Julio Palau Lozano (

Alginet Alginet () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Ribera Alta 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 pop ...

, 1925-2015) was a professional

Valencian pilota Valencian pilota ( ca-valencia, pilota valenciana "Valencian ball") is a traditional handball sport played in the Valencian Community. Its origins are not known. Rules variations within the generic ''Pilota Valenciana'' category are frequent fr ...

Escala i corda Escala i corda (, "stairs and rope") is the most prestigious variant of Valencian pilota, and the only one apart from raspall to have professional players. History The "Escala i corda" variant began around 1910, when the player Nel de Murla se ...

variant player known as Juliet d'Alginet. He is one of only five players in the

Pelayo trinquet The Pelayo trinquet ( ca-valencia, trinquet de Pelayo) is one of the most renowned trinquets courts of the Valencian pilota sport in Valencia. The most important Escala i corda competitions, such as the Circuit Bancaixa, have their final matche ...

's ''Honor gallery''. He retired in 1968 and died on 7 November 2015.Muere "Juliet d'Alginet", una de las leyendas de la pilota
Levante (Portuguese)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Palau Lozano, Julio 1925 births 2015 deaths People from Ribera Alta (comarca) Sportspeople from the Province of Valencia Pilotaris from the Valencian Community