a town of Spain, in the kingdom of Leon and province of Extremadura, towards the confines of Portugal, with a bishop's see. It is seated on a little river called Alagon, in a very fertile plain. There is nothing remarkable but the cathedral church, except at a little distance a river without a bridge, and a bridge without a river. This was caused by an earthquake, which turned the river another way. W. Long. 6° 46'. N. Lat. 39° 59'.