Many surely will not know that the history of Murcia it sinks its deepest roots back in the Neolithic Age. The best known of this city perhaps begins during the Muslim era. In other words, it will be necessary to go back to the year 825 when, Abderramán II, founded the old mursiya, which means La Afincada. Even so, there is already talk of an old Roman Murtia, but the data is not very clear.
For little more than four centuries, Mursiya would be a Muslim land, passing from the Levantine kings to the kings of Córdoba, who had no choice but to hand it over to the Castilian hosts of Alfonso X the Wise in 1243. From there the current history begins of the city, although, like many others, it continued to maintain its medieval and Muslim urban layout, and the coexistence of Jews, Christians and Muslims.
With the arrival of the Catholic Monarchs and the centuries to come, Murcia experienced a remarkable boom and growth, especially with the arrival of many people from outside willing to work in its famous garden. The Muslims knew how to take advantage of the benefits of the Segura river like nobody else, and they bequeathed an important swarm of ditches and watering cans.
More prosperity acquired if possible during the War of succession, when Murcia supported the Duke of Anjou, who in the end came out the winner of the contest. As a token of appreciation, the city was filled with blessings and beautiful buildings.
A curious thing to note that, centuries later, during the Civil War, the Murcian city remained republican until the last two days of the war. This time there was no luck deciding which side would win. However, that did not cause great problems to a city that had already been the capital of the province for a century.
It was precisely in the XNUMXth century when Murcia grew considerably, with the appearance of the Carmen neighborhood. From there, and with the rise and development of the fertile Murcian orchard, the twentieth century meant that the municipality is the seventh in Spain by population volume.
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