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Vallibona
Vallibona () is a small town and municipality located in the Ports comarca, province of Castelló, part of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain. According to the 2009 census, it has a total population of 90 inhabitants. It is located in the upper valley of the Cérvol River, between the Serra del Turmell and the Ports de Beseit mountain ranges, in a very lonely area, relatively far from other towns. Vallibona is part of the Taula del Sénia free association of municipalities. Vallibona has a special relationship with the town of Pena-roja (Peñarroya de Tastavins) over the hills in Matarranya. It has been recorded that festivities have been celebrated together with that town at least since the 14th century. Sant Domènec de Vallibona is a small settlement with a church founded in 1237 located 12 km to the east, close to the road leading to Rossell. Vallibona is the birthplace of La Pastora, nickname of Florencio Pla Meseguer, also known as Teresa (1917 - 2004 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serra Del Turmell
Serra del Turmell, also known as Serra del Mont Turmell, ( es, Sierra del Turmell) is an over long mountain range in the Baix Maestrat comarca, Valencian Community, Spain. These mountains and their neighboring ranges are a desolate place with little human habitation. Their summits are frequently covered in snow in the winter. The Cervol River has its sources in this range. There was much activity of the Spanish Maquis in this range and the neighboring areas after the Spanish Civil War and well into the 1960s. Geography The highest point in the Serra del Turmell range is 1,276 m high Tossal Gros, also known as ''El Turmell'', meaning 'the ankle'. Another important peak is the ''Mola de Penyablanca''. There is a cellular repeater and other antennas atop the highest peak. There is also a shrine or small chapel dedicated to Saint Agatha in the high slopes of the range. This mountain chain rises east of Rossell town and its western end merges with the Serra de Vallivana range i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taula Del Sénia
The Taula del Sénia () or Mancomunitat de la Taula del Sénia is a commonwealth or free association of municipalities made up of 22 towns, totalling up to 100,000 people, of some of the comarcas that make up the center of the historical region of Ilercavonia (present day southern Aragon and Catalonia, and northern Valencia), Spain. The origin of the name lies in the fact that all municipal terms involved are located within 15 km of the Sénia River, perceived as the centre of the region in its upper course. Goals The Taula del Sénia's main purpose is to alleviate the historical neglect of this greater comarca by managing its public municipal resources meaningfully. The organization of the municipalities in a mancomunidad may allow the region to achieve the necessary legal recognition for its administrative development. The main emphasis of the mancomunidad is the promotion of reindustrialization, as much industry fled the area during the last half of the 20th century and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ports (comarca)
Ports () is a comarca in the province of Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain. It mostly overlaps the historical ''comarca'' known as Ports de Morella (), except for the municipal areas surrounding Catí and Vilafranca that were excluded from the present-day Ports ''comarca''. Municipalities The ''comarca'' is composed of thirteen municipalities, tabled below with their populations at the 2001 and 2011 Censuses, and according to the most recent official estimates (for 1 January 2019): References See also *Ports de Morella *Maestrat *Tinença de Benifassà Tinença de Benifassà () is a historical ''comarca'' of the Valencian Community, Spain. It is nowadays part of the Baix Maestrat, one of the present-day Comarques of the Valencian Community, even though commercial and human relationships have b ... Comarques of the Valencian Community Geography of the Province of Castellón Maestrazgo {{Valencia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vallivana
Vallivana is a small settlement belonging to Morella, Castellón, Morella, Ports (comarca). Description Vallivana is an almost deserted cluster of houses southeast of Morella. It is located at the eastern end of the Dena (land area), Dena de Coll i Moll, right by N-232 road (Spain), N-232 road between Vinaròs and Morella, Castellón, Morella. In 1672, during a severe Bubonic plague, plague epidemic, the citizens of Morella brought the statue of the Mary (mother of Jesus), Virgin Mary from the Sanctuary of Vallivana, and carried it in a procession through the streets of the town. The plague disappeared from the city never to return. To commemorate this event every six years the ''Sexenni de Morella'' festival takes place in the town for nine days in late August. The virgin is carried in procession and the traditional town guilds perform ancient dances in her honour. The festivities in 2006 were the first of the 21st century. This small place gives its name to the Serra de V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Maquis
The Maquis were Spanish guerrillas who waged an irregular warfare against the Francoist dictatorship within Spain following the Republican defeat in the Spanish Civil War until the early 1960s, carrying out sabotage, robberies (to help fund guerrilla activity) and assassinations of Francoists as well as contributing to the fight against Nazi Germany and the Vichy regime in France during World War II.Marco, Jorge: ''Guerrilleros and Neighbours in Arms: Identities and Cultures of the Anti-fascist Resistance in Spain''. Brighton, Sussex Academic Press, 2016 They also took part in occupations of the Spanish embassy in France. The Maquis activity in Spain had its heyday towards 1946, after which the resistance fighters were heavily repressed during the (1947–1949), with instances of white terror such as ''paseo''s, and applications of the ley de fugas (extralegal executions based on the simulation of the escape of detainees) taking a heavy toll among the combatants and their su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valencia (autonomous Community)
The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, 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 Sea, 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 Region of Murcia, Murcia to the south, and the Balearic Islands are to its east. The Valencian Community consists of three Provinces of Spain, provinces which are province of Castellón, Castellón, province of Valencia, Valencia and province of Alicante, Alicante. According to Valencia's Statute of Autonomy, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maestrat
The Maestrazgo () or Maestrat () is a natural and historical mountainous region, located at the eastern end of the Sistema Ibérico mountain range, in Spain. It encompasses the north of the Autonomous Community of Valencia, in Castellón province, and parts of the east of the Aragonese province of Teruel. The area is mountainous and sparsely populated with a rich mixture of flora and fauna. The district was under control of military orders following the 12th-century Christian reconquest of the area from the Moors. It also had a significant role in the 19th century Carlist Wars and the 20th century Spanish Civil War. After many years of decline the area is undergoing some re-vitalization, helped by funding from the European Union and tourism. History The earliest signs of human habitation date back to the Pleistocene era, 25,000 years ago. Cave paintings have been discovered in many locations and they have been designated by UNESCO as part of the Rock Art of the Mediterrane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transvestite
Transvestism is the practice of dressing in a manner traditionally associated with the opposite sex. In some cultures, transvestism is practiced for religious, traditional, or ceremonial reasons. The term is considered outdated in Western cultures, especially when used to describe a transgender or gender-fluid person. History Though the term was coined as late as the 1910s by Magnus Hirschfeld, the phenomenon is not new. It was referred to in the Hebrew Bible. Being part of the homosexual movement of Weimar Germany in the beginning, a first transvestite movement of its own started to form since the mid-1920s, resulting in founding first organizations and the first transvestite magazine, ''Das 3. Geschlecht''. The rise of Nazism stopped this movement from 1933 onwards. Terminology The word has undergone several changes of meaning since it was first coined and is still used in a variety of senses. Today, the term ''transvestite'' is commonly considered outdated and derogator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florencio Pla Meseguer
Florencio is a name which may refer to: Given name *Florencio de Valeránica, 10th century Castilian monk, scribe and miniaturist *Florencio Abad (born 1954), Filipino lawyer and politician * Florêncio Carlos de Abreu e Silva (1839–1881), Brazilian lawyer, journalist, writer and politician *Florencio Flores Aguilar, Panamanian colonel, commander of the Panamanian Guardia Nacional in 1981 *Florencio Amarilla (1935–2012), Paraguayan footballer and coach *Florencio Harmodio Arosemena (1872–1945), President of Panama from 1928 to 1931 *Florencio Campomanes (1927–2010), Filipino political scientist and chess player and organizer *Florencio Molina Campos (1891–1959), Argentine illustrator and painter who also worked with Walt Disney *Florencio del Castillo (1778–1834), Costa Rican cleric and politician *Florencio Constantino (1869–1919), Spanish operatic tenor *Florencio Cornelia (born 1981), Dutch footballer * Florencio Durán, Chilean politician, President of the Senat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rossell, Baix Maestrat
Rossell () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Baix Maestrat in the Valencian Community, Spain. The town is located at the eastern end of the Ports de Tortosa-Beseit, in the area known as Muntanyes de Benifassà. Rossell is part of the Taula del Sénia free association of municipalities. Villages *Bel, aggregated in 1972 and located in the Tinença de Benifassà, 0 inhab. (People come only on weekends or holidays). A lot of people come during local festivals. * Les Cases del Riu, close to La Sénia La Sénia is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Montsià in Catalonia, Spain. This town is located in a plain by the Sénia River at the western end of the Montsià county. The limestone massif of the Ports de Tortosa-Beseit rises a few mile ..., 70 References External links Web Oficial de Rossell Walking trails through the natural park of Tinença de Benifassa de Paco González Ramírez, d'on se n'ha tret informació amb el seu consentiment. Institut Valencià d'Est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sant Domènec De Vallibona
Sant may refer to: People * Alfred Sant (born 1948), Maltese politician * Andrew Sant (born 1950), English-born Australian poet * David Sant (born 1968), Catalan director, actor and writer * Indira Sant (1914–2000), Indian poet * James Sant (1820–1916), British painter * Lorry Sant (1937–1995), Maltese politician Places * Sant State, a former princely salute state in Rewa Kantha, Gujarat, India * Sant, Övörkhangai, a district in Mongolia * Sant, Selenge, a district in Mongolia * Șanț, a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania * Șanț River, a tributary of the Trotuş River in Romania Religion * Sant (religion), in Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism, an enlightened human being, commonly translated as "Saint" * Sant Joan (other) Other * Sant tree (''Acacia nilotica''), a tree species found in Africa * Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport, Argentina (ICAO code: SANT) See also * Sants (other) * Dewi Sant (disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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