Peter the Great (1240-1285)

On the occasion of the 725th anniversary of the death of the monarch Pedro III of Aragon, I of Valencia, I of Sicily and II of Barcelona, ​​in Vilafranca del Penedès, the Archivo de la Corona de Aragón organized an exhibition on his personal and political career.

Peter the Great was a king who lived at a time of defeat of the political model that had worked so far in Europe, pyramidal, headed in a dual way by the emperor and the pope, and in which a horizontal scheme began to be drawn, in which the different kingdoms of the moment fight fiercely to obtain a good starting position. In this sense, the figure of this king, with a brief reign, will be marked forever by the conquest of Sicily, the papal excommunication, the war with France and the incarnation of courtly and chivalrous virtues.

From December 12, 2011 to August 31, 2012

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