Route of the Borgia

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Collegiate Church of Santa Maria of Gandia .
Ducal Palace of Gandia .
Cloister of the monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba , 14th century.
Chalice of Pope Kalixt III. , museum Collegiate Church of Xàtiva .
Valencia Cathedral .
Frescoes of the Church of San Nicolás, in Valencia .

The Borgia Route is a tourist route that goes through places in the former Valencian Kingdom where the Borgia family left their mark. The Borgia family settled in the Kingdom of Valencia after the conquest by King James I down. The Spanish surname was transcribed into the Italian pronunciation in Italy and transcribed back into Valencian in Spain .

The Popes Kalixt III. and Alexander VI. , Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia and Franz von Borja are the most famous people of this family.

The route starts in the city of Gandia and ends in Valencia.

route

The route passes the following monuments and sights:

Gandia :

  • Collegiate Church of Santa Maria of Gandia
  • Ducal Palace
  • Santa Clara Monastery
  • San Marcos Hospital

Alfauir

Simat de la Valldigna

Canals

  • Oratory of the Borgia
  • Borgia Tower

Xàtiva

  • Xàtiva Collegiate Church
  • Birthplace of Alexander VI.
  • Hermitage of Santa Ana

Valencia

literature

  • José María Cruselles Gómez: Los Borja en Valencia. Nota sobre historiografia, historicismo y pseudohistoria . (PDF file; 1.44 MB) University of Valencia . ( Spanish )
  • Cámara de comercio de Valencia: Bibliography of the route of the Borgia . (PDF file; 0.15 MB). ( Spanish )
  • Santiago La Parra: La ruta valenciana de los Borja. Escapadas-Punto Cero, Gandía 1997, ISBN 84-605-6908-X .
  • Antoni Atienza Peñarroja. "Els Borja, valencians". Editorial L'Oronella. Valencia. 2003. ISBN 84-89737-41-X
  • Martí Domínguez: Els Borja . CEIC Alfons el Vell, Gandia, 1985. ISBN 978-84-505-2762-9 .
  • VV.AA .: Los Borja: del mundo gótico al universo renacentista (cat.exposición). Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia, Generalitat Valenciana 2001.
  • VV.AA .: El hogar de los Borja (cat.exposición). Ayuntamiento de Játiva, 2001.
  • VV.AA .: Xàtiva. L'espai del Borja. Itinerari fotográfic. Ayuntamiento de Játiva, 1992.
  • VV.AA .: Els Borja a la sotsgovernació de Xàtiva (cat.exposición). Ayuntamiento de Játiva, 1994.
  • VV.AA .: Xàtiva, Els Borja. Una projecció Europea (cat.exposición). Ayuntamiento de Játiva, 1994.

See also

Web links

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