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LERIDA - LoveToKnow Article on LERIDA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | In character, and especially in their industry, intelligence and keen local patriotism, the inhabitants of Lrida are typical Catalans. |
 | | LERIDA, the capital of the Spanish province of Lrida, on the river Segre and the Barcelona-Saragossa and Lrida-Tarragona railways. |
 | | The older parts of the city, on the right bank of the river, are a maze of narrow and crooked streets, surrounded by ruined walls and a moat, and commanded by the ancient citadel, which stands on a height overlooking the plains of Noguera on the north and of Urgel on the south. |
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