Meliana
Sign in to saveMeliana () is a municipality in the comarca of Horta Nord in the Valencian Community, Spain. Meliana was home to a mosaic tile factory circa 1860, which gained some recognition for its experimentation on methods that encouraged workers to react productively in response to the high competition in the textile industry. This task continued until the 1880s, until these practices began to be criticised as exploitative and unethical by a regional newspaper.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Meliana
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- Municipality
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- Plaça del Pou de Meliana, Horta Nord.jpg
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- Plaça del Pou
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- Escut de Meliana de facto.svg
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- Spain
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- Location in Spain
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- Country
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- Autonomous community
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- Province
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- Comarca
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- Judicial district
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- Valencia
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- Horta Nord
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- Moncada
- Settlement.leader_title
- Alcalde
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- Josep Riera
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Meliana () is a municipality in the comarca of Horta Nord in the Valencian Community, Spain. Meliana was home to a mosaic tile factory circa 1860, which gained some recognition for its experimentation on methods that encouraged workers to react productively in response to the high competition in the textile industry. This task continued until the 1880s, until these practices began to be criticised as exploitative and unethical by a regional newspaper.
== See also == List of municipalities in Valencia
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Meliana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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