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Castielfabib
Castielfabib is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Rincón de Ademuz in the Valencian Community, Spain. Geography Known as "the small Albarracín", Castielfabib is located on a hill near the right bank of the river Ebrón. Located in the northwest corner of Rincon de Ademuz, it is mountainous with elevation ranging between . The most important points of elevation are: Mill Creek (1,338 m), Peña de Águila (1,112 m), Peral (1481 m), Cabezo (1,442 m), Macarron (1,222 m), Umbria La Muela (1,068 m) and Cross of the Three Kingdoms (1,552 m), so named because its summit joined the old kingdoms of Aragon, Castile and Valencia. The river Turia flows from the north, serving as the border with Teruel. It flows on the east of Riodeva, bordering Torre Baja. Ebrón River crosses the territory from northwest to southeast, flowing into Turia, the boulevard of Palomarejos runs north and comes to the precipice of the Canaleja. The climate is continenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rincón De Ademuz
Rincón de Ademuz is a Spanish comarca constituted as an exclave of both the Valencian Community and the Valencia province located between the provinces of Cuenca ( Castile-La Mancha) and Teruel (Aragon). It is part of the Spanish-speaking area in the Valencian Community. Geography Overview It is a largely rural and sparsely populated area with seven municipalities of which only its capital, Ademuz, has over 1,000 inhabitants. The area has the river Turia as its major source of water. Municipalities *Ademuz *Casas Altas * Casas Bajas *Castielfabib *Puebla de San Miguel *Torrebaja *Vallanca Vallanca is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Rincón de Ademuz in the Valencian Community The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth mos ... Bibliography *Eslava Blasco, R.: ''Castielfabib y su patrimonio histórico-artístico''. Edición del Ayuntamiento de Castielfabib. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ademuz
Ademuz is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Rincón de Ademuz in the Valencian Community, Spain. The name in Valencian is ''Ademús'', but the local language is Spanish, not Valencian. History The many archaeological remains still present from different time periods—Neolithic, Iberian, Roman—reveal an early occupation of the area. Notwithstanding, the first written references are Arabic ones, focusing on its castle, whose advantageous emplacement dominated the Turia river and its natural passage from the lands of Aragon to the city of Valencia. The Muslim fortress of ''Al-Dāmūs'' was conquered by Peter II of Aragon in 1210, with the aid of the hospitalier and templar knights, who were rewarded with the right to collect some taxes from the area. It fell back into Muslim hands shortly thereafter. It was finally incorporated into the kingdom of Valencia by James I of Aragon, who put it under direct control of the crown, together with the other historical village of the com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebrón
The Ebrón River is a river of Spain, a tributary of the Turia River. It sources near Tormón, in the province of Teruel (Aragon). It appears in the '' comarca'' of the Rincón de Ademuz, province of Valencia ( Valencian Community). It crosses the municipalities of Castielfabib and Torrebaja, and it mouths in the Turia River The Turia or Túria ( ca-valencia, Riu Túria ; es, link=no, Río Turia ; la, Tūria) is a river in Spain, which has its source in the Montes Universales in the mountain ranges of the northwesternmost end of the Sistema Ibérico, Teruel pro ..., near the limits of the municipality of Ademuz. The Ebrón River, with the Bohílges River, is the main tributary of the Turia River in the ''comarca'' of the Rincón de Ademuz. Rivers of Spain Rivers of Aragon Rivers of the Valencian Community Rincón de Ademuz {{Spain-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross Of The Three Kingdoms
The mountain of the Cross of the Three Kingdoms (in Spanish Cruz de los Tres Reinos) is near the civil parish of Arroyo Cerezo, that belongs to the municipality of Castielfabib, in the comarca of the Rincón de Ademuz, province of Valencia ( Valencian Community). It belongs to the Montes Universales. It has 1,555 m of elevation. Etymology Its denominations is caused because in that place were the borders of three kingdoms: the Kingdom of Aragon, the Kingdom of Valencia Kingdom commonly refers to: * A monarchy ruled by a king or queen * Kingdom (biology), a category in biological taxonomy Kingdom may also refer to: Arts and media Television * ''Kingdom'' (British TV series), a 2007 British television drama s ... and the Kingdom of Castile. The tradition says that in the medieval times, the king of both crowns (the king of Castile, and the king of Aragon, who was also king of Valencia), met in that place to discuss about their problems. Bibliography * Montesinos, J. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Spain
The municipality ( es, municipio, , ca, municipi, gl, concello, eu, udalerria, ast, conceyu)In other languages of Spain: * Catalan/Valencian (), sing. ''municipi''. * Galician () or (), sing. ''municipio''/''bisbarra''. *Basque (), sing. ''udalerria''. * Asturian (), sing. ''conceyu''. is the basic local administrative division in Spain together with the province. Organisation Each municipality forms part of a province which in turn forms part or the whole of an autonomous community (17 in total plus Ceuta and Melilla): some autonomous communities also group municipalities into entities known as ''comarcas'' (districts) or ''mancomunidades'' (commonwealths). There are a total of 8,131 municipalities in Spain, including the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla. In the Principality of Asturias, municipalities are officially named ''concejos'' (councils). The average population of a municipality is about 5,300, but this figure masks a huge range: the most populo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Province Of Cuenca
Cuenca is one of the five provinces of the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha. It is located in the eastern part of this autonomous community and covers 17,141 square km. It has a population of 203,841 inhabitants -- the least populated of the five provinces. Its capital city is also called Cuenca. Geography The province is bordered by the provinces of Valencia (including its exclave Rincón de Ademuz), Albacete, Ciudad Real, Toledo, Madrid, Guadalajara, and Teruel. The northeastern side of the province is in the mountainous Sistema Ibérico area. 211,375 people (2007) live in the province. Its capital is Cuenca, where nearly a quarter of the population live, some 52,980 people. There are 238 municipalities in Cuenca. Other populous towns and municipalities include Tarancón, San Clemente, Quintanar del Rey, Huete, Villanueva de la Jara, Motilla del Palancar, Mota del Cuervo, La Almarcha and Las Pedroñeras. History In 1851 Cuenca lost Requena-Utiel to the neig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvacañete
Salvacañete is a municipality located in the province of Cuenca Cuenca is one of the five provinces of the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha. It is located in the eastern part of this autonomous community and covers 17,141 square km. It has a population of 203,841 inhabitants -- the least populated of ..., Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2006 census ( INE), the municipality has a population of 318 inhabitants. On January 12, 2021, a minimum temperature of was registered. References Municipalities in the Province of Cuenca {{cuenca-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Province Of Valencia
Valencia ( ca-valencia, València) is a province of Spain, in the central part of the autonomous Valencian Community. Of the province's over 2.5 million people (2018), one-third live in the capital, Valencia, which is also the capital of the autonomous community and the 3rd biggest city in Spain, with a metropolitan area of 2,522,383 people it is also one of the most populated cities of Southern Europe.http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=met_pjanaggr3&lang=en There are 265 municipalities in the province. History Although the Spanish Constitution of 1812 loosely created the province of València, a stable administrative entity does not arise until the territorial division of Spain in 1833, remaining today without major changes. The Provincial Council of Valencia dates from that period. After the Valencian Statute of Autonomy of 1982, the province became part of the Valencian Community. Valencian and Spanish are the official languages. Geography It is borde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vallanca
Vallanca is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Rincón de Ademuz in the Valencian Community The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid with ..., Spain. References Municipalities in the Province of Valencia Rincón de Ademuz {{valencia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torrebaja
Torrebaja is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Rincón de Ademuz in the Valencian Community The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid wi ..., Spain. References Municipalities in the Province of Valencia Rincón de Ademuz {{valencia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teruel
Teruel () is a city in Aragon, located in eastern Spain, and is also the capital of Teruel Province. It has a population of 35,675 in 2014 making it the least populated provincial capital in the country. It is noted for its harsh climate, with a wide daily variation on temperatures and its renowned ''jamón serrano'' (cured ham), its pottery, its surrounding archaeological sites, rock outcrops containing some of the oldest dinosaur remains of the Iberian Peninsula, and its famous events: '' La Vaquilla del Ángel'' during the weekend (Friday to Monday) closest to 10 July and "Bodas de Isabel de Segura" around the third weekend of February. Teruel is regarded as the "town of mudéjar" (Moorish-influenced architecture) due to numerous buildings designed in this style. All of them are comprised in the Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon which is a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO. Teruel's remote and mountainous location above sea level and its low population has led to relative iso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turia (river)
The Turia or Túria ( ca-valencia, Riu Túria ; es, link=no, Río Turia ; la, Tūria) is a river in Spain, which has its source in the Montes Universales in the mountain ranges of the northwesternmost end of the Sistema Ibérico, Teruel province. From its source to roughly the city of Teruel, it is called ''Guadalaviar'' river. It runs through the provinces of Teruel, Cuenca and Valencia, and discharges into the Mediterranean Sea near the city of Valencia. The river formerly ran through the center of the city but was diverted south of the city to prevent flooding. Name The Latin name ''Tūria'' (also recorded as ''Tyrius'') has been connected with the Celtic root *''dubr-'', "river"; the river would thus share a root with the Douro. Diversion project The river is notorious for its floods. The flood which occurred on 14 October 1957, known as the Great Flood of Valencia, flooded large parts of the city of Valencia, and caused a great deal of damage to both life and prop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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