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History of Murcia

The documented history of Murcia traces back at least to the Middle Ages, after Madinat Mursiya was built by Andalusi Emir Abd al-Rahman II in the 9th century, while it is suggested the city was erected over a previous settlement of Roman origin. Wikipedia
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Murcia was founded by Abd ar-Rahman II, Emir of Cordoba, in 825 with the name Mursiyah (Arabic: مرسية). It is now mainly a services city and a university town.
Murcia, comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) and historical region of southeastern Spain that is coextensive with the provincia (province) of Murcia.
As part of the initial transformation, settlements became bigger, and their defensive structures more complex. The population who flourished in Southern Spain ...
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450,000 - making it Spain's seventh largest city. Its history dates back to the year 825, when it was founded by the Emir of Cordoba.
The site was settled before the Roman occupation of southern Spain in the 3rd century bc, but its name even during the Roman rule is unknown, although some have ...
The origins of Murcia are found in the first Iberian villages, such as the Santuario de La Luz. Later, during Roman times, isolated settlements were founded on ...
In Murcia the Comunero movement was led by Pedro Fajardo, the First Marqués de los Vélez, whose interest lay mainly in consolidating his own authority over the ...
MURCIA, capital of the former kingdom of Murcia, S.E. Spain. The kingdom was first taken from the Muslims (1243) during the reign of Ferdinand III of ...