The population of the city of Alicante proper was 334, 329, estimated, ranking as the second-largest Valencian city.

By the 5th century AD, Rome was in decline and the Roman predecessor town of Alicante, known as Lucentum ( Latin ), was more or less under the control of the Visigothic warlord Theudimer.

During the early 20th century, Alicante was a minor capital that enjoyed the benefit of Spain's neutrality during World War I, and that provided new opportunities for the local industry and agriculture.

Alicante was the last city loyal to the Republican government to be occupied by dictator Franco's troops on 1 April 1939, and its harbour saw the last Republican government officials fleeing the country.

The official population of Alicante in 2011 was 334, 329 inhabitants and 771, 061 in the metropolitan area " Alicante-Elche ".

In July 2006, a 7 year-old girl was attacked on a beach, near the Spanish town of Alicante, allegedly by a bluefish.

Miguel Hernández Gilabert ( 30 October 1910, Orihuela – 28 March 1942, Alicante ) was a 20th century Spanish poet and playwright associated with the Generation of ' 27 movement and the Generation of ' 36 movement.

Camilo Sesto was born in Alcoi, a city located in the province of Alicante, on September 16, 1946.

What today is the Alicante Province was initially split between the Crown of Castile and the Crown of Aragon by means of the Treaty of Almizra, however later on the whole territory became under the control of the Kingdom of Valencia, which was a component Kingdom of the Crown of Aragon.

This massive dam, long, above the riverbed and thick at its base was the largest work of civil engineering in Europe and only the second major dam to be built in Europe, after one in Alicante in Spain.

The first Symposium was held in Luxembourg in 1999 ; since 2001 it has been held in Alicante.

At the turn of the 21st century, Alicante Bouschet was the 12th most planted red wine grape in France with sizable plantings in the Languedoc, Provence and Cognac regions.

Alibernet-crossing of Alicante Bouschet x Cabernet Sauvignon was bred in 1950 in the Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute for Wine and Vines in Odessa.

He was granted Honoris Causa doctorates by the Universidad de la República, Uruguay, the Universidad de Alicante, Spain and the Universidad de Valladolid, Spain.

In the end, through the interventions of Joseph Fouché and Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, he was appointed consul at Alicante, and remained there until he lost the sight of one eye from yellow fever.

The image at the Monastery of the Holy Face in Alicante, Spain was acquired by Pope Nicholas V from relatives of the Byzantine Emperor in 1453 and was given by a Vatican cardinal to a Spanish priest who took it to Alicante, in 1489.

At the half of the century, was the most productive time in the industry, thanks to the arrival of Valencia ’ s papermakers, a carpenter from Alcoy ( a Alicante ’ s Spanish town ) and a mop, which created new functional links on this manufacture.

He was assigned to Padrón ( A Coruña ), Villafranca del Bierzo ( León ) and Santa Pola ( Alicante ) a position he still holds.

According to The Encyclopedia of Religion, the Lady of Elche ( Alicante, or, Roman Lucentum ), is conjectured as having a direct association with Tanit, the goddess of Carthage, that was worshiped by the Punic-Iberians.

What was to become the definite dividing line between Castile and the Crown of Aragon was finally agreed by virtue of the Sentencia Arbitral de Torrellas ( 1304 ), amended by the Treaty of Elche ( 1305 ), which assigned Orihuela ( also Alicante and Elche ) to the Kingdom of Valencia, while Murcia went to the Crown of Castile, so drawing the final Southern border of the Kingdom of Valencia.

He wished to be buried in Las Rozas, but his remains were finally put to rest in Alicante, Spain.

At the end of the season, Hercule Alicante is relegated in second division and is facing financial problems, Sarr is offered to join the team in second division but finally, a last minute agreement is found between the player and the team to get the player free.

The terms imposed on Theodemir declared that the duke would keep the citadel of Orihuela and several other settlements, including Alicante and Lorca on the Mediterranean, that his followers will not be killed, taken prisoner, forced into Islam, and that their churches will not be burned.

Things got worse in the early 18th century ; after the War of Spanish Succession, Alicante went into a long, slow decline, surviving through the 18th and 19th centuries by making shoes and growing agricultural produce such as oranges and almonds, and thanks to its fisheries.

Vicious air bombings were targeted on Alicante during the three years of civil conflict, most notably the bombing by the Italian Aviazione Legionaria of the Mercado de Abastos in 25 May 1938 in which more than 300 civilians perished.

* Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Alicante ( 1992 ), University of Huelva, Universidad Camilo José Cela ( 2002 ) and Universidad Europea de Madrid ( 2009 )

* Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes, a digital library and archive of Spanish-language historical and literary works, hosted by the University of Alicante, Spain

The reasons for this lack of precipitation is mostly the marked rain shadow effect caused by hills to the west of the Alicante Province ( and, to a lesser degree, those in the northern part of the province which, in turn, enhance the inverse Orographic lift effect around Cap de la Nau ).

It is bordered by the provinces of Granada, Murcia, Alicante, Valencia, Cuenca, Ciudad Real and Jaén.

Only Alicante volunteers, led by Colonel Camps, continued to retreat with orders to dusk.

In Alicante, since 1928, the bonfires of Saint John were developed into elaborate constructions inspired by the Fallas of Valencia.

The Alicante to Dénia railway line is being electrified as far as Altea and will be served by tram-trains ( vehicles that can run on both railway and tramway infrastructure ).

The city also serves as the northern terminus for a picturesque metre gauge railway line through the mountains from Alicante ( popularly known as the Limón Express ), run by FGV.

Villajoyosa () or La Vila Joiosa () is a coastal town and municipality in the province of Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain, by the Mediterranean Sea.

He ruled seven cities in southeastern Spain, mentioned in the Treaty of Orihuela that was preserved by the Andalusian historian Ibn Adarí in the thirteenth century: Orihuela, Valentila ( possibly an equivalent for Valencia ), Alicante, Mula, Bigastro, Eyya ( probably Ojós ), and Lorca.

Diego Maradona scored twice, while the only Hungarian goal was scored by Gábor Pölöskei at the Estadio José Rico Pérez in Alicante.

Afterwards, the deed would be repeated in Alicante, but on the trip back to Cartagena they were captured as pirates by the armored frigates HMS Swiftsure and SMS Friedrich Karl, under the UK and German flags respectively.

Tomo I, facsimile of 1939 edition, with introduction and notes by Joaquín Ramírez Cabañas, published Mexico City by Pedro Robredo ; reproduced online at the Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes ( Alicante, Spain, 2005 )

* Reconquista: King Ferdinand III of Castile recaptures the city of Seville from the Moors and Prince Alfonso X of Castile the city of Alicante.

* 1265 – King Alfonso X of Castile captures the city of Alicante, Spain from the Moors during the Reconquista.

* Reconquista: King Alfonso X of Castile captures the city of Alicante, Spain from the Moors.

** 4 December, Alfonso X the Wise reconquest Alicante to Castile.