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ALICANTE , the See also:

capital of the See also:Spanish See also:province described above, and one of the See also:principal seaports of the-See also:country. Pop. (1900) 50,142. It is situated in 38° 21' N. and o° 26' W., on the See also:Bay of Alicante, an inlet of the Mediterranean See also:Sea. It is the termini of See also:railways from See also:Madrid and See also:Murcia. From its See also:harbour, the See also:town presents a striking picture. Along the See also:shore extends the Pasco de los Martires, a See also:double See also:avenue of palms; behind this, the See also:white See also:flat-roofed houses rise in the See also:form of a See also:crescent towards the See also:low hills which surround the See also:city, and terminate, on the right, in a See also:bare See also:rock, 400 ft. high, surmounted by an See also:ancient citadel. Its dry and equable See also:climate renders Alicante a popular See also:health-resort. The city is an episcopal see, and contains a See also:modern See also:cathedral. The bay affords See also:good anchorage, but only small vessels can come up to the two moles. The harbour is fortified, and there is a small lighthouse on the eastern See also:mole; important See also:engineering See also:works, subsidized by the See also:state, were undertaken in 1902 to provide better accomodation. In the same See also:year 1737 vessels of 939,789 tons entered the See also:port.

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trade of Alicante consists chiefly in the manufacture of See also:cotton, See also:linen and woollen goods, cigars and See also:confectionery; the importation of See also:coal, See also:iron, machinery, See also:manures, See also:timber, See also:oak staves and See also:fish; and the exportation of See also:lead, See also:fruit, See also:farm produce and red wines, which are sent to See also:France for blending with better vintages. See also:Fine See also:marble is procured in the See also:island of Plana near the See also:coast. Alicante was the See also:Roman Lucentum; but, despite its antiquity, it has few Roman or Moorish remains. In 718, it was occupied by the See also:Moors, who were only expelled in 1304, and made an unsuccessful See also:attempt to recapture the city in 1331. Alicante was besieged by the See also:French in 1709, and by the Federalists of See also:Cartagena in 1873. For an See also:account of the events which led up to these two sieges, see See also:SPAIN. For further details of the See also:local See also:history, see J. Pastor de la Roca, Historia See also:general de la See also:ciudad y See also:castillo de Alicante, &c. (Alicante, 1854); and the Ensayo biogrdfico bibliogrdfico de escritores de Alicante y de su provincia, by M. R. See also:Garcia and A. Montero y See also:Perez (Alicante, 1890).

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