In our land there is a legend that we know by the grace of the bishop of Leon D. Luis Almarcha.
During the site that Pedro the Cruel maintained to Orihuela in the war
of the two Pedros, sent an emissary to parliamentar with the objective
of obtaining our surrender.
The oriolanos, without even trusting the one sent by his enemy,
blindfolded him and put him in the foral that is located behind the
street above very close to the Santo Domingo School.
The hollows of the pierced stone were covered with thick curtains. And when he took the band to the emissary, he believed that he had been taken prisoner and left alone in a dungeon.
Outraged he shouted to the four winds that his lord would avenge him at that insult.
Then the oriolanos uncorked all the curtains and showed the splendor of the whole region.
The Castilian, was then much more annoyed and the question of what was the new reason for his indignation this replied:
"Because
your charter has a more beautiful balcony than all of my kingdom, and
this truth I must convey to my lord even at the risk of suffering his
anger." -
The Lord of Orihuela thought for a moment and replied:
"Tell your king that while there is an unbroken sword in Orihuela, he will never step on this balcony." -
Once
the city was defeated, the king wanted to add to his shield the "your
swords have always prevailed" and respecting the oath of the oriolanos
promised not to step on the balcony adding that "his name of Foral will
be a reminder of the privileged jurisdiction That I give to Orihuela ...
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