The arrival of the Barbarian towns to the zone has been reflected in the topography conserved to the present time and that indicates the earth distribution (redistribution) carried out by the Visigoths.
The Arab domination has left us abundant tracks, such as the the Castle being the important nucleus of the population on the hill in the Castle giving proof of the definite establishment of the city. Jumilla passed to Muslim dominion through the treaty of Tudmir or Teodomiro, signed in year 713 between Abdelaziz and the count visigodo Teodomiro, governor of the province Carthaginensia , later Kingdom of Murcia.
During the Muslim domination it emphasized the figure of Ibn Abd Sa1am , historian and costumbrista, born in Jumilla, and that was one of the three great historians whom the Cora de Tudmir recognised, during the last period of kingdoms of taifas, Murcia was governed by the independent little king Abenhud.
In 1610 was construted the street of the Third, Juan Lozano and Lozano (1610-1679) when he was archbishop of Palermo and virrey of Naples under the reign of Felipe IV a century later is born another illustrious jumillano (of the same family Lozano), Juan Lozano and Santa (1731-1808), historian and translator, who dominated with French soltura, toscano, Latin and Portuguese, was canon of Sigüenza and Murcia and between its works emphasized, by their relation with the zone, "History of Jumilla", "Bastitania and Contestania of the old Kingdom of Murcia" and "Antiques of the Kingdom of Murcia ".
In century XIX with the French invasion, Jumilla and its castle were occupied militarily and the population to create its own Meeting of Defense, at first presided over by the mayor greater Jose You pledge Hevia, that represented the preservative branch of the Meeting, but the representatives of the clergy who were radical and they took the French position. The Meeting arranged the harassing of the invading troops, resulting in the sacking of the area. As a result of much political activity, was restored the monarchy of Fernando VII, The population assumed the national policy in the Spanish civil war, of Villa and Corte . This caused they honored personages like Miguel Lozano Blacksmith (1842-1874), son of Jumilla and lieutenant carlista colonel who took active part in the second carlista war. Indeed, the numerous carlistas games were the greater preoccupation of the City council of the time. The population was divided in liberal and preservative, republicans and monarchists, ciervistas and albistas, etc. |
