Setu'bal (called by the English ST UBES), a seaport of Portugal, stands on the north side of the Bay of Setubal, 17 miles by rail SE. of Lisbon. The harbour is protected by five forts. The town owes its importance chiefly to its trade in wine, sea-salt, and oranges, though fishing is carried on with considerable activity. Setubal is the old Roman Cetobriga. In 1755 it suffered severely from the earthquake that devastated Lisbon. Pop. 14,798. Pilgrimages are made to the monastery of Arrabida, with its neighbouring stalactite cave. The poet Bocage (see PORTUGAL, p. 341) was born at Setubal.
Sevastopol. See SEBASTOPOL.Setu'bal
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 331–332
Source scan(s): p. 0344, p. 0345