GUADALAJARA, the capital of the Spanish province of Guadalajara, on the left bank of the river Henares, and on the Madrid-Saragossa railway, 35 m. E.N.E. of Madrid. Pop. (193o) 16,053. Guadalajara is a picturesque town, occupying a some what sterile plain, 2,100 ft. above the sea. Under Roman and Visigothic rule it was known as Arriaca or Caraca; its present name, which sometimes appears in mediaeval chronicles as Godel fare, represents the Wad-al-laajarah, or "Valley of Stones," of the Moors, who occupied the town from 714 until 1 o81, when it was captured by Alvar Yanez de Minaya, a comrade of the more famous Cid. The church of Santa Maria contains the image of the "Virgin of Battles," which accompanied Alphonso VI. of Castile (1072-1109) on his campaigns against the Moors. The palace of the ducal house del-Infantado is in the Mudejar style, and the panteon, or mausoleum of the Mendoza family, added be tween 1696 and 172o to the 13th-century church of San Fran cisco, is remarkable for the rich sculpture of its tombs. Manufac tures of soap, leather and woollen fabrics have superseded the original cloth-weaving industry for which Guadalajara was long celebrated; there is also a considerable trade in agricultural produce.