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Spain: Historic Battle Of Almansa Remembered In Valencia
globalvoicesonline.org 2 weeks, 5 days agoOn April 25, 2012 it was hard to miss the soccer world's surprising news: FC Barcelona had been eliminated from the Champions League. Online and in the streets, everyone was talking about it , that is, except certain Valencian netizens, who used the internet to take part in an annual remembrance of April 25, 1707: the day that Valencia lost its political autonomy to the Kingdom of Spain. Every year, this commemoration has been purely civic; the day has never been institutionally recognized [ca] as one of hi


















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