History

€600k Orihuela Castle Funding Bid Clears First Hurdle

Orihuela City Council’s application for state funding to restore the city’s historic castle has passed its first official assessment. The council applied to Spain’s 2%...

Orihuela Launches New Tourism Experiences for Autumn

Orihuela’s Tourism Department has expanded its programme of guided activities with new experiences combining gastronomy, nature, culture and local heritage. Among the additions are a...

Spice Girl Geri Halliwell’s Great-Grandfather Executed by Franco Regime

Spice Girls star Geri Halliwell-Horner has family roots in Córdoba through her great-grandfather, a former Republican mayor who was executed following the Spanish Civil...

Orihuela to Monitor Ground Movement Beneath Historic Centre

Orihuela City Council is taking part in a new project to monitor the subsoil beneath the city’s historic centre, in a preventive move aimed...

In Conversation with Peter Houghton

“Every book I write begins with a question.” An interview with The Leader Newspaper Many people know you from your community work on Orihuela Costa and...

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