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Estrelada
The estrelada or Valencian national flag (full name ''Senyera estrelada'', meaning "starred flag", from ''estrela'', star) is an unofficial flag typically flown by republican Valencian supporters to express their support for an independent Republic of Valencia. It evolved from the flag of the city of Valencia (nowadays the official flag of the Valencian Community), called ''senyera coronada''. The white star version has been used by Valencianist republican groups since the early 20th century. The first testimony of its use was a political meeting by Acció Nacionalista Valenciana in the 1930s. This political party had a large ''estrelada ''flag which used to be put up at the balcony on specific dates. The most ancient known graphic document of an ''estrelada ''flag is a photograph of a rally in support of the Valencian Statute in Alzira, on 27 September 1932, and a red starred ''estrelada ''in a poster by Esquerra Valenciana Valencian Left ( ca-valencia, Esquerra Valenciana) is ... [...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] |
Alzira, Valencia
Alzira ( es, Alcira) is a city and municipality of 45.088 inhabitants (62,094 floating population) in Valencia, eastern Spain. It is the capital of the ''comarca'' of Ribera Alta in the province of Valencia. The city is the heart of the second largest urban agglomeration in the province, with a population of over 100,000. Geographic situation Alzira is located in the province of Valencia, on the left bank of the Júcar river, and on the Valencia–Alicante railway. Alzira's climate is typically Mediterranean: warm with no extremes of temperature either in summer or winter. Rainfall is scarce and irregular. Torrential rains usually follow periods of relative drought. The town is situated on the shores of the Júcar river and contains the Murta and Casella valleys. Alzira's borough extends over 111 square kilometres. History Alzira was founded by the Muslim Moors under the name Jazirat Shukr ( ar, جزيرة شَقْر) which later became known as Xúquer Island. It was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esquerra Valenciana
Valencian Left ( ca-valencia, Esquerra Valenciana) is a nationalist Valencian leftist party founded in the Valencian Community, founded in April, 1998 a group of ex-members of Unitat del Poble Valencià (Valencian People's Union) formed left this party and went to form a new political group using the vacant name of the historical ''Esquerra Valenciana''. EV's current president is Robert Mora. History The dissidentgroup of members of Unitat del Poble Valencià who disagreed with UPV refounding itself as the Bloc Nacionalista Valencià (Valencian Nationalist Group) (BNV) and went to form their own political party under the EV acronym. The party defined itself as a party "of the National, Republican Left of the Valencian Community; that fights for political sovereignty and defends the free confederation of this territory with Catalonia and the Balearic Islands". In 2001 unsuccessful attempts were made towards a merger or alliance with Republican Left of the Valencian Country (ERPV) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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