LA, the capital of the island of Malta, situated on the east side of the island, in 14° 30' E. long. It was founded in 1566 by the celebrated grandmaster of the same name, and received many contributions from the pope, and from the kings of Spain, France, and Portugal, and it is now one of the finest towns in Europe. It consists of five parts, La Valleta or Citta Nuova, Citta Vittoriosa, Senleja or the isle of St. Michael, Barmola, and Cottonera. The situation of the town is beautiful, the streets are regular, and well paved with lava. The public buildings and private houses are of a very superior order; they are built of stone, with flat or terraced roofs. Water is supplied by means of an aqueduct seventeen thousand yards long, conveying fifteen-eight gallons per minute. The city contains above twenty churches, great and small, besides the cathedral. The principal edifices are the cathedral, the palace of the grandmasters, lodges of the different languages, the conservatory, the university, the treasury, the palace of justice, the hospital, the Monte di Pietà, the barracks, the theatre, and the exchange. These buildings are distinguished by the elegance and chasteness of their architecture. The public library contains about 100,000 volumes, and there is also an extensive museum. The total population of the island in 1816, including the troops, amounted to 106,614, of which about 40,000 resided in the capital.

ALLADOLID, one of the provinces into which the kingdom of Leon in Spain is divided. It extends over 271 square leagues, and has a population of 187,390 souls. It is situated in a country destitute of trees, except an occasional mixture of fir woods in some of the more sandy soils. From bog thus denuded of trees, it appears more barren than its reality is; for it produces good crops of corn, especially of wheat, when the summer is moist, and, on all those spots where either natural or artificial irrigation is practised; but in all the plains of Castile and Leon, it suffers most severely during seasons. The canal of Castile runs through a portion of his department, and as it is designed for irrigation, as well as for navigation, it is very beneficial as far as it extends; and if ever it should be completed, so as to unite the river Santander with the Ebro and the Douro, it will be of incalculable advantage to the whole of Valladolid.

ALLADOLID, a city of Spain in the province of Leon, the capital of a district of the same name. It is situated on a plain at the spot where the rivers Pisuegra and Ebro form a junction; and the waters of the latter, divided into two branches, pass through a part of the city. The country around it is not productive, but might be made highly fertile by a small expense in irrigation. The city is large, and contains a population of about 30,000 souls. Its streets are narrow and crooked, and exhibit signs of decay, but the principal square is very magnificent, and has many remains of that ancient grandeur which belonged to it when this place was a royal residence, and the palace, hastening to ruin, was occupied by the court of Philip III. The convent of the Dominicans is a fine Gothic pile, and some other ecclesiastical edifices are both large and venerable; but the university, which was once flourishing, is hastening to decay, and has very few students, and these are constantly diminishing in number. Valladolid is situated in Lat. 41° 42'.

VALOGNES, an arrondissement of the department of Seine-et-Marne in France. It extends over 406 square miles, and comprehends seven cantons, which are divided into 118 communes, with 95,950 inhabitants in 1836. The capital is the city of the same name, nine miles from the sea, on the banks of the river Werderet. It is a place of manufacturing industry, in which cloths called draps de Valognes, extensively made. In 1836 it contained 1050 houses, 6555 inhabitants. Near to it are the remains of an ancient city and an amphitheatre. Lat. 49° 30' 26". Long. Valleggio 1° 33' 45" W.