In 2020, they welcomed King Juan Carlos I, monarch emeritus of Spain, who stayed in a magnificent complex of the Franjul family.
The Moors were the medieval Muslim inhabitants of al-Andalus (the Iberian Peninsula including the present day Spain and Portugal) and the Maghreb, whose culture is often also called "Moorish".
It was then when, because of a misunderstanding in pronunciation, the family name was mistakenly changed from "Fanjul" to "Franjul" in official census records of the time.
Other members of the family settled in Cuba, and later fled to the United States after Fidel Castro took power in 1959.
Miguel Franjul, Chief Editor of Listín Diario, the largest and oldest Dominican newspaper.
Milciades Franjul, member of Dominican Senate representing the Province of Peravia for the Modern Revolutionary Party.
Manuel Díaz-Franjul, Chief negotiator of Free Trade Agreement between Dominican Republic and United States, known as DR-CAFTA.