The Community of Valencia includes the Provinces of Alicante, Valencia and Castellón and is the land conquered and held by the renowned Spanish warrior El Cid who reigned as overlord for several years from 1094.
There’s loads of evidence that the history of Alicante goes back for over three thousand years with primary indications coming from abundant archaeological remains.
The province of Alicante is a great place to visit and live being one of the areas in which there is a huge concentration of businesses and activities set up to cater for the tourist industry.
A city that came into being on September 8 1251 in Lleida, when Jaime I granted permission to transfer his royal city from the mountain to the plain, it was on the hill of La Magdalena where Castellón has its ancestral home.
Situated in the extreme east of the old Kingdom of Valencia, Castellón is today one of the 52 provinces of Spain and is located in the Autonomous Community of Valencia. The capital city is Castellón de la Plana.
