Carrícola
Carrícola is a municipality in the comarca of Vall d'Albaida in the Valencian Community, Spain
Sempere
Sempere known as Sant Pere d'Albaida, is a municipality in the comarca of Vall d'Albaida in the Valencian Community, Spain
L'Olleria
L'Olleria is a municipality in the comarca of Vall d'Albaida in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is famous by its glass manufacturing activity blown glass. L'Olleria is an important industrial site in the Vall d'Albaida area. Media related to L'Olleria at Wikimedia Commons
Pinet, Valencia
Pinet is a municipality located in the north-east of the comarca of Vall d'Albaida in the south of the province of Valencia, Valencian Community and some 82.6 km from the regional capital, Valencia. Pinet borders with the following municipalities: Barx, Quatretonda and Llutxent, all of which lie within the province of Valencia; the name of the municipality is derived from the Valencian term “pi”, meaning “pine tree”. The village belonged to the barony of Llutxent, under the authority of the Maza family, subsequently the houses of Mandas and Dos Aguas. In 1530, Pope Clement VII created the Vicariate of Pinet, run under the authority of the Dominicans of Llutxent until 1835. By 1646, only 20 inhabitants were recorded as living in the municipality following the expulsion of the Moriscos, implemented was particular intensity in Valencia. Towards the end of the 18th century, the population had risen to around 150 inhabitants, before reaching some 300 hundred at the beginning of the 20th century. By 1920, the population had reached 434 inhabitants, from which point it entered a progressive decline in consonance with the rural flight experienced in many areas throughout Spain during the 20th century.
The local economy was traditionally based on a combination of dryland and irrigation agriculture, dry stone walling and the production of baskets, espadrilles and other articles made from esparto and palm leaves. In common with other rural areas throughout Spain, these activities have been in decline since the mid-20th century, their place having been taken by livestock farming, services and tourism. Pinet is located in the north-east of the Valle de Albaida comarca and covers an area of 11.9 km2. It is situated at the head of a horse-shoe shaped valley, the surface of, composed of reddish marl deposited by water erosion originating in the mountains that lie at its north-easterly and northern extremes; the municipality’s altitude ranges from 466 metres above sea level in its most southerly point, to 700 metres above sea leval in the area known as Alto del Collado dels Caragols, located in its north east. The village of Pinet lies at an altitude of 348 metres. Pinet is located on the poorly-defined Pinet Syncline, which runs from North-North West to South-South East.
This structure would appear to have been formed by two vertical faults. The River Pinet runs through the municipality from north to south, running into the River Vernisa, in turn an affluent of the River Serpis; as is characteristic with the rivers and streams in the comarque, the River Pinet is a wash, that is, a stream bed, dry during the summer months and which carries abundant water following the typical heavy rains known as cold drop which fall in autumn and spring. The municipality enjoys a Mediterranean climate, characterised by hot summers and cold winters, with an average of two snowfalls per year; the climate is rated Csa in accordance with the Köppen climate classification system. The average annual temperature is around 17 °C, with maximums in summer of 45 °C and minimum in winter of -7 °C. Rainfall averages around 600 mm per year, although recent years have seen volumes of more than 1000 mm due to the large downpours to which the area is subject during the autumn as a result of the weather phenomenon known as cold drop.
The predominant vegetation in the lower valley is that associated with dryland fruit farming, whilst the surrounding mountains host pine and cork forests and shrubland, interspersed with holly oak and wild herbs and plants such as silene diclinis, snapdragon, rosemary, oregano, etc. The forested areas are home to such animal species as Bonelli's eagle, golden eagle, short-toed snake eagle, common bent-wing bat and greenfinch, whilst the fruit trees are host to such species as titmice, blackbird, golden oriole, nightingale, Cetti's warbler and wagtail, among others. There are wild boar and rabbit present in the area. El Surar, the southernmost cork oak forest in Valencia, is a Municipal Natural Park located in the municipalities of Pinet and Llutxent. Declared a Municipal Natural Park by Generalitat Valenciana on March 4, 2005, it can be accessed on foot, by bicycle, on horseback or by car via signposted roads and tracks from the village of Pinet. Pinet lies on the Route of the Monasteries of Valencia, a religious and cultural route that connects five monasteries located in central region of the Province of Valencia.
Of the Route’s four different itineraries, three cross through Pinet, with a separate variant passing through El Surar. The 18th-century parish church of St. Peter the Apostle has a single nave with chapels set between masonry buttresses. Pinet celebrates its main festivities during the last weekend of June in honour St. Peter and the Christ of the Mountain. A fair held in late summer in celebration of Pinet’s traditional craft of manufacturing products from esparto and palm leaves. Includes practical demonstrations, workshops and a culinary fair with local gastronomic dishes; the only road within the municipality is the CV-608, which connects the village of Pinet with the village of Llutxent, which lies on the CV-610 regional road, joining the towns of Gandia and Xàtiva. Route of the Monasteries of Valencia El Surar
Montaverner
Montaverner is a municipality in the comarca of Vall d'Albaida in the Valencian Community, Spain
Llutxent
Llutxent is a town located within the county of the Vall d'Albaida, in the middle-eastern part of the Valencian Community, Spain. As of the 2016, the town had a population of 2,402, ranking as the 218th biggest Valencian municipality in terms of population, it is located 80 km south of 110 km north of Alicante. The town was first settled by Ancient Romans; the town's economy is based on agriculture, construction and the manufacture of pallets, a small services sector. Llutxent is host to one of the most popular Moors and Cristians celebrations during the end of April, attracting many people around the Valencian Community to see the festival; the town derives its name from the Latin etymon Luciana villa or pagu Lucianu, meaning "Light Villa" or "Pagus of Light". Little is known about the Islamic Period in Llutxent; the town's area was made up of a large number of farmsteads. The first written references about the town are about the reconquest of the municipality's area by James I of Aragon and the arrival of Catalan-Aragonese troops to the "beyond the Xúquer" lands.
These describe the "Great Islamic revolt of 1247-1248, after which James I of Aragon in 1248, besieged and conquered the castle of the Xiu. Subsequently, James I of Aragon gave the town to the conquering troops and established a permanent Christian population in Llutxent, while the farms located around the town's area kept their native Islamic population. In 1276, the town is razed during Al-Azraq's revolt. Jaume I, in response to the town's razing, sent Christian troops which re-conquered the town. Next year, the town's control and territory was given to the Italian noble "Joan de Proxita", who created the Barony of Llutxent. Between 1348 and 1349 Llutxent was scene to various skirmishes during the War of the Union of the Crown of Aragon; the Proxitas, as lords of Llutxent, began the construction of the Palace Castle. In 1487, the town's lordship was handed over to the family of the Maçà. Castles and palaces Castle of Xiu. Muslim. Abandoned after the Expulsion of the Moriscos, the building is still an important landmark for the town and its surrounding area.
In dire need of Renovation. Castle-palace of Llutxent. Constructed between the 15th and 16th centuries by the Proxitas; the building is owned by the municipality. Religious buildings Church of the Assumption, built in the 19th century on top of an old Gothic Church in ruins; the building follows the Classical Architecture Style, it is home to important pieces of art and culture of great historic value, such as the Santa Faç icon-chest. Monastery of the Corpus Christi, erected by the Dominicans, it was the first Valencian University; the building has undergone several renovations and extensions, with the most important one being the addition of the Corpus Christi in the 17th century, a church built in the Gothic style. A 200-year old Carob Tree can be found next to the Monastery. Chapel of the Consolation, founded by Catalan pilgrims in 1772, the building follows the Barroque Architecture Style. A stained glass windows were added to the chapel in the 1970s by Alfred Manessier. Other sights The Coast, Stone-paved road built in 1580 that connected Monastery of the Corpus Christi with the town's church and was used for religious pilgrimage between the two.
Farmer's park. Monastery of the Corpus Christi Route of the Monasteries of Valencia
Valencia
Valencia València, on the east coast of Spain, is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-largest city in Spain after Madrid and Barcelona, with around 800,000 inhabitants in the administrative centre. Its urban area extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of around 1.6 million people. Valencia is Spain's third largest metropolitan area, with a population ranging from 1.7 to 2.5 million depending on how the metropolitan area is defined. The Port of Valencia is the 5th busiest container port in Europe and the busiest container port on the Mediterranean Sea; the city is ranked at Beta-global city in World Cities Research Network. Valencia is integrated into an industrial area on the Costa del Azahar. Valencia was founded as a Roman colony by the consul Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus in 138 BC, called Valentia Edetanorum. In 714 Moroccan and Arab Moors occupied the city, introducing their language and customs. Valencia was the capital of the Taifa of Valencia.
In 1238 the Christian king James I of Aragon conquered the city and divided the land among the nobles who helped him conquer it, as witnessed in the Llibre del Repartiment. He created a new law for the city, the Furs of Valencia, which were extended to the rest of the Kingdom of Valencia. In the 18th century Philip V of Spain abolished the privileges as punishment to the kingdom of Valencia for aligning with the Habsburg side in the War of the Spanish Succession. Valencia was the capital of Spain when Joseph Bonaparte moved the Court there in the summer of 1812, it served as capital between 1936 and 1937, during the Second Spanish Republic. The city is situated on the banks of the Turia, on the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula, fronting the Gulf of Valencia on the Mediterranean Sea, its historic centre is one of the largest in Spain, with 169 ha. Due to its long history, this is a city with numerous popular celebrations and traditions, such as the Fallas, which were declared as Fiestas of National Tourist Interest of Spain in 1965 and Intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in November 2016.
From 1991 to 2015, Rita Barberá Nolla was the mayor of the city, yet in 2015, Joan Ribó from Coalició Compromís, became mayor. The original Latin name of the city was Valentia, meaning "strength", or "valour", the city being named according to the Roman practice of recognising the valour of former Roman soldiers after a war; the Roman historian Livy explains that the founding of Valentia in the 2nd century BC was due to the settling of the Roman soldiers who fought against an Iberian rebel, Viriatus. During the rule of the Muslim kingdoms in Spain, it had the nickname Medina at-Tarab according to one transliteration, or Medina at-Turab according to another, since it was located on the banks of the River Turia, it is not clear if the term Balansiyya was reserved for the entire Taifa of Valencia or designated the city. By gradual sound changes, Valentia has in Castilian and València in Valencian. In Valencian, the grave accent ⟨è⟩ /ɛ/ contrasts with the acute accent ⟨é⟩ /e/—but the word València is an exception to this rule.
It is spelled according to Catalan etymology. Valencia stands on the banks of the Turia River, located on the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula and the western part of the Mediterranean Sea, fronting the Gulf of Valencia. At its founding by the Romans, it stood on a river island in 6.4 kilometres from the sea. The Albufera, a freshwater lagoon and estuary about 11 km south of the city, is one of the largest lakes in Spain; the City Council bought the lake from the Crown of Spain for 1,072,980 pesetas in 1911, today it forms the main portion of the Parc Natural de l'Albufera, with a surface area of 21,120 hectares. In 1976, because of its cultural and ecological value, the Generalitat Valenciana declared it a natural park. Valencia has a subtropical Mediterranean climate with short mild winters and long and dry summers, its average annual temperature is 18.4 °C. In the coldest month, the maximum temperature during the day ranges from 14 to 21 °C, the minimum temperature at night ranges from 5 to 11 °C.
In the warmest month – August, the maximum temperature during the day ranges from 28–34 °C, about 22 to 23 °C at night. Similar temperatures to those experienced in the northern part of Europe in summer last about 8 months, from April to November. March is transitional, the temperature exceeds 20 °C, with an average temperature of 19.3 °C during the day and 10.0 °C at night. December and February are the coldest months, with average temperatures around 17 °C during the day and 8 °C at night. Valencia has one of the mildest winters in Europe, owing to its southern location on the Mediterranean Sea and the Foehn phenomenon; the January average is comparable to temperatures expected for May and September in the major cities of northern Europe. Sunshine duration hours are 2,696 per year, from 15
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