CORUNNA (Spanish, La Coruña; French, La Corogne; English, formerly often The Groyne), a city and seaport of Spain, the capital at one time of Galicia, and now of a province of its own name, is situated on the north west coast, 43 miles north of Santiago de Com-postelh, in 43° 23' N. lat. and 8° 27' W. long. It is of first rank both as a fortress and a port, and is the seat of a superior court and a commercial tribunal. There is an upper and a lower town, the former built on the east side of a small peninsula, and the latter on the isthmus connecting the peninsula with the mainland. The upper town is the more ancient, and is still surrounded by walls and bastions and defended by a citadel; but it has been gradually outgrown by the lower, wshich, though at first a mere Pescaderia, or fishing-village, is now comparatively well built, and has several broad and handsome streets. There is little remarkable in the public buildings, though they include six churches, of which Santiago dates from the 11 th and the Colegiata from the l3th century, five convents, two hospitals, a palace for the captain-general of Galicia, a theatre, a school of navigation, an arsenal, and barracks. The harbour, though of rather difficult access, is perfectly secure, and it is defended by several forts, of which the most important are San Diego on the east and San Antonio on the west. These fortifications are of little practical importance on the land side, as they are commanded by a hill that overlooks the city. The so-called Tower of Hercules to the north, supposed to have been originally built by the Romans, has been raised in modern times to a height of upwards of 360 feet, and is now crowned with a fine revolving light visible for a distance of twelve miles to sea. English, French, and ...