Orihuela
Orihuela or Oriola (in Catalan) is a city located in the province of Alicante, Spain. It has an area of 365.4 km2 and, according to the 2003 census, a total population of 67,731 inhabitants. The river Segura flows through the city.
The agriculture of Orihuela is based on lemon trees, orange trees, palm trees, almond trees, olive trees, pomegranates, cotton, hemp and vegetables. It also has an important industry of silk, wool and preserved food.
The city was settled by Romans who called it Orcelis and subsequently Aurariola. After the Moorish invasion of Spain in 711, the king James I of Aragon reconquered Orihuela in 1264. The most important architectonic monuments of Orihuela are an Arabic castle with its towers, a Catholic cathedral built between the 14th and 16th centuries and the Baroque church of Santo Domingo.
The Spanish poet Miguel Hernández was born in this city, which shares a campus with the University Miguel Hernández. It is also important its festival of Moros y Cristianos.
External links
- ORIHUELA.com News and Guide of the city.
- Orihuela, Home Page.
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