Novelda
Novelda | |
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City and Municipality | |
Coordinates: 38°23′06″N 0°46′05″W / 38.385°N 0.768°WCoordinates: 38°23′06″N 0°46′05″W / 38.385°N 0.768°W | |
Country | Spain |
Autonomous community | Valencian Community |
Province | Alicante |
Comarca | Vinalopó Mitjà |
Government | |
• Mayor | José Rafael Sáez Sánchez (PP) |
Area | |
• Total | 75.7 km2 (29.2 sq mi) |
Elevation | 241 m (791 ft) |
Population ()[1] | |
• Language | Spanish |
Demonym(s) | Noveldense (Spanish) Novelder, noveldera (Valencian) |
Postcode | 03660 |
Website | Official website |
Novelda (Valencian pronunciation: [noˈvɛlda], locally [noˈvɛldɛ]; Spanish: [noˈβelda]) is a town located in the province of Alicante, Spain. As of 2009[update], it has a total population of 27,135 inhabitants.
Novelda has important quarries and mines of marble, limestone, silica, clay and gypsum. It is a major centre of the marble industry.
It was probably settled by Greeks, although it was controlled by Carthaginians and Romans. Some centuries later it was conquered from the Moors by a son of Ferdinand III of Castile.
Places of tourist interest in Novelda include the monastery of Santa María Magdalena (dated from the 19th century), which has a church designed by a disciple of Antoni Gaudí, the Moorish castle of the Mola, with its unique triangular tower, and the Museum of Modernism. This is a well preserved art nouveau house with original artifacts from the 1920s. The house itself is a work of art. The House-Museum is located in a modernist building designed by Pedro Cerdan Martinez (1863-1947) and is now a centre for modernist research and promotion. There are also several natural and salty lakes to visit in the surroundings.
Notable people
- Mario Gaspar, footballer
- Fernando Béjar (born 6 October 1980), former footballer
See also
References
External links
- Novelda Landmarks (in English)
- Novelda Online (in Spanish)
- Museo Modernista (in Spanish)
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