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Exploring Xàtiva: home of the Borgias, two Popes, and a great castle

On February 28, 2020January 30, 2022 By viewfromlavilaIn Things to do and see around Villajoyosa2 Comments

Xativa has one of the most spectacular castles in eastern Spain. And it's also the home town of the Borgias - the family that scandalised Renaissance Italy. Two Borgia Popes came from Xativa - they weren't Italian at all!

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