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Levante-EMV
''Levante-El Mercantil Valenciano'' is a Spanish regional newspaper from the Valencian Community that belongs to the Prensa Ibérica media holding. It had a brief precedent in ''Avance'' (30 March – 15 April 1939) and it was the bulletin of the Valencian section of the FET y de las JONS. The newspaper later belonged to the ''Movimiento'' (official Francoist political movement) press. From 1977 it belonged to the ''Medios de Comunicación Social del Estado'' (Social Communication Media of the State) and in 1984 it was purchased by the private enterprise Prensa Valenciana. Its ideology could be placed in the center-left even though it holds its independence. In Castelló it is published as ''Levante de Castelló''. It has different editions that correspond to different areas of the Valencian region (Valencia, L'Horta, Safor and so on). It is nowadays the most read newspaper in the Valencian region. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valencia
Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the Province of Valencia, province of the same name. The wider urban area also comprising the neighbouring municipalities has a population of around 1.6 million, constituting one of the List of coastal settlements of the Mediterranean Sea, major urban areas on the European side of the Mediterranean Sea. It is located on the banks of the Turia (river), Turia, on the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula, at the Gulf of Valencia, north of the Albufera lagoon. Valencia was founded as a Roman Republic, Roman colony in 138 BC. Al-Andalus, Islamic rule and acculturation ensued in the 8th century, together with the introduction of new irrigation systems and crops. Crown of Aragon, Aragonese Christian conquest took place in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prensa Ibérica
Prensa Ibérica Media, S.L., or simply Prensa Ibérica, is a Spanish mass media company owned by Javier Moll. It primarily owns regional newspapers. History Founded by Javier Moll, the company traces back its origins to 1978, with the creation of Prensa Canaria, the editor of the morning newspaper ''La Provincia'' and the evening newspaper ''Diario de Las Palmas''. Yet the creation of Editorial Prensa Ibérica took place in 1984, following the acquisition in a public auction of ''La Nueva España'' (Asturias), ''Levante-EMV'' (Valencia) and ''Información'' (Alicante) from the , the State-owned media holding liquidated by the Felipe González's government, a renaming of the Francoist Cadena de Prensa del Movimiento. It also purchased the ''Faro de Vigo''. The group consolidated together with its rival Vocento as the two largest regional media holdings in Spain. The company purchased Grupo Zeta in 2019, adding newspapers such as ''El Periódico de Catalunya'', ''El Periódico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 more than five million inhabitants.Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid, 2020. Its homonymous capital Valencia is the third largest city and metropolitan area in Spain. It is located along the Mediterranean coast on the east side of the Iberian Peninsula. It borders with Catalonia to the north, Aragon and Castilla–La Mancha to the west, and Murcia to the south, and the Balearic Islands are to its east. The Valencian Community consists of three provinces which are Castellón, Valencia and Alicante. According to Valencia's Statute of Autonomy, the Valencian people are a ''nationality''. Their origins date back to the 1238 Aragonese conquest of the Taifa of Valencia. The newly-founded Kingdom of Valencia enjoyed its own legal entit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ortifus
Antonio Ortiz Fuster, more commonly known as his pseudonym, Ortifus, is a political cartoonist, born in Valencia, Spain in 1948. Widely considered to be one of the best cartoonists and illustrators to come out of the Valencia Community, he started his professional life as a musician, jewellery maker, and textile designer. His music gained notability during the 1970s, when he was bassist for the bands ''Control'' and ''Orquesta Valencia'', with whom he recorded three and two albums respectively. However, he is more widely known as a cartoonist and humourist, a career that he got into in the 1980s, when his cartoons began to be published in a number of regional newspapers, including ''Diario de Valencia'', ''Noticias al Día'', ''Hoja del Lunes'' and in magazines such as ''Qué y Donde'' and the national satirical magazine, El Jueves. In 1984, he would find a permanent job as cartoonist for ''Levante - El Mercantil Valenciano''; his cartoons would become, as time went by, one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falange Española Tradicionalista Y De Las Juntas De Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista
The Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista (FET y de las JONS; ), frequently shortened to just "FET", was the sole legal party of the Francoist regime in Spain. It was created by General Francisco Franco in 1937 as a merger of the fascist Falange Española de las JONS (FE de las JONS) with the monarchist neoabsolutist and ultracatholic Traditionalist Communion belonging to the Carlist movement. In addition to the resemblance of names, the party formally retained most of the platform of FE de las JONS (26 out of 27 points) and a similar inner structure. In force until April 1977, it was rebranded as Movimiento Nacional in 1958. History Early history The FET y de las JONS began as the Spanish Falange, a Falangist party, The Council of National Syndicalist Offensives, a national syndicalist party and Traditionalist Communion, a Catholic monarchist party, three parties that were becoming relevant in Spanish right wing politics before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prensa Valenciana
''La Prensa'' ("The Press") is a frequently used name for newspapers in the Spanish-speaking world. It may refer to: Argentina * ''La Prensa'' (Buenos Aires) * , a current publication of Caleta Olivia, Santa Cruz Bolivia * ''La Prensa'' (La Paz), a newspaper in Bolivia Canada * , a current publication in Alberta Chile * (''La Prensa''), the former name of ''La Estrella de Tocopilla'' in Tocopilla * ''La Prensa'' (Curicó) Cuba * ''Prensa Latina'', the official state news agency of Cuba Ecuador * ''La Prensa'' (Riobamba), a newspaper in Ecuador El Salvador * ''La Prensa Gráfica'', commonly known as La Prensa Honduras * ''La Prensa'' (Honduras), a newspaper in San Pedro Sula Mexico * ''La Prensa'' (Mexico City) Nicaragua * ''La Prensa'' (Managua) Panama * ''La Prensa'' (Panama City) Peru * , a former newspaper in Peru Spain * (1941-1979) * (1921-1936) * (1910-1939) United States * ''La Prensa'' (California), founded 1999, serving Riverside and San Bernard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castellón De La Plana
Castellón de la Plana (officially in ca-valencia, Castelló de la Plana), or simply Castellón ( ca-valencia, Castelló, link=no) is the capital city of the province of Castellón, in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is located in the east of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Costa del Azahar (or ''Costa dels Tarongers'') by the Mediterranean Sea. The mountain range known as Desert de les Palmes rises inland north of the town. According to the 2018 census, Castellón has a population of 174,264 inhabitants (called ''castellonencs'' in Valencian), ranking as the fourth most populated city in the Valencian Community (after Valencia, Alicante and Elche). The Prime Meridian, or Greenwich Meridian, intersects the 40th parallel at Castellón de la Plana and is commemorated with a monolith in Meridian Park (''Parc del Meridià'') located at the exact point where this occurs. History The town inherited the name from a Moorish castle on the top of the hill of Magdalena (the ), a domina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horta Of Valencia
The Horta of Valencia ( va, L'Horta de València; es, Huerta de Valencia) is a historical comarca and urban area of Valencian Community. The Horta of Valencia consists of Valencia and three comarcas: Horta Nord, Horta Sud, Horta Oest. Demography It is the most populated region of País Valencià. The Horta of Valencia experienced the largest increase in population, especially as an immigrant receiver. Its urban expansion has motivated the creation of several urbanisations, and the incorporation to the urban nucleus of the metropolis of the earlier towns. Nowadays, the expansion has also contributed to its separation in four regions that are currently considered sub-regions. Geography The region is located within Puçol (in the North), the Albufera (in the South), and Paterna, Torrent and Montcada (in the West). It is a lowland region that elevates progressively from the sea towards the inland. The Horta at the Territory of Valencia People preserve the Valencian agricultura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Safor
Safor () is a ''comarca'' within the province of Valencia, Spain. The capital is the city of Gandia, but also includes the towns of Oliva, Piles and Daimús, among others. The beach area of Gandia, La Platja, is well known for its wild nightlife during the summer. The former natural and historical comarca of Valldigna has been integrated into Safor comarca for administrative purposes. Municipalities * Ador *Alfauir *Almiserà *Almoines *L'Alqueria de la Comtessa *Barx *Bellreguard *Beniarjó *Benifairó de la Valldigna * Beniflà *Benirredrà *Castellonet de la Conquesta *Daimús *La Font d'En Carròs *Gandia *Guardamar de la Safor *Llocnou de Sant Jeroni * Miramar *Oliva *Palma de Gandia *Palmera * Piles * Potries *Rafelcofer *Real de Gandia *Ròtova *Simat de la Valldigna *Tavernes de la Valldigna *Villalonga *Xeraco *Xeresa Climate The predominant climate in La Safor is mediterranean-subtropical (Köppen climate classification: CSa) with very mild temperatures during win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of List of countries where Spanish is an official language, 20 countries. It is the world's list of languages by number of native speakers, second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's list of languages by total number of speakers, fourth-most spoken language overall after English language, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani language, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance languages, Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico. Spanish is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalan Language
Catalan (; autonym: , ), known in the Valencian Community and Carche as ''Valencian'' (autonym: ), is a Western Romance language. It is the official language of Andorra, and an official language of three autonomous communities in eastern Spain: Catalonia, the Valencian Community, and the Balearic Islands. It also has semi-official status in the Italian comune of Alghero. It is also spoken in the Pyrénées-Orientales department of France and in two further areas in eastern Spain: the eastern strip of Aragon and the Carche area in the Region of Murcia. The Catalan-speaking territories are often called the or "Catalan Countries". The language evolved from Vulgar Latin in the Middle Ages around the eastern Pyrenees. Nineteenth-century Spain saw a Catalan literary revival, culminating in the early 1900s. Etymology and pronunciation The word ''Catalan'' is derived from the territorial name of Catalonia, itself of disputed etymology. The main theory suggests that (Latin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Fuster
Joan Fuster i Ortells (; 23 November 1922 – 21 June 1992) was an influential Spanish writer. He is considered a major writer in the Valencian language (a dialect of the Catalan language), and his work contributed to reinvigorate left-wing, pro-Catalan nationalism in Valencia during the Spanish transition to democracy. In his influential political essay Nosaltres, els valencians (1962) he coined the term ''Països Catalans'' (Catalan Countries) to refer to the Catalan-speaking territories. Life and works He was born in the village of Sueca near Valencia, Spain, in a relatively prosperous middle-class family. Both his parents were pious Roman Catholics and Carlists. His father was a renowned local sculptor of mostly religious sculptures. In 1941 he became a member of the fascist organization Falange; however, he later abjured this affiliation. In 1947 Fuster graduated with a degree in law and he received a doctoral degree in Catalan philology in 1985. From 1946 to 1956 he c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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