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2 unusual facts about Gandia


Gandia

Gandia has a number of shopping facilities including shopping malls and chain supermarkets like Carrefour and Aldi.

Second Brotherhood

In Vilallonga, in the Duchy of Gandia, four farmers who refused to split their crop with their lord were detained.


Abelardo Gandía Valdés

Abelardo Gandía Valdés (born September 5, 1977 in Requena) is a cyclist from Spain.

Catherine of Foix

Catherine of Navarre, queen of Navarre, duchess of Gandía, duchess of Montblanc, duchess of Peñafiel, countess of Foix

Enrique de Borja y Aragón

Enrique de Borja y Aragón (b. December 19, 1518, Gandía - d. September 16, 1540, Viterbo), was a Spanish noble of the House of Borgia.

San Sebastian College – Recoletos de Manila

During the 50th Founding Anniversary of San Sebastian College - Recoletos, the administration erected a statue of Pedro H. Gandia, Jr., a Sebastinian scout who, along with the rest of the Philippine contingent, died in a plane crash while on their way to attend the 11th World Scout Jamboree.

Second Brotherhood

He ordered the Governor of Xàtiva (Játiva) to join him in Gandia with an army of four hundred men on horseback, four hundred more on foot, and two pieces of artillery.

The Song of the Sibyl

Today the performer is either a boy or a girl, and increasingly more places in the Catalan-speaking world are taking up the tradition again, such that in 2010, it will be performed not only in the majority of municipalities on Mallorca and in L'Alguer (Sardinia), but also in the following municipalities of Catalonia and the Valencian Country: Barcelona (at 3 different churches), Gandia, Lleida, Ontinyent, Sueca, Vic and others.


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