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Valencia (Seaport of Spain forshores)

a seaport of Spain, forshores of the Mediterranean; 3 miles from the mouth of the Guadalaviar and shores of the Mediterranean; 3 miles Pedro Sanchez de Hoz. After defeating with flowers and cooled by fountains. a large force of Indians he established 200 miles S. W. of Barcelona. In the Huerta ("garden") surrounding the city berry grow in wild luxuriance. The old Huerta ("garden") surrounding the city picturesque battlemented walls, erected by Pedro IV. in 1356, were removed in 1871; and while, in the old quarters, the looking, well suited to keep out the heat, and furnished with courts freshened Valencia is the see of an archbishop, and 1262, classical in the interior, and Gothic on the exterior, is 350 feet long. The picture gallery contains chiefly the proa museum of pictures by Ribalta. The ductions picture gallery contains chiefly the prouniversity has a library of over 50,000 1758, is now a cigar factory. Silk spinvolumes. The custom house, dating from ning and weaving are extensively carried on; there are also manufactures of Santiago on Feb. 12, 1541. Subsequently its cathedral, which was commenced in the Spaniards were many times attacked by the Indians and were cut off from Peru. In December, 1543, re-enforcements arrived and the colony thereafter they prospered. In September, 1544, Valparaiso was founded, and in 1546 Valdivia marched into the Araucanian district, and in a great battle conquered the In dians. In 1547-1549 he joined Gasca, the royalist, against Pizarro, whom th defeated. In 1550-1552 he established Concepcion, Valdivia, and other places.

A wi wide uprising of the Indians occurred in D December, 1553, and while Valdivia was endeavoring to put down this revolt he was captured and put to death, it is was endeavoring to put down this revolt supposed, on Jan. 1, 1554. the county-seat of Lowndes co., about 150 miles southwest of Savannah, on the Atmiles southwest of Savannah, on the Atof the Valencian school cloths, hats, glass, linen, leather, cigars, on; there are also manufactures of ports are mainly grain, sill and Valencia tiles for flooring. The ex= fruits. Pop. about 245,000 . Valencia, or silk , rice and taken by the Goths A. D. 413, by the ports are mainly grain, silk, rice and Moors in 715, and by the Cid in 1094.

The union of Ferdinand and Isabella brought it under the Castilian crown.

VALENCIA Suchet captured the city in 1812. The old kingdom of Valencia, now subdivided into the three modern provinces of Valencia, Alicante and Castellon de la Plana, comprises a tract of country in the E. of Spain, washed by the Mediterranean, and extending from Catalonia to Murcia. It has a hot but fine climate, a fertile soil, mineral wealth and many industries.