Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Jaume 1

Councillor for the Interior, Castilian Serafín, accompanied by the mayoress, Mónica Lorente, commemorated the 800 anniversary of the birth of Jaume I by unveiling a plaque in the Museo de la Muralla in Orihuela. I think I am right in saying that it was Jaume 1 who re-conquered Valencia for the christians by driving out the moors.

Next year there will be a cavalcade to celebrate the entrance of King Alfonso the Magnanimous (Alonso V, King of Aragon) into Orihuela.

Nobody could accuse the city of ignoring its history.

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