Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Ilhavo

ILHAVO, a town of Portugal, province of Beira and district of Alveiro, is situated on the Atlantic Ocean, 8 miles south-west of Alveiro and 34 north-west of Coimbra. It is inhabited chiefly by fishermen, but has a celebrated manufactory of glass and porcelain, the Vista-Alegre, at which the art of glass-cutting has reached a high degree of perfection. Salt is largely exported. The population is about 6000.