a secular city of Spain, in the province and archbishopric of Valencia. It contains 2659 inhabitants, and is situated 44 miles N.W. of Alicante, on a rock at the foot of a calcareous mountain, and at the entrance of a beautiful valley, over which it looks. This valley is interspersed with orchards, forming an uninterrupted series of landscapes, terminated by the declivities of the mountains which surround it, and are cultivated to the very summits. The chief produce is wheat, barley, wine, and timber. At Fuente-la-Higuera Jourdan, Soulé, and Suchet, after the rout of Salamanca, met with their retreating forces, and held a council how best to get back into France, when Ballesteros, by refusing to obey Wellington's orders, opened the way for them to Madrid, in October 1812.