FUENTE-OBEJUNA (FONS MELLARIA), a royal town of Spain, in the province and bishopric of Córdoba. It is 50 miles N.W. of the city of Córdoba, contains 5500 inhabitants, and stands on the crest of a hill, with the Colegiata on the apex, like an acropolis. The "Honey Fountain" is at the bottom of the hill to the W., and coal seams occur here which extend to Villaharta. Fuente-Obejuna stands in the immediate neighbourhood of the Sierra Grana, and had its ancient name, Fons Mellaria, from the abundance and superior quality of the honey produced here by the bees so well supplied by the heath of the surrounding hills. The three rivers, Guadiato, Suja, and Bembezar, which flow along its boundaries, abound in fish of excellent quality. The neighbouring pastures are rich and abundant, while the wine, though very good, is small in quantity. Fruits and vegetables are plentiful; and every kind of game, from the wild boar to the rabbit, is very abundant. Herds and flocks abound also, as well as honey, wax, wheat, barley, and most other cereals. There are in the vicinity mines of various kinds of metal, and also of talc and coal. Its industry consists principally in the manufacture of linen fabrics and hides, frieze and baize; besides the distillation of various kinds of spirits. The arms of Fuente-Obejuna consist of a fountain with four spouts surmounted with a swarm of bees, and in the lower part of the escutcheon a castle, with its towers and armoury, from which rises a red banner with a cross, and in the sinister two lions in the attitude of springing upon a sheep (obeja, or oreja).