Vittoria (Span Vitoria)

42°51N 2°40W, pop (2000e) 208 000. Basque capital of Alava province, N Spain, 351 km/218 mi N of Madrid; scene of French defeat in the Peninsular War (1813); bishopric; airport; railway; vehicles, steel, electronics, explosives, arms, machinery, furniture, sugar refining; Church of St Peter, old and new cathedrals; Fiesta of St Prudence (Apr), La Virgen Blanca fair (Aug), pilgrimage to Olarizu (Sep), autumn music festival.

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Basque Provinces, Peninsular War, Spain


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