30 July 1749 Wednesday. King Ferdinand VI of Spain authorizes it to be carried out The Great Swoop Or the General Prison of Gypsies, a persecution organized in secret by the Marquis of Ensenada and the Governor of the Council of Castile, which began in a synchronized manner throughout the Spanish territory with the stated aim of arresting, and finally "extinguishing, To all the gypsies and gypsies of the Kingdom of Spain. Between 9.000 and 12.000 people of all ages were arrested that night.
The gypsies captured in the Kingdom of Valencia (and some from neighboring provinces) received different treatment according to their gender and age: men and boys over 7 years of age were sent to the castle from Santa Barbara of Alicante; while women, girls and boys under 7 years of age were imprisoned in the castle of Denia.
More than 250 years after that persecution, the city of Denia, together with the Autonomous Federation of Gypsy Associations (FAGA) of the Valencian Community, gathered in the Castle to remember the persecuted.
The act began with the reception to the representatives and members of FAGA in the City council of Denia by the mayor, Vicent Grimalt, The deputy mayor, Rafa Carrió, And other councilors of the municipal corporation. After signing in the honor book of the city and receiving a diploma in memory of his visit, the delegation moved to the castle, where a guided tour of the site took place.
Then, in La Sala del Castell, the doctor in History, specialist in the history of the gypsy people, Manuel Martínez Martínez, gave the lecture Dénia and the gypsy woman in the history of Spain, Introduced by the mayor, Vicent Grimalt, and Silvia Agüero, representative of FAGA.
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Act homage to the gypsy community in Dénia
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Remembrance of The Great Swoop
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Memory of the Great Redada in Dénia
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Guided visit to the castle of Dénia
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Conference on La Gran Redada in Dénia
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Attendees to the conference on the Great Redonda in Denia
