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The
15th and 16th centuries were vital for the
economical and political revival of the territories.
Valencia became a major economical power in
the Mediterranean. This coincided with the
cultural Golden Age in Valencia and the great
Gandia poet Ausiàs March.
On August 15th 1414, Pope Luna Benedixto XIII
celebrated a pontifical mass in Santa Maria
la Major de Morella’s church, presided
by King Ferran d’Antequera and with
a sermon by the famous Saint Vicent Ferrer.
Notes on the history
- On August 15 1429, in Sant Mateu, the successor
of Pope Luna Clemente VIII resigned in favour
of Pope Martin V, thus putting an end to forty
years of Western Schism. Sadly, the situation
of prosperity suffered sudden, harsh interruptions
such as the uprising of the labour unions
Germanías (1519-1522) and the expulsion
of the Moors in 1609 which marked the beginning
of its decline.
The Muslim population had lived together
with the new Catalan/Aragon settlers until
then. With the expulsion of thousands of
Muslim peasants, the lands became empty. |
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Notes
on the history
- In the 18th century, the Bourbon army
attacked and set fire to Vila-real.
The soldiers also destroyed Oropesa’s
fortress, despite strong and frontal resistance
from the people against this barbarism.
In 1873
the short-lived Valencian Canton was created
within the 1st Republic of Spain. One year
later, Alfonso XII was crowned constitutional
King in Sagunto.
The 20th century came with great upheaval.
In 1931 the Second Spanish Republic was
proclaimed. The Valencians tried to recover
their self government but the attempt was
frustrated due to the Civil War.
Although General Franco’s troops reached
the Mediterranean through the port of Vinaròs,
in Castellón, the war only ended
when the city of Alicante fell.
On December 31st 1939, the last Republican
bastion surrendered. One day later, the
war had officially ended.
After forty years
of dictatorship, in 1978 the democracy returned
and the Valencian territories gained pre-autonomy.
In 1982 the statute of autonomy finally
came into effect.
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