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The whole country in the neighbourhood of Pontevedra is inconceivably delicious, abounding with fruits of every description, especially grapes, which in the proper season are seen hanging from the "parras" in luscious luxuriance.

The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula George Henry Borrow 1842

Nothing green save the fruits, especially the grapes, huge clusters of which were depending from the "parras"; for the locust touches not the fruit whilst a single leaf remains to be devoured.

The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula George Henry Borrow 1842

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In 1549, the Spanish priests and soldiers who explored this region discovered native vines growing in a valley and chose the spot to found the Mission of Santa María de Las Parras (Holy Mary of the Vines; parras = vines).

Did You Know? Oldest winery in the Americas is in Parras de la Fuente, Mexico 2008

In 1549, the Spanish priests and soldiers who explored this region discovered native vines growing in a valley and chose the spot to found the Mission of Santa María de Las Parras (Holy Mary of the Vines; parras = vines).

Did You Know? Oldest winery in the Americas is in Parras de la Fuente, Mexico 2008

Espacio, comúnmente redondo, que suele haber en los jardines, cercado y vestido de plantas trepadoras, parras o árboles.

derivation of "glorieta" 2007

Espacio, comúnmente redondo, que suele haber en los jardines, cercado y vestido de plantas trepadoras, parras o árboles.

derivation of "glorieta" 2007

Vines, supported on parras, were growing, if possible, in still greater abundance than in the neighbourhood of Pontevedra.

The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula George Henry Borrow 1842

I should have starved if I had not sometimes plucked an ear or two out of the maize fields; I likewise gathered grapes from the parras and berries from the brambles, and in this manner I subsisted till I arrived at the bellotas, where I slaughtered a stray kid which I met, and devoured part of the flesh raw, so great was my hunger.

The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula George Henry Borrow 1842

Vines, supported on parras, were growing, if possible, in still greater abundance than in the neighbourhood of Pontevedra.

The Bible in Spain 1712