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José María Araúz De Robles Estremera
José María Araúz de Robles Estremera (1898–1977) was a Spanish Carlist and Alfonsist politician, businessman and bull breeder. He is recognized as a theorist of Traditionalist labor organisation and an advocate of gremialism, a counter-proposal to the Francoist vertical syndicates. His lineage of bulls was fairly popular in the 1950s and became a point of reference in the business, to go into decline in the 1970s. Family and youth The Biscay Araúz family arrived in the Alto Tajo mountains as miners and foundrymen. They settled in Peralejos de las Truchas and constructed Casa Grande de Araúz in 1816; some joined the Carlists during the Carlist Wars. The grandfather of José María, Simón Arauz Huerta, was a bull-breeder who in 1905 co-founded what is now Unión de Criadores de Toros de Lidia. A branch of the family kept breeding bulls until 1931, when the Hermanos Arauz brand disappeared from the market. The father of José María, Enrique Araúz Estremera, studied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molina De Aragón
Molina de Aragón is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2009 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 3,671 inhabitants. It holds the record (−28.2 °C) for the lowest temperature measured by a meteorological station in Spain. It was the seat of the taifa of Molina, a Moorish independent state, before it was reconquered by the Christians of Alfonso I of Aragon in 1129. On 21 April 1154 Manrique Pérez de Lara issued a sweeping ''fuero'' to the town of Molina, which he was building into a semi-independent fief.Simon Barton, ''The Aristocracy in Twelfth-century León and Castile'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997), 265. He and his descendants claimed to rule Molina ''Dei gratia'' ("by the grace of God"). Molina is also the type location of the carbonate mineral aragonite. Main sights *Medieval alcazar (10th–11th centuries), the largest in the province *Roman bridge (''Puente Viejo'') *Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
