Orihuela

Orihuela (the Auriwelah of the Moors), a town in the Spanish province of Alicante, on the Segura, 38 miles N. of Cartagena. Situated in a plain of great beauty and fertility, it offers an eastern aspect with its palm-trees, towers, and domes, and has a cathedral, a college, and manufactures of silk, linen, hats, &c. Pop. 20,929.