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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Valencia, Spain This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Museu de les Ciències in Valencia, designed by architect Santiago Calatrava. The history of Valencia, one of the oldest cities in Spain, begins over 2100 years ago with its founding as a Roman colony under the name "Valentia Edetanorum" on the site of a former Iberian town, [1] by the river Turia in the province of Edetania. [2]
In its long history, Valencia has acquired many local traditions and festivals, among them the Falles, which was declared a Celebration of International Tourist Interest (Festes d'Interés Turístic Internacional) on 25 January 1965 and an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO on 30 November 2016, and the Water Tribunal of Valencia (Tribunal ...
Military history of Valencia (8 P) Monuments of Valencia (1 P) T. Taifa of Valencia (2 C, 13 P) W. ... Timeline of Valencia; C. Conquest of Valencia; Consulate of the ...
Meanwhile, the federalists republicans of Catalonia, Aragon, Valencia and Balearic Islands signed the Federal Pact of Tortosa (1869) [99] and there was a federalist revolt at the same year. [ 100 ] Joan Prim , Estanislau Figueras and Francesc Pi i Margall were Catalan presidents of the government of Spain
After his death on 10 June 1099, his wife Jimena became Lady of Valencia. The Almoravids started a siege on the city and she managed to defend it with the help of Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona until May 1102, when Alfonso VI of León and Castile, considering the difficulties of defending Valencia, on 4 May 1102 ordered the evacuation of the city of Christians, subsequently setting it on ...
History of Valencia (6 C, 13 P) Valencian monarchs (1 C, 13 P) Pages in category "History of the Valencian Community" The following 30 pages are in this category, out ...
Following the latter's collapse, Valencia became the seat of a Taifa state ruled by a succession of local dynasties from 1010 until it was conquered by Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid, in 1095. He ruled until his death, when his widow swore fealty to Castile , but was forced out in 1102 and Valencia fell back under the control of a Muslim Caliphate.