city of Spain, on the river Henares, in the province of New Castile. It was formerly celebrated for its university, which has latterly been transferred to Madrid. This university was founded by Cardinal Ximenes, and it was here that the famous edition of the Holy Bible, known as the Complutensian Polyglot, was prepared. Alcala contains 5153 inhabitants, and has a military school for the artillery and engineer corps. Among many distinguished men to whom it had the honour of giving birth are, the poet Figueroa, the naturalist Bustamente de la Cámara, the historian Solís, and last and greatest of all, Cervantes.

Alcala de los Gazules, a town of Seville in Spain, 27 miles N.W. of Cadiz, in a picturesque mountainous district. It has about 6000 inhabitants, chiefly engaged in agriculture.

Alcala la Real, a city of Andalusia in Spain, 18 miles S.W. of Jaen. It stands between two mountain ridges, at an elevation of about 3000 feet above the sea. It has a fine abbey, two parish churches, and two convents, and a population chiefly agricultural, of about 7000. Alonso de Alcala, a celebrated physician and jurist of the sixteenth century, was born here. In 1810 the Spaniards were defeated here by the French.