Editing Valencia (section)

====Post-war====
[[File:València el 1832, per A. Guesdon.jpg|thumb|right|Valencia in 1832 by French lithographer [[Guesdon|Alfred Guesdon]]]]
[[Ferdinand VII of Spain|Ferdinand VII]] returned to the throne at end of the Peninsular War, which freed Spain from Napoleonic domination. On his return, on 24 March 1814 from exile in France, the Cortes requested that he respect the liberal Constitution of 1812, which significantly limited royal powers. Ferdinand refused and went to Valencia instead of Madrid. Here, on 17 April, [[Francisco Javier de Elío|General Elio]] invited the King to reclaim his absolute rights and put his troops at the King's disposition. The king abolished the [[Spanish Constitution of 1812|Constitution of 1812]] and dissolved the two chambers of the Spanish Parliament on 10 May. Thus began six years (1814–1820) of absolutist rule, but the constitution was reinstated during the [[Trienio Liberal]], a period of three years of liberal government in Spain from 1820 to 1823.

On King Ferdinand VII's death in 1833, [[Baldomero Espartero]] became one of the most ardent defenders of the hereditary rights of the king's daughter, the future [[Isabella II of Spain|Isabella II]]. During the regency of [[Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies|Maria Cristina]], Espartero ruled Spain for two years as its 18th prime minister from 16 September 1840 to 21 May 1841. City life in Valencia carried on in a revolutionary climate, with frequent clashes between liberals and republicans.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

[[File:Inauguración de los trabajos del derribo de las murallas en Valencia.jpg|thumb|The start of demolition work on the walls of the city in 1865]]
The reign of Isabella II as an adult (1843–1868) was a period of relative stability and growth for Valencia. During the second half of the 19th century the bourgeoisie encouraged the development of the city and its environs; landowners were enriched by the introduction of the orange crop and the expansion of vineyards and other crops. This economic boom corresponded with a revival of local traditions and of the [[Valencian language|Valencian]] language, which had been ruthlessly suppressed from the time of Philip V.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

Work to demolish the walls of the old city started on 20 February 1865.<ref name=murallas>{{Cite web |date=8 December 2006 |first=Daniel |last=Sala |title=La demolición de las murallas de la ciudad |url=https://www.lasprovincias.es/valencia/prensa/20061208/ocio/demolicion-murallas-ciudad_20061208.html |website=[[Las Provincias]] |access-date=20 July 2020 |archive-date=22 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091222142613/http://www.lasprovincias.es/valencia/prensa/20061208/ocio/demolicion-murallas-ciudad_20061208.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The demolition of the citadel ended after the [[Glorious Revolution (Spain)|1868 Glorious Revolution]].<ref name=murallas />

During the [[Cantonal rebellion]] in 1873, Valencia was the capital of the short-lived [[Valencian Canton]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Casals Bergés |first=Quintí |date=2022 |title=El Cantonalismo (1873): Notas para un estudio comparado |url=https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=8726311 |journal=Aportes: Revista de historia contemporánea |volume=37 |issue=110 |pages=59–101 |issn=0213-5868 |access-date=8 October 2023 |archive-date=12 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012113805/https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=8726311 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Following the introduction of [[universal manhood suffrage]] in the late 19th century, the political landscape in Valencia—until then consisting of the bipartisanship characteristic of the early [[Restoration (Spain)|Restoration period]]—experienced a change, leading to a growth of [[Republicanism in Spain|republican forces]], gathered around the emerging figure of [[Vicente Blasco Ibáñez]].{{Sfn|Aguiló Lúcia|1992|pp=61–62}} Not unlike the equally republican [[Lerrouxism]], the Populist {{ill|Blasquism|es|Blasquismo|lt=}} came to mobilize the Valencian masses by promoting [[Anti-clericalism|anticlericalism]].{{Sfn|Suárez Cortina|2011|p=28}} Meanwhile, in reaction, the right-wing coalesced around several initiatives such as the Catholic League or the reformulation of Valencian [[Carlism]], and [[Valencianism]] did similarly with organizations such as Valencia Nova or the Unió Valencianista.{{Sfn|Aguiló Lúcia|1992|p=62}}