140 years ago Xàbia began a new stage of growth. Specifically, in 1879, Xàbia or Jávea as it was then called, a new stage in its history started by two projects that made it grow and put on the map as it had not been before. According to the information provided by Juan Bautista Codina Bas, the...
Juan Bautista Codina Bas donates two volumes of the history of Xàbia to the Municipal Archive
The researcher, Juan Bautista Codina Bas, presents to the Municipal Archive of Xàbia two of his research works, Anales de Xàbia. It is about two volumes that collect more than 30 years of intense work of documentary compilation by different Valencian and Spanish archives. With this donation, Codina provides an important source for...
The Xàbia of modern times appears in the second issue of 'Quaderns del Museu'
This next Friday 25 of January, in the conference room of the museum, at 20 hours, the Department of Culture of Xàbia will present the second issue of the cultural publication, Quaderns del Museu, a publication that was resumed last year to disseminate the studies on history and local heritage to make them accessible to...
5.792 photographs that portray life in Xàbia from the 60 years are incorporated into the Arxiu
Vicent Ferrer i Ferrer, a teacher at the Vicente Tena school (1991-1997 courses) and the Graüll (1997-2007 courses), has donated 5.792 high quality digital photographs to the Arxiu de Xàbia, the result of his love for Photography and his professional stage as a photographer. From the 60 years to the present,...
A story by the villager Empar Ferrer brings children closer to 'El secreto de la pansa'
Poet journalist and writer, Empar Ferrer, will present her latest book, El secret de la pansa, next Friday, 14 in December, at 19: 00 hours, in the Library of El Poble Nou de Benitatxell. The story, edited by El Bullent and Poblero City Council, and illustrated by Cristina Durán, pays tribute to the Escaldà...
Return to the bookstores of the region the recipe book of 'Rebostería de la Marina Alta'
Nine years ago, coinciding with the celebration of the 400 years of the expulsion of the Moriscos, the MACMA published the recipe book Rebostería en la Marina. A book with a prologue by Juan Vicente Garcia Marsilla, professor of Medieval History at the University of Valencia, was intended to show how the sum of cultural exchanges they have had...
Visit to the 'Cova de les Bruixes'to celebrate in' Tourism Day 'in Benitatxell
This Wednesday the "Day of Tourism" was celebrated and in the Poble Nou de Benitatxell they did it with a day of visit to the "Cova de les Bruixes". More than a hundred people went there, going through a very particular landscape; They crossed riuraus and vineyards until they reached the site. Miguel Sánchez and Anna Viciach,...
The children of Pepe Segarra donate to the Museum of Xàbia the toga de macero that his father wore
The macero was a municipal official who carried the ceremonial club as a representation of power, dignity and municipal authority. She wore a unique garment of Xàbia's historical and ceremonial clothing, the gramalla, a type of camisole or traditional red blouse and damask fabric, which identified the villa's macero...
Xàbia wants to make the old anti-aircraft shelter of the port visitable
The City Council of Xàbia has asked the Generalitat Valenciana for a grant to make it possible to visit the anti-aircraft shelter of the war located next to the port of Xàbia, which was rediscovered last February after being hidden for decades by the brush. Through a resolution of the mayor's office, the Consistory presents this project...
The Benitachell retrieves a file of S.XVIII
Thanks to the campaign Adopt a historical document, released by the Department of Culture directed by Manolo Segarra, the Benitachell has managed to recover the file dated in 1732 which includes the founding of the vicarage of the village. The restoration process has been funded by the Daughters of Mary congregation with a...
Xàbia this weekend recreates the attack during the French war
The August 28 1812 Napoleon's troops took the lives of residents of Xàbia 16, including the parish priest and the sacristan, who launched from the belfry were. This terrible attack will be narrated, this weekend, by a journalist of the time while the streets are traveled...
