Arévalo
Arévalo is a municipality in Spain, it is situated in the province of Ávila and is part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. The name came from the Celtic word ''arevalon'', meaning "place near the wall." Regional importance The city is the capital of La Moraña. Queen Isabella I of Castile was raised here as a young girl. The government of Spain has declared this city a Historic-Artistic (more important than Soria) site due to its many examples of Mudéjar art. History The city is the hometown and birthplace of an author simply known as the Young Man of Arévalo, one of the most famous known crypto-Muslim authors after the forced conversions of Muslims in Spain. Location and population It is located at an altitude of 820 meters and is near the junction of the two rivers Adaja and Arevalillo. Its encompassed area is 46.07 km² and its population is 13.122. In medieval times, it was the head of the agricultural sector (Comunidad de Villa y Tierra) of ...
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Young Man Of Arévalo
The Young Man of Arévalo ( es, el Mancebo de Arévalo) was a Morisco crypto-Muslim author from Arévalo, Castile who was the most productive known Islamic author in Spain during the period after the forced conversion of Muslims there. He traveled widely across Spain to visit crypto-Muslim communities and wrote several works about Islam which includes accounts from his travels. His real identity and dates of birth and death are unknown, but most of his travels took place in the first half of the sixteenth century. Biography The Young Man was born in Arévalo to a mother who was converted to Christianity. His birth date is unknown, but his youth was estimated to be in the period following the end of Reconquista, marked by the Fall of Granada in 1492 and the forced conversion of Muslims in Castile, 15001502. When he was young, he traveled to virtually all parts of Spain except the seaboard provinces, which were forbidden to him due to his status as Morisco. Places he visited in ...
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Arévalo History Museum
The Museo de Historia de Arévalo or Arévalo History Museum in English (also known as Arevalorum), is a museum devoted to the history of the town of Arévalo in the province of Avila, Spain. The town is known for its medieval buildings and the fact that Isabella I of Castile spent her childhood there. The museum is located in the ancient Sexmos´s House and is run by the Arévalo town hall. The collection The Arévalo History Museum houses approximately one hundred pieces. The collection contains archaeological objects from the Chalcolithic period and objects from the time of the Roman Empire, as well as medieval, modern and contemporary pieces. The museum also has several recreations of the town's main historic buildings. The museum also has a hall dedicated to the heritage of Autun Autun () is a subprefecture of the Saône-et-Loire department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of central-eastern France. It was founded during the Principate era of the early Roman ...
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Castile And León
Castile and León ( es, Castilla y León ; ast-leo, Castiella y Llión ; gl, Castela e León ) is an autonomous community in northwestern Spain. It was created in 1983, eight years after the end of the Francoist regime, by the merging of the provinces of the historic region of León: León, Zamora and Salamanca with those of Castilla La Vieja ( Old Castile): Ávila, Burgos, Palencia, Segovia, Soria and Valladolid. The provinces of Santander and Logroño, which until then had formed part of Castile, opted out of this merger and formed the new Autonomous Communities of Cantabria and La Rioja respectively. Castile and León is the largest autonomous community in Spain in terms of area, covering 94,222 km2. It is however sparsely populated, with a population density below 30/km2. While a capital has not been explicitly declared, the seats of the executive and legislative powers are set in Valladolid by law and for all purposes that city (also the most populated ...
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Arevalo - Castillo 3
Arevalo may refer to: *Arévalo, a municipality in Spain *Arevalo, Iloilo City, a district of Iloilo City, Philippines *Arévalo (surname) Arévalo () is a Spanish language, Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alfredo Arévalo (born 1976), Guatemalan marathon runner *Arístides Chavier Arévalo (1867 – 1942), Puerto Rican pianist, modernism composer, musicolog ...