Xativa, papal city

STOP THE VIOLENCE IN VALENCIA: POLICE VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN ON THE STREETS OF VALENCIA

High school students recently took part in a peaceful protest in Valencia City to protest against their schools not being paid for electricity or heating. They were taught by their teachers how to protest peacefully. The police turned out in riot gear and treated the kids and parents like criminals. This is now daily life for many students and parents here in Valencia and there has been no media coverage of these attrocities. DO NOT SUPPORT THIS REGIME - MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD.

CHIEF OF POLICE ANTONIO MORENO, WHEN ASKED WHETHER HE CONSIDERED THE POLICE RESPONSE "DISPROPORTIONATE" SAID SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF "YOU DON'T GIVE NUMBERS TO YOUR ENEMY".

MR MORENO, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU:
ARE CHILDREN YOUR ENEMY? ARE THE PEOPLE OF VALENCIA YOUR ENEMY? IS THIS BUSINESS (WHICH PAYS MORE THAN YOUR ANNUAL WAGES) YOUR ENEMY?

WE CALL FOR THE RESIGNATION OF ANTONIO MORENO, HE'S EVIDENTLY OVERSTRESSED, SLIGHTLY MAD AND CURRENTLY CONTROLLING A DANGEROUS AND VIOLENT FORCE ON THE STREETS OF VALENCIA AGAINST CHILDREN, PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS.

READ OUR PUBLIC STATEMENT ON THE VALENCIA PROTESTS AND POLICE BRUTALITY HERE

Towns & Areas of Interest

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Xativa Town

Xativa is the birthplace of the painter El Espanoleto, and that of two popes from the Borja dynasty. Visits are recommended to the Seu (Cathedral), the churches of Sant Feliu and Sant Pere, the Royal Hospital, the palace of the Marquis of Montortal and the Alarco palace, the many fountains in the town and its enormous castle on the mountain - a fusion between an Iber-Roman fortress and a Moorish stronghold. The sweet-toothed should not leave Xativa without trying a dessert called arnadi - made especially during lent. A visit to the Almodi museum features a portrait of King Felipe V hanging upside down. It has long been a tradition here, because the townsfolk were once expelled and the town was set to the torch by this king after he won the battle of Alamansa in 1707.

Xativa Castle

The nearby Cova Negra (Black Cave) revealed relics over 30,000 years old and an intact Neanderthal skull. In the 11th century the Muslims built Europe's first paper manufacturing plant here. After the Reconquista, Xativa became Valencia's second largest city.

Info: Lonely Planet and Turisme Generalitat Valenciana - (Angela)

Created: 2005-08-04 11:14:13 | Updated: 2009-12-21 11:34:28