TUDELA (the ancient Tutela), a city of Spain, province of Navarre, on the Ebro, where it receives the Queyles, 50 miles N.W. of Zaragoza. The Ebro is here crossed by a noble and venerable stone bridge of 17 arches. The town is dull, the streets narrow, crooked, and dirty; the houses lofty and solid. Tudela was made the see of a bishop in 1753. The cathedral, formerly a collegiate church, is an ancient and interesting Gothic edifice with many curious monuments. There are numerous other churches and convents in the town, two hospitals, an orphan asylum, work-house, prison, and several schools. Manufactures of coarse woollens, hair fabrics, soap, tiles, bricks, and earthenware, are carried on. Pop. 6790.
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