Mancheguian regionalism (Spanish : Regionalismo manchego) is a minoritarian political current in Spain that proposes the existence of a differentiated historical region in La Mancha with its proper legal entity, against the Pancastilian thesis that considers Castile as a unique nation or region. Very minority currents inside the Mancheguian Regionalism supports to go beyond the regionalism by a total rupture with Spain.
The first attempt to constitute a legally separate and distinct reality is related to the minority federalist movement. In the midst of political turmoil caused by the " Glorious Revolution "in September 1869, delegates of the Federal Republican Party in the provinces of Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca and Toledo, among whom were prominent local leaders such as José María Villamar federalism (Alcázar de San Juan) and Juan Molero (Ciudad Real), signed in Alcázar de San Juan the Federal Pact Manchego. However, the representatives of federalism in these provinces, along with those in Madrid and Guadalajara, had signed in June of that year the Federal Pact Castilian, showing the duality that has existed between the forces of regionalism and the Spanish state.
The federal formula again reactivated on the occasion of the proclamation of the First Republic, when the pictures Republicans went to work to organize their bases and work towards the consolidation of the new system. So has the meeting for this purpose were some members of the Federal Board in early March 1873. So they decided to form a sort of permanent committee based in Alcázar de San Juan. The abrupt end of the First Republic ended the federalist proposals.
Mancheguismo crossed another milestone with the establishment in Madrid of the official Regional Centre for Manchego in 1906 and between their aspirations was the "foster ties of solidarity among the four provinces of Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca and Toledo." To this end, the centre launched a campaign for various populations of the four provinces trying to get membership of the idea. They even created a banner representing the region and a hymn dedicated to her. On August 2, 1906, Manchego Regional Centre held a rally at the Red Theater Toledo seeking the establishment of a local board in the city.
Years later, after the approval of Provincial Associations Act, there was talk of creating a Commonwealth of La Mancha. A meeting in Valdepeñas in 1914 rejected the idea that the four provinces in which they dealt La Mancha can join in the Spanish association and supported the formation of another Mancha. In 1919, at a meeting of the Central Youth Manchega held in Madrid, agreed to ask the county councils of Ciudad Real, Cuenca and Toledo that "giving away any intelligence with Castile and, by contrast, was brought under Albacete her sister to implement a Commonwealth of La Mancha, forming a political-administrative region with its own character. "
The Mancheguismo was an issue that was present, with greater or lesser extent, to the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera. Regionalist proclamations continued during the first months of the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera. Shortly after the delivery of Primo de Rivera Valdepeñas a newspaper published an article that presented a "new territorial division of Spain."
In Francoist Spain there existed agencies including the provinces of La Mancha, as the Economic Association Interprovincial de La Mancha ( 1962 ).
During the Spanish transition to democracy was different mancheguistas associations, like the aforementioned Manchego Popular Movement, which in its eagerness to try the provinces of Toledo, Cuenca, Ciudad Real and Albacete Mancha form a self-maintained contacts with other regional groupings such as Community Castellana. However, it also emerged in parallel with initiatives to create an autonomous region comprising the provinces of Castilla La Nueva and Albacete province to be named the South Castilla, the main proponents of this prototype of autonomy would Castilianist as Juan Pablo Mañueco and parties like the PANCAL. However, the decisive opposition Antonio Fernández-Galiano, which eventually would be elected president to autonomous region of Madrid was part of the new community to address the risk that engulf the communities and surrounding provinces led to the current Castilla-La Mancha entity.
Castile or Castille is a territory of imprecise limits located in Spain. The invention of the concept of Castile relies on the assimilation of a 19th-century determinist geographical notion, that of Castile as Spain's centro mesetario with a long-gone historical entity of diachronically variable territorial extension.
Castilla–La Mancha is an autonomous community of Spain. Comprising the provinces of Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara and Toledo, it was created in 1982. The government headquarters are in Toledo, and its largest city is Albacete.
The province of Ciudad Real is a province in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It is bordered by the provinces of Cuenca, Albacete, Jaén, Córdoba, Badajoz, and Toledo. It is partly located in the old natural region of La Mancha. Its capital is Ciudad Real. It is the third largest province by area in all of Spain, after Cáceres and Badajoz. The historic comarca Campo de Calatrava is located in the center of the province.
Ciudad Real is a municipality of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha, capital of the province of Ciudad Real. It is the 5th most populated municipality in the region.
La Mancha is a natural and historical region in the Spanish provinces of Albacete, Cuenca, Ciudad Real, and Toledo. It is an arid but fertile plateau that stretches from the mountains of Toledo to the western spurs of the Cuenca hills, bordered to the south by the Sierra Morena and to the north by Alcarria. The La Mancha historical comarca constitutes the southern portion of Castilla-La Mancha autonomous community and makes up most of the present-day administrative region.
New Castile is a historic region of Spain. It roughly corresponds to the historic Moorish Taifa of Toledo, taken during the Reconquista of the peninsula by Christians and thus becoming the southern part of Castile. The extension of New Castile was formally defined after the 1833 territorial division of Spain as the sum of the following provinces: Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara, Madrid and Toledo.
Albacete is a city and municipality in the Spanish autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha, and capital of the province of Albacete.
Airén is a variety of Vitis vinifera, a white grape commonly used in winemaking. This grape is native to Spain where it represents almost a quarter of all grapes grown. As of 2010, Airén was estimated to be the world's 3rd most grown grape variety in terms of planted surface, at 252,000 hectares, down from 306,000 hectares in 2004, where it held 1st place, although it is almost exclusively found in Spain. Since Airén tends to be planted at a low density, several other varieties are more planted in terms of number of vines.
Alcázar de San Juan is a city and municipality of Spain located in the province of Ciudad Real, autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. It lies on the plain of La Mancha. From the 13th to the 19th century the history of Alcázar is strongly linked to the Grand Priory of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. The city became a railway hub in the 19th century.
Puertollano is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha. The city has a population of 47,035 (2019). Contrasting to the largely rural character of the region, Puertollano stands out for the importance of industry, with a past linked to industrial and mining activities. It lies on the AVE high speed train line linking Madrid and Seville.
Manchego cuisine refers to the typical dishes and ingredients in the cuisine of the Castilla–La Mancha region of Spain. These include pisto, gazpacho manchego, Manchego cheese, the white wine of La Mancha, and the red wine from Valdepeñas (DO).
José María Barreda Fontes is a Spanish politician and historian. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), he served as President of the Junta of Communities of Castilla–La Mancha from 2004 until 2011. As of 2019, he works as senior lecturer of Contemporary History at the University of Castilla–La Mancha.
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The 2015 Castilian-Manchegan regional election was held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect the 9th Cortes of the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. All 33 seats in the Cortes were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
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The 2003 Castilian-Manchegan regional election was held on Sunday, 25 May 2003, to elect the 6th Cortes of the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. All 47 seats in the Cortes were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
The 2007 Castilian-Manchegan regional election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th Cortes of the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. All 47 seats in the Cortes were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
The flag of Castilla–La Mancha is one of the representative symbols of the Autonomous Community of Castilla–La Mancha, in Spain, defined by its Statute of Autonomy.
In the run up to the 2015 Spanish local elections, various organisations carried out opinion polling to gauge voting intention in local entities in Spain. Results of such polls for municipalities in Castilla–La Mancha are displayed in this article. The date range for these opinion polls is from the previous local elections, held on 22 May 2011, to the day the next elections were held, on 24 May 2015.
Francisco Alía Miranda is a Spanish historian. He has focused on the study of 20th century Spanish history. He has also published works dealing with the methodology of history.