''Las Provincias'' is a regional newspaper published in
Valencia
Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...
, Spain. Founded in 1866, it is one of the oldest publications in the country.
History and profile
''Las Provincias'' was first published in Valencia in January 1866.
[Miguel Lorenci , El centenario caudal de Vocento enriquece la Caja de las Letras del Instituto Cervantes , https://www.elcorreo.com/culturas/caja-letras-abre-guardar-legado-vocento-20231017105610-ntrc.html] The paper is part of the
Vocento Group[ and is published by Federico Domenech SA.]La Ribera
La Ribera (, 'The Shore') is one of the areas of the quarter of Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera of Ciutat Vella ("the old city") of Barcelona.
Overview
Many of the buildings date from late Medieval times. It was a well-to-do quarter duri ...
, Camp de Morvedre, La Costera, La Safor, La Marina and Castellon.[ Its sister newspapers include '' ABC'', '' El Correo Español'', '']El Diario Vasco
''El Diario Vasco'' ( English: ''The Basque Daily'') is a Spanish morning daily newspaper based in San Sebastián, Basque Country.
History and profile
''El Diario Vasco'' was founded in 1934 by the Sociedad Vascongada de Publicaciones, led by ...
'' and '' La Verdad'', all of which are part of the Vocento Group.[
Since its foundation in 1866 ''Las Provincias'' has been always defending the rights of Valencia City following the ideas of the founder the poet Teodoro Llorente Olivares. In 1957 after the ]1957 Valencia flood
A flood on 14 October 1957 in Valencia, Spain,(; Valencian/Catalan: ''Gran Riuada de València'') resulted in significant damage to property and caused the deaths of at least 81 people. In response to the tragedy, the Spanish government devised a ...
the director of the paper was forced to resign by the governor of Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco Bahamonde (born Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco Bahamonde; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general and dictator who led the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist forces i ...
''Las Provincias'' has a right-wing
Right-wing politics is the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position based on natural law, economics, authority, property ...
political stance. In the 1960s the paper opposed the attempts of intellectuals to revive the culture and language of the region.
The paper has a supplement, namely ''XL Semanal''.
Circulation
''Las Provincias'' sold 58,354 copies in 1993. Its circulation was 42,905 copies in 2002.[
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1866 establishments in Spain
Daily newspapers published in Spain
Grupo Vocento
Mass media in Valencia
Newspapers established in 1866
Spanish-language newspapers
Conservatism in Spain