🏰 Jaume I el Conqueridor
Monument to a 13th-century Aragonese king in Valencia, Spain
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Valencia, Spain
- Subject: James I of Aragon, ruled 1213–1276
- Reign duration: 63 years
- Key event: Conquest of Valencia from Almohads in 1238
Jaume I el Conqueridor is a monument in Valencia, Spain that commemorates James I of Aragon, a 13th-century medieval ruler whose military campaigns reshaped the Iberian Peninsula. James I reigned from 1213 to 1276, overseeing Aragonese expansion during the Christian Reconquista and establishing Christian rule across previously Muslim-controlled territories. As of 2026, the monument stands in central Valencia as a public tribute to the king whose conquest of the city from Almohad rule in 1238 ...