War of the Union and the fire of Carcaixent Historical milestone · Carcaixent, La Ribera Alta, Valencia Image of Carcaixent, not of the place itself. The confrontation between Pedro the Ceremonious and the Valencian Unionists reached the hamlets of the Ribera. In 1348 fire destroyed a good part of the settlement of Carcaixent and of neighbouring Cogullada, which took decades to recover their population. 1348 Photo: Jdiazlopez (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in Carcaixent