History in Valencia

History of Valencia

A common player in the game of conquest is the Romans who were the originators of Valencia which was called Valentia way back in 138BC, the Visigoths invaded in the late stages of the Roman empire though there were the Muslims who took control they provided well for Valencia and ensured that growth was jump started. They had a good run, they took over in 711AD and they started to face problems in 1010 as their empire Cordoba Caliphate had fallen and was appropriately changed, the legendary El Cid also made his presense known when he started causing problems in 1094 when he went around on a rampage.

The Christian takeover begun in 1238 where Jaime I resolved the long period that the Muslims were running, he took power back and during the 16th century there was a major economic boost which meant the creation of buildings such as Torres dels Serrans and the church of los Reyes del Convento de Santo Domingo. The art all around the city vastly improved and people such as Roiçde Corella and Sor Isabel de Villena all started showing their talents producing some of the best work.

During the 17th century King Felipe had meddled with the government system and really started to gain the distaste of many who would later cause riots, the plague and flood that followed had some really terrible effects on valencia and the 18th century suprisingly brought about the change into an economic growth due to trades like silk and fabric becoming more and more popular.

The 18th century was a great time for the thinkers of the Valencian community as it was known as the century of the environment, there were also a lot of changes when it comes to the structure of official preceedings as the end of the french revolution kicked up a fuss for them. The Spanish civil war was ovbiously a dark period for Valencia as they were oppressed with not being able to speak Valencian and were generally restricted making life rather hard, to top it off there was another major flood over by the turia river.

In modern days there has been a major shift into a more identifiable Valencia as it has now turned on its head to the point of where it is now essential for students to study Valencian and there are several prgrams around to regain the identity that was lost during the reign of Franco.

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