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71-474: The municipality, located in the north of the Region of Murcia , covers 972 square kilometres (375 sq mi). It shares borders with the municipality of Yecla at its northeast and its east; with Abarán , Fortuna and Cieza at its south and with Abanilla at its east. It also adjoins the province of Albacete in the autonomous community Castilla–La Mancha at its west and the province of Alicante in

142-527: A cold semi-arid climate ( Köppen : BSk ). However, parts of the southern coast of Murcia have a hot desert climate ( Köppen : BWh ). In addition, there are small areas in the interior that have a cold desert climate ( BWk ), a hot summer Mediterranean climate (Csa) and, to a lesser extent, a warm summer Mediterranean climate ( Csb ). Winters are mild (an average of 11 °C (52 °F) in December and January) and summers are hot to very hot (where

213-663: A balcony of the Regional Council building, the former Provincial Council of Murcia (now the Ministry of Finance). The same committee established that the coat of arms of the Region of Murcia had the same symbols and distribution as the flag, with the royal crown as a crest above. Flag and shield were specified by Article 4 of the Statute of Autonomy of the Region of Murcia , approved by organic law in 1982. The Day of

284-548: A date of the 80,000 BC. There is also evidence of human presence in the Epipalaeolithic in this territory, and it consists in the archaeological sites. Regarding the Chalcolithic in this current municipality, ruins of an ancient hamlet are the trace of the people living in that era. The archaeological site is named El Prado, and it has a distance of 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the town Jumilla. This hamlet

355-780: A few Latin American countries, Castilian is now usually referred to as Spanish . The language was brought to the New World by Castilian Conquistadors during the Spanish colonization of the Americas . Due to this gradual process, the Hispanophone world was created. As Castilian was the language of the Crown, it became the official language of all of Spain, used side by side with other languages in their regions for centuries. During

426-657: A permanent trading port on its coast that was named Qart-Hadast. For the Carthaginian traders, the mountainous territory was merely the Iberian hinterland of their seacoast empire . In 209 BC, the Romans conquered Qart-Hadast, and the territory belonged to the province of Hispania Carthaginensis . During the Roman era, Carthago Nova was the most important place in the region, and there are still remains of ancient villas in

497-671: Is Los Obispos Peak in the Massif of Revolcadores  [ es ] . A jurisdiction of the Crown of Castile since the Middle Ages, the Kingdom of Murcia was replaced in the 19th century by territory primarily belonging to the provinces of Albacete and Murcia (and subsidiarily to those of Jaén and Alicante). The former two were henceforth attached to a 'historical region' also named after Murcia. The province of Murcia constituted as

568-548: Is an autonomous community of Spain located in the southeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula , on the Mediterranean coast. The region is 11,313 km (4,368 sq mi) in area and had a population of 1,511,251 as at the start of 2020. About a third of its population lives in the capital, Murcia , and a seventh in the second city, Cartagena. At 2,014 m (6,608 ft), the region's highest point

639-531: Is of uncertain origin. According to Francisco Cascales , it could refer to the Roman goddess Venus Murcia , from the myrtles on the banks of the Segura River. Historical studies conclude that, like the deity, Murcia is of Latin origin deriving most likely from Myrtea or Murtea ('place of myrtles' or 'place where myrtles grow'). Furthermore, Mursiya (already documented in the Islamic period as

710-603: Is placed in the east of the territory and occupied by 8 residents; La Alquería, with a population of 155 and Las Encebras, which is located in the southern half and is home to 45 people. This current municipality was populated in the Lower Paleolithic , 450,000 years ago. Remains of human presence in the Upper and Middle Paleolithic were discovered in the same spot as the Lower Paleolithic ones. These have

781-473: Is strongly connected to Roman Catholicism . It is the religion of the overwhelming majority of Castilians as a result of the settlement of Christian populations and forced assimilation of religious minorities (particularly Judaism and Islam) prior and during the Spanish Inquisition . The presence in the region of minority religions such as Protestantism, Orthodox Christianity, Islam or Judaism are

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852-696: Is the native language of the Castilians. Its origin is traditionally ascribed to an area south of the Cordillera Cantábrica , including the upper Ebro valley, in northern Spain, around the 8th and 9th centuries; however, the first written standard was developed in the 13th century in the southern city of Toledo . It is descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire , with Arabic influences, and perhaps Basque as well. During

923-647: Is the ninth-largest region of Spain by area and constitutes 2.9% of the national area. It extends over the greater part of the hydrographic basin of the Segura River , thus constituting a well-defined geographical unit, except for the comarcas of the Sierra de Segura and the Campos de Hellín which were in the province of Albacete, Los Vélez in Almería and La Vega Baja in the province of Alicante, all belonging to

994-650: The Council of Wise Men of the plain of Murcia and the tamboradas (drumming processions) of Moratalla and Mula , which were declared intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO . The region is also the home of Caravaca de la Cruz , a holy city in the Catholic Church that celebrates the Perpetual Jubilee every seven years in the Santuario de la Vera Cruz . The toponym (place name) Murcia

1065-683: The First Republic , this region was one of the 17 member states that were contemplated by the Spanish Draft Constitution of 1873 , proclaiming during that year the so-called Cantón Murciano , as an attempt to form a regional canton in the context of the Cantonal rebellion . In 1978, the Regional Council of Murcia was created as a pre-autonomous body, in effect until 1982, when the Statute of Autonomy of

1136-977: The Loire River . The Visigothic kingdom became independent of the Roman Empire in 476. In 555 AD, the Byzantines, under the emperor Justinian the Great , conquered the southeastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula and established the province of Spania . Part of the current Region of Murcia belonged to the province and therefore to the Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire . The current of Campo Cartagena-Mar Menor (Cartagena, La Unión, Fuente Álamo, Torre-Pacheco, Los Alcázares, Mazarrón) and Alto Guadalentín (Lorca, Águilas, San Javier and Santiago de la Ribera, and Puerto Lumbreras) also belonged to

1207-517: The Mar Menor saltwater lagoon. Industries include the petrochemical and energy sector (centered in Cartagena) and food production. Because of Murcia's warm climate, the region's long growing season is suitable for agriculture; however, rainfall is low. As a result, in addition to the water needed for crops, there are increasing pressures related to the booming tourist industry. Water is supplied by

1278-640: The Middle Paleolithic era. The Argaric culture flourished in the region from the Chalcolithic era until the early Bronze Age . La Bastida is a site in the Totana municipality, in the southwestern quarter of the region, that references the civilization. Later, the Iberians were present in this territory during the Middle and Late Bronze Age and remained until very early in ancient history, before

1349-759: The Murciana and Granadina breeds of dairy goats . Jumilla is also a wine -producing region famous for its Carta Roja wines. Jumilla's wine production and culture are particularly notable for its use of the Monastrell grape as a varietal. Some buildings that have special culture values such as historic or artistic are shown below: The festivities held in the municipality are shown below: Region of Murcia The Region of Murcia ( / ˈ m ʊər s i ə / , US also / ˈ m ɜːr ʃ ( i ) ə / ; Spanish : Región de Murcia [reˈxjon de ˈmuɾθja] ; Valencian : Regió de Múrcia )

1420-603: The Reconquista in the Middle Ages, it was brought to the south of Spain where it replaced the languages that were spoken in the former Moorish controlled zones , such as the local form of related Latin dialects now referred to as Mozarabic , and the Arabic that had been introduced by the Muslims. In this process Castilian absorbed many traits from these languages, some of which continue to be used today. Outside of Spain and

1491-730: The Segura River and, since the 1970s, by the Tagus-Segura Water Transfer , a major civil-engineering project that brings water from the Tagus River into the Segura under environmental and sustainability restraints. Notable features of the region's extensive cultural heritage include 72 cave art ensembles, which are part of the rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin , a World Heritage Site . Other culturally significant features include

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1562-422: The Spanish transition , when the president of the Regional Council of Murcia , Antonio Pérez Crespo , established a commission in 1978 to study the future flag of the Region of Murcia. The commission was formed by historians Juan Torres Fontes and José María Jover and senators Ricardo de la Cierva and Antonio López Pina. The project was approved on 26 March 1979 and the flag was first hoisted on 5 May 1979 on

1633-560: The house sparrow , European greenfinch , European robins , common blackbirds , and European turtle doves . Some amphibians found in the Region of Murcia are Perez's frog , common parsley frog , European toads , and Natterjack toads . Reptile species in the region are Montpellier snakes , ladder snakes , horseshoe whip snakes , viperine water snakes , Iberian worm lizards , Spanish pond turtles , Iberian wall lizards , Spanish psammodromus , Tarentola mauritanica , loggerhead sea turtles , and Greek tortoises . Fish species in

1704-517: The 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries. After the Christian conquest of Murcia between 1243 and 1266, the Kingdom of Murcia emerged, a territorial jurisdiction that formed its own institutions until its demise in 1833. After the provincial administrative reform of 1833, the first Region of Murcia was formed from the provinces of Albacete and Murcia. In the first attempt at decentralization, during

1775-724: The 3rd century BC, the Carthaginians colonised a large part of the Iberian Peninsula : from the current city of Cádiz , to the Ebro River . The Roman Republic waged war on Carthage in the Second Punic War , and won. As a result of these facts, Jumilla became Roman territory, and its farming lands were divided up among legionnaires. Remains of Ancient Rome in Jumilla are the Roman villa 's ruins, which are part of

1846-544: The Campo de Cartagena. The Romans built a salt factory and settled in a little town called Ficaria, in the current municipality of Mazarrón. Altiplano and Noroeste comarcas (a kind of region) both contain surviving dwellings of the Romans. In the early 5th century, the Vandals , Suebi , and Alans began to invade the Iberian Peninsula, settling in different provinces. The Vandals acquired Lusitania and Carthaginensis,

1917-729: The Mar Menor a unique place and the largest saltwater lake in Europe. With a semicircular shape, it is separated from the Mediterranean Sea by a sand strip 22 kilometres (14 mi) in length and between 100 and 1,200 metres (330 and 3,940 ft) wide, which is known as La Manga del Mar Menor (the Minor Sea's Sandbar). The lagoon has been designated by the United Nations as a Specially Protected Zone of Importance for

1988-467: The Mediterranean. Its coastal perimeter accounts for 73 kilometres (45 mi) of coast, along which beaches follow one another beside crystal clear shallow water (the maximum depth does not exceed 7 metres (23 ft)). The lake has an area of 170 square kilometres (66 sq mi). There are more than 30 tree species, over 50 species of shrubs, and more than 130 herbaceous plant species in

2059-445: The Middle Ages, the Kingdom of Castile (later Crown of Castile ) spread over a large part of the Iberian Peninsula, especially towards the southern Spanish regions . Starting from the late 15th century, the Spanish colonization of the Americas led to the spread of Castilians over the New World , and they brought not only their language but also elements of their culture and traditions. Castilian ( castellano ), that is, Spanish ,

2130-641: The Moors, who introduced the large-scale irrigation upon which Murcian agriculture relies, the province was known as Todmir . According to Idrisi , the 12th century Arab cartographer based in Sicily , it included the cities of Orihuela , Lorca , Mula , and Chinchilla . In the early 11th century, after the fall of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba , a territory centered on the city of Murcia became an independent principality, or taifa . At one point,

2201-550: The Region of Murcia  [ es ] is celebrated on 9 June, commemorating the promulgation of the Statute of Autonomy. The Region of Murcia is located in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula , on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea . It ranges from 38º 45' in the north to 37º 23' in the south, and from 0º 41' in the east to 2º 21' in the west. With an area of 11,313 square kilometres (4,368 sq mi), it

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2272-544: The Region of Murcia was approved. The province of Murcia was then granted autonomy under the official name of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia in the framework of the political process in place during the Spanish transition to democracy. The flag of the Region of Murcia is rectangular and contains four castle battlements in gold in the upper hoist canton , distributed two over two (symbolizing

2343-518: The Romans conquered a large part of the Iberian Peninsula. A shrine, necropolis, and an ancient settlement for these people can be found at the El Cigarralejo  [ es ] site. Another site that consists of the remains of an Iberian shrine is Santuario Ibérico de la Luz, located in the Murcia municipality. In 227 BC, Carthaginians settled in what is now Cartagena and established

2414-585: The Segura river basin's insufficient water capacity, contributions to this river basin are made from the basin of the Tajo River by means of the Tajo–Segura Water Transfer. The greatest natural lake of Spain can be found in the region: the Mar Menor (Small Sea) lagoon. It is a salt water lagoon, adjacent to the Mediterranean Sea . Its special ecological and natural characteristics make

2485-739: The Suebi took the Gallaecia, and the Alans settled in Baetica. The Romans wanted to recover their land and requested assistance from the Visigoths , to which they would provide goods and territory in return. With that, the Alans and Vandals were defeated by the Visigoths and fled to North Africa. Consequently, the Visigoths became federated to the Roman Empire in a kingdom that stretched from Gibraltar to

2556-442: The Taifa of Murcia). In 1245, a Castilian army and a fleet from the Cantabrian Sea conquered Qartayanna. Consequently, the rest of the rebellious towns were also taken by the Castilians. Following the support of local Muslims for the Mudéjar revolt of 1264–1266 , in 1266 Alfonso X of Castile annexed the territory outright with critical military support from his uncle Jaime I of Aragon . The Castilian conquest of Murcia marked

2627-488: The autonomous community Valencian Community . In this municipality there are several mountain landforms. There are three which are specially noteworthy in the territory and these are Sierra del Carche, Sierra del Buey and Sierra de la Pila. Other geographical elements that occupy the territory are three salt evaporation ponds . Regarding water landforms, there are not any basin with permanent water flow, but there are three ramblas or arroyos (creeks) . The inhabitants of

2698-404: The borders of the ancient Kingdom of Murcia and the four borders that it had at some point in its history), and seven royal crowns in the lower fly canton (these being the escutcheon of the historical coat of arms of the Kingdom of Murcia), arranged in four rows, with one, three, two and one elements, respectively; all on the crimson background of Cartagena. The flag's origin dates back to

2769-463: The calcaric fluvisol, the calcaric regosol, and the calcic xerosol. Regosol soils form about a quarter of the region's surface; and calcic horizons (B horizons [third layers of the soil] being formed by calcium carbonate deposits and 15 cm thick at least, and containing a minimum 15% of CaCO 3 besides more features) occur in almost half of the surface. Murcia predominantly has a hot semi-arid climate ( Köppen climate classification : BSh ) and

2840-403: The daily maximum regularly exceeds 40 °C (104 °F)). The average annual temperature varies from 10 °C (50 °F) to more than 19 °C (66 °F). Precipitation varies from more than 550 millimetres (22 in) to less than 200 millimetres (7.9 in) per year, making this autonomous community the driest in Spain . The region has between 120 and 150 days in the year where

2911-400: The end of the Aragon's southward expansion along the Iberian Mediterranean coast. The kingdom of Murcia was repopulated with people from Christian territories by giving them land. Castilians Castilians ( Spanish : castellanos ) are the inhabitants of the historical region of Castile in central Spain . However, the boundaries of the region are disputed. Not all people in

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2982-423: The equivalent of the energy used by 20,000 homes. The solar panels are owned by groups of investors. It is expected to generate an estimated annual income of $ 28 million (€19 million) and a reduction in CO2 emissions of 42,000 tons a year. Powerlight provided single-axis solar trackers to improve the system's performance. Jumilla, together with neighboring Yecla , is one of the primary regions for development of

3053-400: The full-fledged single-province autonomous community of the Region of Murcia in 1982. The region is bordered by Andalusia (the provinces of Almería and Granada ), Castile La Mancha (the province of Albacete), the Valencian Community (province of Alicante ), and the Mediterranean Sea. The autonomous community is a single province . The city of Murcia is the capital of the region and

3124-407: The high plateaus are the Campo de San Juan and the Altiplano murciano. Some of the valleys and plains are the coastal depression of the Campo de Cartagena -Mar Menor; a little farther inland is the Valle del Guadalentín (also called the Murcian pre-coastal depression ), which crosses the region from southwest to northeast. The fertile plains lie along the Segura River (among the most famous ones

3195-412: The inhabitants asked the king Peter of Castile for help in order to live in territory which belonged again to the Crown of Castile . Frederik of Castile , who was son of the king Ferdinand III of Castile , caused Jumilla to belong to the Crown of Castile again in the year 1357. Two of the first important facts in Jumilla were the French invasion and the resulting Peninsular War . Jumilla plunged into

3266-572: The landscape of the municipality. Some remarkable remains are a bronze statuette of the god Hypos and mosaics. There is a trace element from the 5th century AD ( Late antiquity ) and it consists in a funerary structure. In the year 711 AD, Berbers and Arabs entered the Iberian Peninsula and conquered a large portion of it. Approximately the area of the current Region of Murcia came to be under Adb's Al-Aziz power. The Abd's Al-Aziz troops circulated through Jumilla territory. The Muslims used previous built fortifications for erecting their fortress. In

3337-422: The latter's advance in the 1170s. Conversely, when the Almohads receded after their defeat in the 1212 Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa , another taifa-prince based in Murcia, Ibn Hud , rebelled against Almohad rule and briefly controlled most of Al-Andalus . Ferdinand III of Castile received the submission of the Moorish king of Murcia under the terms of the 1243 Treaty of Alcaraz  [ es ] and made

3408-415: The mid-13th century, the king of the Taifa of Murcia Aben Hud was menaced by the Castillian troops and by the monarch of the Emirate of Granada , Aben Almahar. The king of the Taifa of Murcia reached an agreement with the prince Alfonso X of Castile , who would be king. In this deal, issues such as respecting the inhabitants lives and possessions were agreed. Alfonso X of Castile visited Jumilla when he

3479-434: The municipality are distributed in the following localities: Jumilla, where 24,416 people live; La Estacada, where there are 284 residents; Fuente del Pino, which is located in the northern half and is home to 125 people; Cañada del Trigo, which is located in the southeast of Jumilla and has a population of 121; Torre del Rico, which is placed in the southeast of the municipality and is occupied by 106 residents; El Carche, which

3550-418: The name of the city of Murcia), was the adaptation in the Arabic of the pre-existing Latin. According to Bienvenido Mascaray, it is also possible that the name originates from the Iberian language in the form m-ur-zia , meaning 'the water that empowers or moistens.' The use of "Murcia" to define the present region has its origin in the Taifa of Murcia , an Arab kingdom that existed at different times in

3621-514: The opposite-leaved saltworts), rosemary , lentisks , black hawthorns , Neptune grass , shaggy sparrow-wort , and Retama sphareocarpa . There are also species which have been introduced, such as the tree tobacco and Opuntia maxima . In regards to herbaceous plants, some native species are slender sowthistles , false sowthistles , mallow bindweeds , wall barleys , fennels , Brachypodium retusum (close to false-bromes), Thymus hyemalis (close to broad-leaved thymes), Asphodelus ayardii (of

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3692-414: The precipitation level is higher (up to 600 millimetres (24 in)). The city of Murcia holds the Spanish record high temperature in the 20th century. It reached 46.1 °C (115.0 °F) on July 4, 1994. The winter of 2005 was the coldest in a long time, with snow falling even on the Murcian coast. The region's hydrographic network consists mainly of the Segura river and its tributaries: Due to

3763-436: The province. In the early 8th century there was a disputed succession to the Visigothic throne. The king Wittiza wanted his son Agila to be his successor, but the nobles of the court elected Roderic , duke of Baetica , as king. The people in favour of Agila conspired to overthrow Roderic. They asked the Moors for help and promised spoils of war in return. The Moors began conquering the Iberian Peninsula in 711. Roderic

3834-426: The region include the Atlantic horse mackerel , Spanish toothcarp , gilt-head bream , greater amberjack , sand steenbras , and flathead grey mullet . Since the Lower Paleolithic era, the Region of Murcia has been inhabited by humans. In the Torre-Pacheco municipality in the southeast of the region is a noteworthy paleontological site, the Sima de las Palomas , which contains bone remains of Neanderthals from

3905-449: The region. Some species have been introduced but are now part of the landscape. Indigenous tree species in the region are Aleppo pines , Mediterranean buckthorns , tamarisk trees , and field elms . There are also some species that have been introduced, such as the Mediterranean cypress . Native shrubs found in several parts of the region are esparto grass , a species of the genus European fan palm , Salsola genistoides (close to

3976-424: The regions of the medieval Kingdom of Castile or Crown of Castile think of themselves as Castilian. For that reason, the exact limits of what is Castilian today are disputed. The western parts of Castile and León (that is, the Region of León ) and Cantabria , La Rioja , the Community of Madrid and La Mancha are often also included in the definition, but that is controversial for historical reasons and for

4047-433: The same basin. Approximately 27% of the Murcian territory consists of mountainous reliefs, 38% intermountain depressions and corridor valleys, and the remaining 35% of plains and high plateaus. The region is located at the eastern end of the Baetic System , being affected climatologically by an orography that isolates it from the Atlantic influence. These mountain ranges are divided in turn from north to south into: Among

4118-671: The same genus as field voles). In addition, some species of bats are the common pipistrelle , Kukhl's pipistrelle , the common bent-wing bat , the soprano pipistrelle , the greater horseshoe bat , the meridional serotine (which only inhabits southern Spain, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia), the lesser horseshoe bat , and the European free-tailed bat . In regard to birds, there are some raptor species, such as Bonelli's eagles , golden eagles , peregrine falcons , little owls , and Eurasian eagle-owls . There are also waterbirds, such as yellow-legged gulls , mallards , black-winged stilts , little grebes , and garganeys . Other bird species are

4189-523: The same genus as onionweeds). Non-native species include the African wood-sorrel and the flax-leaf fleabane . In the region, there are over 10 species of land mammals (not counting bats), 19 bat species, over 80 bird species, 11 species of amphibians, 21 reptile species, and 9 species of fish. Mammals inhabiting the area include barbary sheep , European badgers , beech martens , Eurasian otters , red foxes , wild boars , red squirrels , European wildcats , garden dormice , and Cabreras vole (of

4260-496: The seat of the regional government, but the legislature, known as the Regional Assembly of Murcia , is located in Cartagena . The region is subdivided into municipalities . The region is among Europe's largest producers of fruits, vegetables, and flowers, with important vineyards in the municipalities of Jumilla , Bullas , and Yecla that produce wines of Denominación de origen . It also has an important tourism sector concentrated on its Mediterranean coastline, which features

4331-420: The sky is totally clear. April and October have the most precipitation, with frequent heavy downpours in a single day. The distance to the sea and the relief causes a thermal difference between the coast and the interior, especially in winter, when the temperature rarely dips below 10 °C (50 °F) on the coast, while in the interior regions the minimum usually does not rise above 6 °C (43 °F) and

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4402-450: The so-called Valle de Ricote), and tributaries of the Segura, such as the Mula basin. To explain this complex relief, it is important to highlight the existence of significant faults throughout the area—such as Alhama de Murcia, Bullas - Archena , or the Cicatriz Nor-Bética—which, along with intersections with other minor faults, generate numerous earth movements, such as the 2011 Lorca earthquake . The most widely present soil types are

4473-439: The strong sense of unique cultural identity of those regions. The Province of Albacete and Ciudad Real are also often included. As an ethnicity, Castilians are most commonly associated with the sparsely-populated inner plateau of the Iberian peninsula, which is split into two by the Sistema Central mountain range in northern or ' Old Castile ' and southern or ' New Castile '. During the Reconquista and other conquests in

4544-424: The taifa included parts of the present-day provinces of Albacete and Almería , as well. After the 1086 Battle of Sagrajas , the Almoravid emirate swallowed up the taifas . When Almoravid rule ultimately declined, Abu ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Saʿd ibn Mardanīš established a taifa—including the cities of Murcia, Valencia, and Dénia—that opposed for a time the spread of the Almohads , but ultimately succumbed to

4615-430: The territory a protectorate of the Crown of Castile. There were towns that rejected compliance with the treaty, such as Qartayanna-Al halfa (Cartagena), Lurqa (Lorca) and Mula. There were also towns where governors accepted the treaty but the inhabitants did not, such as Aledo, Ricote, Uruyla (Orihuela), and Medina La-Quant (Alicante), (although the two last do not belong to the present-day Region of Murcia; they were part of

4686-428: The war and its inhabitants established the military defence junta. Jumilla's economy is based on agriculture with main cultivation being vineyards, olive trees and fruit trees. Jumilla is home to a large photovoltaic solar power farm, with an installed peak power capacity of 20 megawatts. The solar farm consists of 120,000 solar panels and covers 100 hectares (247 acres). The farm's total annual production will be

4757-452: The years of the Francoist State (1939 to 1975), there was an attempt to suppress the regional languages in favour of Castilian as the sole official language, causing a backlash against the use of Castilian in some regions after his death. In Spanish, the word castellano (Castilian) is often used to refer to the Spanish language, alongside español (Spanish). (See Names given to the Spanish language .) Castilian identity and culture

4828-412: Was during under the Crown of Aragon Control era when the first historic document which address solely Jumilla was written. The document was about demarcating lands and municipality with boundary markers. In the mid-14th century, when Jumilla was under the Crown of Aragon power, this town became a border locality. As a consequence, Jumilla must have been ruled with a man having an iron fist. Consequently,

4899-489: Was inhabited by 300 people, and its dwellings consisted of huts formed with reed and mud adobe. There is a cave in this current municipality which had a sacred purpose for these people 5,000 years ago. In that spot, burial sites had been discovered. The Bronze Age (1900 BC - 900 BC in Region of Murcia) was an important period for Jumilla and this statement is based in the fact that a relevant quantity of hamlets of this era were found with some archaeological operations. In

4970-416: Was killed, and the Visigothic kingdom disappeared. Consequently, the Moors quickly conquered much of the peninsula. Theodemir led a nucleus of resistance in almost all the current region and the south of Alicante province. In 713, he signed the Treaty of Orihuela , because the resistance could no longer endure. The territory came under Muslim rule, but the conquerors granted it political autonomy. Under

5041-413: Was king. He decided to get the Church of Santa María de Gracia built, and nowadays, a part of the church is still preserved. After the death of Alfonso X, there were disputes for reigning. The Crown of Aragon took advantage of that situation - It broke out a war against the Crown of Castile and invaded the Kingdom of Murcia. Jumilla was conquered in the late 13th century or in the early 14th century. It

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