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ALICANTE

Alicante is a province of southern Spain. The province is very fruitful and well cultivated, producing wine, silk, fruits, etc. The wine is of a dark colour (hence called vino tinto, deep-coloured wine), and is heavy and sweet.

Alicante is a port on the Mediterranean coast of Spain. Alicante is an ancient town. In 718 it was taken by the Moors, from whom it was wrested about 1240. In modern times it has been several times besieged and bombarded, as by the French in 1709 and in 1812, and by the people of Cartagena during the commotions of 1873.
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