When was valencia spain founded

This was the time when the Valenciano language a form of Catalan was rediscovered as part of the national heritage. Nonetheless, you still get the feeling that the wall is still there as major landmarks such as Torres de Quart and Torres de Serranos still remain.

The river Turia had often flooded the nearby Old Quarter of Valencia and in the floods killed many Valencians so the river was re-routed. During the s the original dry riverbed was converted into the beautiful Turia Gardens we now enjoy today.

Today Valencia is a major center of arts and culture and the futuristic City of Arts and Sciences designed by Valenciano architect Santiago Calatrava and situated at the end of the Turia Gardens, is definitely the icing on the cake. Your email address will not be published. Discoveries at a site at La Almoina include the dismembered bodies of various soldiers alongside their weapons, which indicates that a skirmish occurred there.

As a result of the conflict, it appears that the settlement was virtually abandoned for at least half a century. From the middle of the first century onwards Valentia gradually recovered lost ground and embarked on a lengthy period of development typified by urban growth, the wealth of the new settlers and the aggrandisement of the city through the construction of large public buildings, such as the forum and the amphitheatre.

Sizeable infrastructure projects were also completed, such as a river port next to the modern-day Torres dels Serrans or the water supply system, a facility that the people of Valencia were unable to make use of again until the middle of the nineteenth century. Valentia was not immune to the crisis that afflicted the rest of the Roman Empire in the second half of the third century and the city entered a lengthy period of decline during which its boundaries shrank, whole suburbs were left deserted and its infrastructures abandoned.

In the middle of the fourth century the city was inhabited by a Christian community drawn there in memory of San Vicente, who was martyred in Valencia in During their reign, there were countless battles and terrible periods of economic strife which, together with an outbreak of the plague, led social havoc.

This situation was taken advantage of by the Moors, who occupied the territory peacefully in A. When Islamic culture settled in, Valencia prospered thanks to a booming trade in paper, silk, leather, ceramics, glass and silver-work. After Almanzor's death, the state was divided into various kingdoms, known as "Taifas". After "el Cid" died, king James I would be who finally took over the city for the Catholics in A.

Continuing on this quick journey through time, we reach medieval Valencia. In the 15th century, the city experienced an unequal period of prosperity, which, thanks to a rapid development in agricultural and industrial production, expanded its trade around the Mediterranean.

During the reign of Alfons the Magnanimous, in fact, Valencia was considered to be one of the richest capitals in Europe, both for the range of its cultural activities as well as its financial power. Unfortunately, there soon came a period of economic and political turmoil. The financial support provided by Valencian bankers to the Spanish Crown for the discovery of the Americas, created serious economic problems in the city, while the upper-classes lived off their unearned income, not investing in any existing or new industries.