Alcoy, Spain
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Alcoy, in Spanish, or Alcoi, in Valencian, is a city and municipality within the Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community, Spain. The Serpis river crosses the municipal boundary of Alcoy. The
Panoramic view of Alcoi, Alicante Province
Iglesia Santa Maria of Alcoy
Petroleum Revolution
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The Petroleum Revolution was a libertarian and syndicalist leaning workers' revolution that took place in Alcoy, Alicante, Spain in 1873. The event derives its name from the petroleum-soaked torches c
Alcoy, Spain
…spinning machines that threatened their livelihoods, in the first large scale luddite action in Spain. In 1873 the workers of Alcoy revolted in the Petroleum Revolution. Many outdoor rock paintings exist in Alcoy, and there are some ruins of an Iberian settlement with fragments of Greco-Roman pottery…
Murder of Agustí Albors, the mayor of Alcoy
Alcoy City Hall building, burned down during the Petroleum Revolution.