a delegation or province of the papal dominions, formed out of a part of Orvieto, the duchy Castro, and the countship of Ronaglione. It is bounded on the north by Perugia, on the north-east by Spoleto, on the east by Rieta, on the south-east by Rome, and on the south and south-west by the sea, and on the west by a part of Tuscany. The face of the country is in the north mountainous, in the middle undulating, and on the west a little With Civita Vecchia, it extends over 1716 square miles, and comprehends 13 cities, 24 market-towns, and 76 villages, with 145,022 inhabitants. The chief products are wine, corn, olive-oil, and live cattle, all of which are attended with great ignorance and indolence. The capital is the city of the same name. It stands on a plain at the foot of the mountains, is surrounded with ancient walls and towers, has straight and broad streets well paved with stone, a fine market-place, and many magnificent buildings, is the seat of a bishop, and besides the cathedral, has 16 parish churches, in one of which, that of Santa Rosa, are some most valuable paintings, executed by Sebastiano Pionino. The population amounts to 13,100, employed in various trades, one of the most extensive of which is refining of copper. In the neighbourhood are sulphurous baths of great celebrity; and near the city, in the church of Madonna di Quercia, is an image to which numerous pilgrimages are annually made. Lat. 42° 24' 54". Long. 27° 59' 25". E.

VITRIONA, a city of Spain, in the province of Alava. It is built on the river Ladorra, which runs into the Ebro, in a plain which yields excellent wheat and other grain, it is surrounded with lofty and barren mountains. The hills round it are unfit for defence, but they render the city compact, and furnish very pleasant public walks. It has a large collegiate church, and several other religious buildings. The population amounts to about 8000, who are generally an industrious description of people. It has often been the theatre of war, and the celebrated battle gained here by the duke of Wellington, will transmit its name to distant ages. It is situated in Lat. 42° 53' 30".

VITTORIA, a city of the kingdom of Naples, in the land of Sicily. It is in the province of Noto, and is the capital of a circle of it called the Contea of Modica, which contains 120,000 acres of land, and 80,000 inhabitants. It is 130 miles from Palermo, and is oddly situated among rugged craggy rocks, but boasts of a few fine edifices. It is the seat of an independent local court of justice, and one of the parliamentary cities. It is rather an unhealthy place, but contains 10,000 inhabitants, who are chiefly occupied in agriculture, rear a great number of horned cattle, and produce a large quantity of silk. It likewise yields much wax and honey.