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Ondara, Costa Blanca, Spain
Your Hosts: Jeff & Karen Morrow
English
Quality Accommodation
Recommended on
As seen on BBC1’s
Living in the Sun
The area is rich in history from rock painting sites dating back 8000 years, to Moorish
hilltop castles and the famous Borges palaca in Gandia. There is a strong Moors and
Christian history where the two cultures battled for control of the land for hundreds
of years during the early middle ages. This is the basis for the modern Moors & Christians
mock battles and parades played out each year in April. The most spectacular of all
the re-
In the year 715 the Moors settled in the area. The local villages were incorporated into the domain of Teodomiro and Tarik . In 1238 most of the area was conquered by Jaime I but was not occupied until 1245 after he had defeated all the Moors.
The Moors rose up again in 1248 under the command of Alazraq but were defeated and expelled from the kingdom of Valencia. The Moors did not leave and Alazraq attempted again in 1253 but were defeated again by Jaime I and expelled from the entire kingdom. In 1275 a ruling was passed that any Moor wishing to change his place of abode must have prior permission from the Christians.
Alazraq returned from exile in 1276 and supported by the Moorish former chief of
Finestrat, Abrahim, a new uprising began. This time the Moors defeat saw Alazarach
killed in the battle of Alcoy by the troops of the king's son -
All the Moors who had stayed after this were ordered to be expelled in 1609 by Felipe III. This led to another uprising of more than 20,000 Moors led by Mellini, a Moor from Guadalest. Mellini was defeated and most then set sail for Africa from the ports of Alicante and Dénia.
In more recent times the Civil War has disturbed the peace of the area.
Here is a Spanish historical timeline:
Above extract courtesy of www.abdet.com
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