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

On February 28, 2025March 31, 2026 By Guy PelhamIn Things to do and see around Villajoyosa5 Comments

Xàtiva 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 Xàtiva. They weren't Italian at all!

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