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ALICANTE , the capital of theSee also: Spanish province described above, and one of the See also: principal seaports of the-country
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Pop
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(1900) 50,142
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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
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It is the termini of See also: railways from See also: Madrid and See also: Murcia
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From its harbour, the See also: town presents a striking picture
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Along the See also: shore extends the Pasco de los Martires, a See also: double avenue of palms; behind this, the See also: white flat-roofed houses rise in the
See also: form of a See also: crescent towards the low hills which surround the city, and terminate, on the right, in a See also: bare See also: rock, 400 ft. high, surmounted by an See also: ancient citadel
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Its dry and equable See also: climate renders Alicante a popular See also: health-resort
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The city is an episcopal see, and contains a See also: modern See also: cathedral
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The bay affords See also: good anchorage, but only small vessels can come up to the two moles
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The harbour is fortified, and there is a small lighthouse on the eastern mole; important See also: engineering See also: works, subsidized by the See also: state, were undertaken in 1902 to provide better accomodation
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In the same See also: year 1737 vessels of 939,789 tons entered the See also: port
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The See also: trade of Alicante consists chiefly in the manufacture of See also: cotton, See also: linen and woollen goods, cigars and confectionery; the importation of See also: coal, iron, machinery, See also: manures, See also: timber, See also: oak staves and See also: fish; and the exportation of See also: lead, fruit, See also: farm produce and red wines, which are sent to See also: France for blending with better vintages
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See also: Fine marble is procured in the See also: island of Plana near the See also: coast
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Alicante was the See also: Roman Lucentum; but, despite its antiquity, it has few Roman or Moorish remains
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In 718, it was occupied by the Moors, who were only expelled in 1304, and made an unsuccessful attempt to recapture the city in 1331
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Alicante was besieged by the French in 1709, and by the Federalists of See also: Cartagena in 1873
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For an account of the events which led up to these two sieges, see See also: SPAIN
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For further details of the See also: local See also: history, see J
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Pastor de la Roca, Historia general de la See also: ciudad y See also: castillo de Alicante, &c
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(Alicante, 1854); and the Ensayo biogrdfico bibliogrdfico de escritores de Alicante y de su provincia, by M
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R
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Garcia and A
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Montero y See also: Perez (Alicante, 1890)
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