{"id":4035,"date":"2016-08-15T12:52:16","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T16:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svetanyc.com\/?p=4035"},"modified":"2020-10-20T20:57:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T00:57:15","slug":"segorbe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/192.168.2.119:1984\/svetanyc\/2016\/08\/segorbe\/","title":{"rendered":"Segorbe, Spain. August 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Nine leagues from Valencia, on the old road from this city to<\/span><\/em> Zaragoza, and five from Sagunto, where today the corridor connects with the railroad from Valencia to Barcelona to the west and near the famous Idubeda, there is a beautiful almost circular plain one and two leagues in diameter, surrounded by picturesque and even elegant mountains, irrigated by the Palancia river, with the copious fountain of Hope, which from its source carries more water than many streams called rivers, and by many other smaller springs. Within this valley on the north rises a hill almost vertically. Difficult to find a place more excellent and proper for the first settlers who came looking for pasture for their cattle, healthy and abundant food for their families, recreation for the eyes, stimulation to contemplate and safe and easy defense against all kinds of enemies…”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Bishop F. De Asis Aguilar in <\/em>“News of Segorbe and its Bishophood”, 19th century.<\/em><\/p>\n

Unless you are a hard-core Hispanophile with an itch to see every corner of Spain<\/a>, you are unlikely to visit Segorbe<\/a>, a small town in a mountainous province of Castellon,<\/a> 50 kms from Valencia. However, there is a chance to end up there in September to witness the Bull Running Week (Semana de Toros)<\/em>, which allegedly attracts around 200,000 visitors each year or, like us, be invited to the friends’ wedding. Chris, our American-born groom, has paternal roots in the area near Segorbe so when we received an invitation, we got very excited. Short but very busy wedding weekend in Segorbe was a great start of our 10-day Andalusian vacation.<\/p>\n

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Literature.<\/strong><\/p>\n