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Xàtiva
Xàtiva
Municipality
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	Flag Coat of arms
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Valencian Community
Province	Valencia
Comarca	Costera
Judicial district	Xàtiva
Government
• Mayor	Roger Cerdà i Boluda (2015) (PSPV)
Area
• Total	76.56 km2 (29.56 sq mi)
Elevation	115 m (377 ft)
Population (2009)
• Total	29,386
• Density	380/km2 (990/sq mi)
Demonym	Setabense
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	46800
Official language(s)	Spanish and Valencian
Website	Official website

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Xàtiva (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈʃativa], locally [(æj)ˈʃætɪʋæ]; Spanish: Játiva [ˈxatiβa]) is a town in eastern Spain, in the province of Valencia, on the right (western) bank of the river Albaida and at the junction of the Valencia–Murcia and Valencia Albacete railways. During the Al-Andalus Islamic era, Arabs brought the technology to manufacture paper to Xàtiva. In the 12th century, Xàtiva was known for its schools, education, and learning circles. Islamic scholar Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi's last name refers to Xàtiva where he lived and died.^[1]

History

Xàtiva (Saetabis in Latin) was famous in Roman times for its linen fabrics, mentioned by the Latin poets Ovid and Catullus. Xàtiva is also known as an early European centre of paper manufacture. In the 12th century, Arabs brought the technology to manufacture paper to Xàtiva (Arabic: شاطبة Shāṭiba).

It is the birthplace of two popes, Callixtus III and Alexander VI, and also the painter José Ribera (Lo Spagnoletto). It suffered a dark moment in its history at the hands of Philip V of Spain, who, after his victory at the Battle of Almansa during the War of the Spanish Succession, ordered the city to be burned. The name was changed to San Felipe. In memory of the insult, the portrait of the monarch hangs upside down in the local museum of L'Almodí.^[2]

Xàtiva was briefly a provincial capital under the short-lived 1822 territorial division of Spain,^[3] during the Trienio Liberal. The Province of Játiva was revoked with the return to absolutism in 1823.

Main sights

Xàtiva is built on the margin of a fertile plain, and on the southern slopes of the Monte Vernissa, a hill with two peaks, each surmounted by a Castle of Xàtiva.

The Collegiate Basilica, dating from 1414, but rebuilt about a century later in the Renaissance style, was formerly a cathedral, and is the chief among many churches and convents. The town-hall and a church on the castle hill are partly constructed of inscribed Roman masonry, and several houses date from the Moorish period.

Other sights include:

Royal Monastery of the Assumption, Gothic and Baroque style, built during the 14th century and renovated in the 16th–18th centuries.
Natal house of the Pope Alexander VI.
Sant Feliu (St Felix) - 13th century church.
Sant Pere (St Peter)-14th century church. The interior has a Coffered ceiling decorated in Gothic-Mudéjar style.
Hermitage of Santa Anna (15th century), in Gothic style
Almodí, a 14th-century Gothic edifice (1530–1548) now housing a Museum
Casa de la Enseñanza, Xàtiva
Sant Francesc

Gallery

Drawing by Anton van den Wyngaerde in 1563, commissioned by King Philip II of Spain.
Portrait of Philip V of Spain exhibited upside down in the es [Museum of Almodí]
Collegiate church

References

^ Muhammad Khalid Masud, Islamic Legal Philosophy: A Study of Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi's Life and Thought, McGill University 1977
^ XÀTIVA - Museo de l'Almodí Archived 2007-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
^ Template:Es icon División provisional del territorio español de 27 de Enero de 1822 Archived 2009-12-14 at the Wayback Machine, the text of the proposed 1822 territorial division of Spain, Instituto de Historia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC, Spanish National Research Council). Accessed online 2010-01-03.

External links

Official website
Media related to Xàtiva at Wikimedia Commons
Xàtiva travel guide from Wikivoyage

There is plenty of information available about Xativa and the surrounding area on the English language website;

www.xativatourismguide.com

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Játiva". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

[1] Muhammad Khalid Masud, Islamic Legal Philosophy: A Study of Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi's Life and Thought, McGill University 1977

[2] XÀTIVA - Museo de l'Almodí Archived 2007-05-27 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Template:Es icon División provisional del territorio español de 27 de Enero de 1822 Archived 2009-12-14 at the Wayback Machine, the text of the proposed 1822 territorial division of Spain, Instituto de Historia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC, Spanish National Research Council). Accessed online 2010-01-03.

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 Xàtiva (''Saetabis'' in Latin) was famous in Roman times for its linen fabrics, mentioned by the Latin poets [[Ovid]] and [[Catullus]]. Xàtiva is also known as an early European centre of [[papermaking|paper manufacture]]. In the 12th century, [[Al-Andalus|Arabs]] brought the technology to manufacture [[paper]] to Xàtiva ({{lang-ar|شاطبة}} ''Shāṭiba'').
-It is the birthplace of two popes, [[Callixtus III]] and [[Alexander VI]], and also the painter [[José Ribera]] (''Lo Spagnoletto''). It suffered a dark moment in its history at the hands of [[Philip V of Spain]], who, after his victory at the [[Battle of Almansa]] during the [[War of the Spanish Succession]], ordered the city to be burned. The name was changed to ''San Felipe''. In memory of the insult, the portrait of the monarch hangs upside down in the local museum of L'Almodí.<ref>[http://www.ayto-xativa.org/museu/cas/museo_fichas_detalle.asp?id=12 XÀTIVA - Museo de l'Almodí<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+It is the birthplace of two popes, [[Callixtus III]] and [[Alexander VI]], and also the painter [[José Ribera]] (''Lo Spagnoletto''). It suffered a dark moment in its history at the hands of [[Philip V of Spain]], who, after his victory at the [[Battle of Almansa]] during the [[War of the Spanish Succession]], ordered the city to be burned. The name was changed to ''San Felipe''. In memory of the insult, the portrait of the monarch hangs upside down in the local museum of L'Almodí.<ref>[http://www.ayto-xativa.org/museu/cas/museo_fichas_detalle.asp?id=12 XÀTIVA - Museo de l'Almodí<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{wayback|url=http://www.ayto-xativa.org/museu/cas/museo_fichas_detalle.asp?id=12 |date=20070527233854 }}</ref>
-Xàtiva was briefly a provincial capital under the short-lived [[1822 territorial division of Spain]],<ref>{{es icon}} [http://www.ih.csic.es/paginas/jrug/leyes/18220127.doc División provisional del territorio español de 27 de Enero de 1822], the text of the proposed 1822 territorial division of Spain, Instituto de Historia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC, [[Spanish National Research Council]]). Accessed online 2010-01-03.</ref> during the ''[[Trienio Liberal]]''. The [[Province of Játiva]] was revoked with the return to [[Absolute monarchy|absolutism]] in 1823.
+Xàtiva was briefly a provincial capital under the short-lived [[1822 territorial division of Spain]],<ref>{{es icon}} [http://www.ih.csic.es/paginas/jrug/leyes/18220127.doc División provisional del territorio español de 27 de Enero de 1822] {{wayback|url=http://www.ih.csic.es/paginas/jrug/leyes/18220127.doc |date=20091214022744 }}, the text of the proposed 1822 territorial division of Spain, Instituto de Historia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC, [[Spanish National Research Council]]). Accessed online 2010-01-03.</ref> during the ''[[Trienio Liberal]]''. The [[Province of Játiva]] was revoked with the return to [[Absolute monarchy|absolutism]] in 1823.
 ==Main sights==