Visitamos hoy la ciudad de Torrente, provincia de Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, España. Torrente se funda en 1238 por otorgamiento de carta a favor de la Soberana Orden Militar y Hospitalaria de San Juan de Jerusalén, de Rodas y de Malta, más conocida como la Orden de del Hospital o de Malta, que es una orden religiosa católica fundada en Jerusalén en el siglo XI por comerciantes italianos de Amalfi. El Rey Jaime I pidió ayuda a la Orden para la Conquista de Valencia y a cambio otorgó territorios y ciudades a la Orden para que los administrasen a su antojo y así poblaciones como Cullera, Silla, Montroy y Macastre, junto con Torrente pasaron a manos de la Orden de Malta. La torre monumental que queda en el centro de la población (ver fotografías) formaba parte del recinto defensivo musulmán y luego pasó a formar parte del castillo de la Orden en la ciudad. Se pueden ver aún en sus cuatro cúpulas las cruces de la Orden.
Today we visit the city of Torrente, Valencia, Spain, Torrente is founded in 1238 by granting letter in favour of the Sovereign Military and Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, better known as the Order of the Hiospital or Order of Malta, a Catholic religious order founded in Jerusalem in the eleven century by Italian meerchants from Amalfi. King James I of Aragon sougght help from the Order for the conquest of Valencia and in return he granted territories and cities to the Oder that they would administer at will and thus populations as Cullera, Chair, Montroy and Macastre along with Torrente passed to the Order of Malta. The monumental tower in the center of town (see pictures) was partof the defensive Muslim fortress and then it became part of the castle of the Order. Crosses of the Order can be still seen in its four domes.
Today we visit the city of Torrente, Valencia, Spain, Torrente is founded in 1238 by granting letter in favour of the Sovereign Military and Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, better known as the Order of the Hiospital or Order of Malta, a Catholic religious order founded in Jerusalem in the eleven century by Italian meerchants from Amalfi. King James I of Aragon sougght help from the Order for the conquest of Valencia and in return he granted territories and cities to the Oder that they would administer at will and thus populations as Cullera, Chair, Montroy and Macastre along with Torrente passed to the Order of Malta. The monumental tower in the center of town (see pictures) was partof the defensive Muslim fortress and then it became part of the castle of the Order. Crosses of the Order can be still seen in its four domes.
