This is a blog of the Govert Westerveld that deals with the history of the Region of Murcia during the Muslimruled Period between 715 and 1243. A place, where followers of the three Abrahamic faiths – Muslims, Christians and Jews lived together in relative peace. (blog for educational purposes).

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lunes, 11 de agosto de 2025

The centre is Tudmir and the circle is Blanca.

As a foreigner I am always interested in the local history of a place, and the more I read about the place, the more I am interested in knowing more of its history. Something like that occurred while I was investigating the history of the village of Blanca which lies in the Ricote Valley of the...
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BIOGRAPHY

For my short biography, please click on the following links:



In: Cronistas Oficiales de la Región de Murcia


In: Ayuntamiento de Blanca (Murcia)


In: Real Asociación de Cronistas Oficiales

About me

The author of this blog is one of the Official Chroniclers (Historians) of Blanca (Murcia, Spain). In 2002 he was appointed Fellow of the Real Academia of Alfonso X the Wise at Murcia. He is Hispanist by the International Association (AIH) and by the Asociación de Hispanistas del Benelux (AHBx). He is one of the Official Historians of the Federation Mondiale de Jeu de Dames (FMJD) and one of the Members of the Comité of Historians of the Spanish Chess Federation (FEDA).
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