Manresa,

Manresa, a town of Spain, on the Cardoner, 41 miles by rail NW. of Barcelona. It has a fine church (1020-15th century), the cave of Ignatius Loyola, and manufactures of cotton, broadcloths, brandy, &c. In 1811 it was fired by Marshal Macdonald—an outrage avenged by the Catalan knives of the townsfolk. Pop. 16,526.