Fontarabia, or FUENTERRABÍA

Fontarabia, or FUENTERRABÍA, a picturesque old frontier town of Spain, at the mouth of the river Bidassoa, opposite to the French town of Hendaye, below the west extremity of the Pyrenees. It was long an important fortress, and the frequent object of contention between French and Spaniards, especially in 1638, when Condé was defeated, and in 1794, when its fortifications were demolished by the French. Battles were fought near by between Wellington and Soult in 1813, and during the Carlist war in 1837. In 1888 a strong redoubt was completed on the heights above. Pop. 3713.