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:"This article is about the Spanish City. For other uses see Vitoria (disambiguation)." Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spanish: "Vitoria", Basque: "Gasteiz", known officially as "Vitoria-Gasteiz" in both languages), is a city in northern Spain, capital city of the province of Álava and of the autonomous region of the Basque Country, being the second largest city in the Basque Country by population. History: In the year 1181, Sancho VI the Wise, King of Navarre founded the town of 'Nueva Victoria' as a defensive outpost on top of a hill at the site of the previous settlement of Gasteiz. In 1200, the town was captured by the troops of Alfonso VIII of Castile, who annexed the town to the Kingdom of Castile. The town was progressively enlarged and in 1431 it was granted the title of City by King Juan II of Castile. The principal episode in the later history of Vitoria-Gasteiz is the Battle of Vitoria of the Peninsular War on 21 June 1813. The French troops were comprehensively beaten by the Duke of ... Read more about Vitoria-Gasteiz on Wikipedia

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