhabitants ; 9 

 miles N. of Lamego. — Alfo, a town of Spain, in the pro- 

 vince of V^alencia ; 20 miles E. of Segorbe. — Alfo, a town 

 of Spain, in Guipufcoa ; 6 miles S.S.W. of Placentia. 



Villa Real de Conceigao, a town of Brafil, in the govern- 

 ment of Minaes Geraes ; 40 miles N.W. of Villa Rica. 



Villa del Rey, a town of Spain, in Eftrcmadura, on the 

 borders of Portugal, taken by the allies in the year 1706 ; 

 1 2 miles N. of Badajoz. — Alfo, a town of Spain, in Galicia ; 

 22 miles S.E. of Orenfe. 



Villa dela Reyna, a town of Spain, in Eftremadura; 12 

 miles E. of Llerena. 



Villa Rica, a town of Brafil, and capital of the 

 jurifdiftion of Minaes Geraes; 150 miles N. of Rio 

 Janeiro. S. lat. 20° 25'. W. long, 44° 36'. The town 

 ftands on a fteep and lofty eminence, connefted with 

 others forming an immenfe chain, of which it is one of the 

 higheft. Moft of the ftreets, irregular and badly paved, 

 range in fteeps from the bafe to the fummit, and are crofted 

 by others which lead up the acclivity ; but its environs 

 exhibit few traces of cultivation. This town has been 

 denominated the rich village ; it is the capital of the pro- 

 vince and the feat of its government, and has for many 

 years been reputed the richeft in Brafil, as it was the 

 depofitory of all the gold found in the extenfive furround- 

 ing diftrift. This town is admirably fupphed with water, 

 which is condufted in a very convenient manner into almoft 

 every houfe ; and in the ftreets are many fountains tliat are 

 well conftruAed. One ciftern contains water having a 



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