Agres

Cities - Villages

In the North of Alicante, in the beautiful Natural Park of the Sierra Mariola, its famous pilgrimage sanctuary has in its environment some unique hydraulic works of the Muslim period, as well as some unique medieval festivals. It is a perfect isolated place to rest and active tourism in the park. Stoneware belongs in the Comtat region. It is located north of Sierra Mariola, and the province of Alicante, its term borders the towns of Bocairente, Alfafara, Ontinyent, Agullent, Muro and Cocentaina. Agres is located at a height above sea level of 722 meters and its population is about 650 inhabitants. The population of Agres is traditionally dedicated to cultivation and for a few years especially to tourism, especially to the hospitality industry. View of Agres from MariolaThe town of Agres is located approximately in the center of its term, and is located within the Sierra Mariola and therefore within the Natural Park of Mariola, it can be said that Agres is the most natural access and more known to this natural park and this mountain range. Likewise, its urban area has an elongated and sloping shape, due to the situation of the town that is in the foothills of the sierra. Its etymology can come from the Latin "Àger" field or from "agger", which means height or elevation. The term of Agres was inhabited by man from the most remote times. The archaeological sites of the Beneito Cave, the Solana, Carbonell, the Covacha El Emparetà, the Moro cave, the Pilares cave, the Muela de Agres, the Pico de la Águila, the Cabeço de Mariola and the Covalta, have been discovered remains of Paleolithic man, 40,000 to 30,000 years before Christ and the Neolithic, 500 years before Christ. The year 76 BC, coinciding with the time of the Roman Emperor, Cesar Augusto, confirms the presence of the Romans in these lands, an example of the romanization of the Valleta de Agres is the archaeological site of Cabeço de Mariola, in which They have found various Romanesque ceramics, as well as coins from the 1st century.