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Costa Blanca : Top 10 Historical Figures

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Top 10 Top 10 Historical Figures

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  • 1. Dama de Elx (4th century BC)

    Historical or mythical? – no-one knows. The origins of this exquisite Iberian sculpture are shrouded in mystery (see Elx (Elche)).

  • 2. Hannibal Barca (c.247–c.183 BC)

    The Carthaginian general who famously crossed the Alps with elephants.

  • 3. Abd al-Rahman II (790–852)

    Abderramán II founded the city of Mursiya (Murcia) in 825.

  • 4. El Cid (1043–99)

    This charismatic knight won considerable lands around Valencia from the Arabs.

  • 5. Jaime I (1208–76)

    The first to make major gains against the Arabs in the Costa Blanca.

  • 6. Isabella I (1451–1504) and Ferdinand V (1452–1516)

    The Catholic monarchs held court at Orihuela in 1488, with the city at its most influential.

  • 7. Rodrigo de Borgia (c.1431–1503)

    The infamous Pope Alexander VI, father of 10 children including Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia, was born in Xàtiva.

  • 8. Barbarroja (d.1546)

    Turkish pirate Jayr al-Din – better known as Barbarroja (“Red Beard”) – was the scourge of the Mediterranean.

  • 9. José de Ribera (1591–1652)

    One of Spain’s finest painters, he was born in Xàtiva but spent most of his life in Italy.

  • 10. José Moñino Redondo (1728–1808)

    A key figure in the Spanish Enlightenment. Born in Murcia.

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