Collins, William Wiehe, 1862- · New York : Dodd, Mead · leaf 149
f theenemy, has always been a theme for the balladmongerof Spain. It was in 140 B.C. that Junius Brutus founded a smallRoman colony on the banks of the river Turia. Pompeydestroyed this settlement and rebuilt In 413 the Gothstook possession. The Emir of Cordova captured it in714 and Valencia… … VALENCIA.Door of the Cathedral. VALENCIA Castile. Being a coast town and savouring of the south,it was not until the time of the bigoted Philip III. thatthe industrious and unfortunate Moriscoe was finally ex-pelled from the shelter of Valencias walls. Souchet sacked the place in the Napoleonic…
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