Denia History
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The Muslim era in the
city achieved the peak of its expansion and drive, which generated a time of
great cultural vitality. Daniyya is the capital of the taifa created in 1010 by
the Mujahedin al-Amiri Al-Amiri Muwaffaq, who annexed the Balearic Isles and
converted the kingdom into a major maritime and commercial mint, with its own
currency until the invasion of the Almohades.
The taifa lost its
independence in 1076, being dethroned by Iqbal al-Dawla al-Muqtadir, Hudi king
of the Taifa of Zaragoza, who led the Almoravid invasion (1091).
The Duke of Lerma,
fifth Marquis of Denia and favorite of Philip III, gave the town major perks of
a city, which prompted the expulsion of the Moors (1609), 25,000 of which
sailed into the
During the High
Empire, the city enjoyed a period of splendor from being a stipendiary city
municipality. Between 636 and 693, at the time of the Visigothic kingdom, Denia
was an Episcopal municipality.
Subsequently, under
the house of Gandia, they became a county (1356), reverting to the crown in
times of Alfonso the Magnanimous. The absence of enabling this monarch,
Lieutenant John Navarre, resulted in donating to the Castilian Diego Gomez de
Sandoval y Rojas (1431), to the town’s dissatisfaction, which claimed to return
to its death reign (1455) with the backing of
Until 1477 the castle,
which included the lands of the city environments, was still under the name of
Marquesado. The county remained in the hands of Sandoval and was promoted to
Marquis in 1487.
During the 18th
century, the city openly participated in the War of Spanish Succession and was
the first king to proclaim Archduke Carlos. The war and subsequent retaliation
led to the crisis in the city.
It was finally
occupied by the Bourbon on November 17, 1708. The castle, badly damaged, sank
permanently into the Spanish War of Independence. In the 19th century Denia
returned to the Crown (1804) and underwent a gradual growth, with sailors in the
neighborhood, and became administratively independent from 1837–39.
The booming trade in raisins raised a commercial bourgeoisie and attracted foreign companies with a consequent increase in population from 6538 to 12,413 inhabitants between 1860 and 1900
The Christian conquest
in 1244 took a serious setback in the development of the city, virtually relocating
due to the Muslim population. They repopulated outside of
Albacar became the
center of Christian power in a general term and was mostly populated by
Muslims. James II of
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