A thousand years later, Dénia hosts an international conference on the Taifa of S.XI

Dénia is still immersed in the millennium celebrations of the Taifa, which began in 2013 and 2015 be prolonged during this. And one of the main events of the program will take place in late January with the Congress Taifa of Dénia. 1.000 anys, which will take place between the 21st and 23rd at the Castle of Dénia.

Organized by the Department of Culture of the City of Dénia in collaboration with the area of ​​Arab and Islamic Studies Department of Modern Languages ​​at the University of Alicante, the Alicante Institute of Culture Juan Gil-Albert 'and the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters the University of Alicante, congress meet in Dénia some of the leading scholars of this historical period.

As explained in the presentation by the municipal archaeologist, Josep Gisbert, this congress aims to reproduce the XNUMXth century court, dealing with topics such as poetry, literature, lexicography, politics, urban archeology, science or numismatics in the taifa of Dénia.

Congress pay tribute to the figure of Professor María Jesús Rubiera, now deceased, author of the study 1985 The Taifa of Dénia, Key work for their contributions to the knowledge of the Taifa of Dénia and Marinas in Andalusian period.

The congress will open on January 21, at 19.30 hours in a ceremony to be held at the Plenary Hall of the City Council of Dénia with the participation of representatives of the organizers. Guillem historian Rossello-Bordoy give the opening lecture entitled Dénia, Taifa Mediterranean. Muyahid a semblance of Amiri and his son Ali.

You can check here the full conference program, open to the general public.