GRANADA, the capital of the above province, stands at the conflux of the Xenal and Dario, in a wholesome air and fruitful country, an hundred and eighty miles south of Madrid, in W. Long. 2. 30. N. Lat. 36. 56. It is large and magnificent, containing a great number of very handsome public and private buildings. Its walls, which are adorned with many towers at equal distances, are said to be ten miles in compass. Here are two castles; the one built by the Moors, and the other by Charles V. and Philip II. They both command a very fine prospect; and the first is so large, that it looks like a city by itself, and, it is said, has room enough to accommodate forty thousand people, exclusive of the royal palace, and the convent of St. Francis. Here is also a court of inquisition; a royal tribunal; and an university, founded in 1531; with the see of an archbishop, who has a revenue of forty thousand ducats per annum. A great many noblemen, clergymen, and wealthy citizens, reside in this city, of which the silk trade and manufacture is very great, and the arsenal is said to be the best furnished of any in Spain. The inhabitants, who are partly descended of the Moors, are well supplied with water. There are several fine squares, particularly that called the Bivaramba or Plaza Mayor, where the bull-fights are held; and without the city is a large plain, full of towns and villages, called La Vega de Granada.
Granada. GRANADA, or GRENADA, one of the Caribbee islands. See GRENADA.