A new European Reconquista is emerging in Spain from Torreblanca, Castellón – Paul Elvere DELSART EL4DEV

 

A new European Reconquista is emerging in Spain from Torreblanca, Castellón – Paul Elvere DELSART

 

The Reconquista of Small Towns and Villages also named Reconquista EL4DEV is the cultural movement initiated by Paul Elvere DELSART from Spain, a country with characteristics conducive to the emergence of such a project. This movement aims to progressively and massively unite people around a symbolic and inspiring work that calls for socio-cultural and institutional change: the Green Empire of the East and the West, also known as the EL4DEV Confederation. It relies on mechanisms such as the EL4DEV program, LE PAPILLON SOURCE, The Municipalities Counter-Attack, EL4DEV societal diplomacy, and international artistic and intellectual cooperation events. It also mobilizes specific tools such as the EL4DEV Big Smart Data, the EL4DEV Web TV, and the Green Coin EL4DEV. The goal is to initiate a broader and more generalist movement of creation and improvement or redesign of societal models, which its author calls the EL4DEV Second Renaissance Movement.

This is in no way a military or violent reconquest. It is an ideological and cultural project led by Paul Elvere DELSART, a visionary thinker, social engineer, author, and French artist, founder of the societal change and transition support program named EL4DEV, who sometimes refers to himself as Henry HARPER, the Green Emperor of the East and the West. He proposes a Reconquista of the small towns and villages of Spain, of Southern Europe, then of the entire continent and other countries around the world. The project is centered on rural renewal, local autonomy, and peaceful societal transformation, starting from the municipality of Torreblanca in the province of Castellón, Spain. The ambition is to breathe new life and sovereignty into neglected rural communes through participatory governance, ecological currency, experimental and educational living infrastructures, and collaborative influence on a transnational scale.

This project is intended to radiate beyond Spanish borders, initially toward Portugal, France, Italy, and Greece, in a civilizational reconstruction approach based on cooperation, beauty, and exemplary conduct. It is therefore not a warlike reconquest, but rather an intellectual and local, non-violent movement aiming to reinvent territorial sovereignty from the communal level. The Reconquista of Small Towns and Villages is a civil, cultural, ecological, and participatory project, announced during the summer of 2025 (July and August), and accompanied by online publications, including two first digital books available in French, English, and Spanish, entitled “EL4DEV – The Reconquista of Small Towns and Villages” and “Reconquista EL4DEV – The Rural Empire”.

In this short works at the crossroads of social fiction, political essay, and strategic guide, Paul Elvere DELSART, also known as Henry HARPER, invites the reader to a peaceful epic. He outlines the contours of a concrete civilizational project where each chapter becomes an act of regeneration. The work blends symbolic narrative with operational strategy, elevating rurality as a driver of global transformation. Through these manifestos, the author suggests that the rebirth of our civilization could emerge from forgotten villages, placing Torreblanca at the heart of a new, ecological, ethical, social, intellectual, and strongly enterprising empire in which each small town or village finds its place as a radiant city-state (autonomous, self-managed, green, and interconnected).