This itinerary constitutes a definite and safe route for the traditional pilgrimages that reach from the Vega Baja, through Crevillent, to the Cave of San Pascual in the monfortina parish of Orito. The starting point is located on the Ainach road, in the vicinity of the road of Hondón de las Nieves (CV-845), beginning the route between crops and cottages. This stretch remains practically straight, crossing the ravine of the River at the height of the Iron Channel before linking with the Carrasca road. The itinerary merges with the road of La Romana (CV-846), near the place of the Hondo de Las Fuentes. This recreational area is a traditional meeting place at certain times of the year such as "Mona's Day" or "La Jira". The city of Aspe is accessed through Avenida 3 de Agosto. The layout borders the Municipal Sports Pavilion and passes in front of the "Virgen de las Nieves" Nursing Home, located next to "La Cruz de Orihuela", a traditional religious element in the town. The route continues along Castelar Street, a road that receives the Virgen de las Nieves, patron saint of the municipality, every two years, and where the Wagner Theater is located, a modernist building built in 1922 and restored in 1995. The streets of San Pedro and San José leads to the historic center, leaving on the right the Plaza Mayor with the homes of the early s. XX, the Basilica of Our Lady of Socorro (18th century), of the Baroque Valencian style, and the historic building of the Town Hall (1641). The route runs along the Avenida de la Constitución where the "El Cisco" House (19th century) is located, which houses the Municipal Historical Museum, to turn onto Calle Lepanto towards the Tarafa River. The itinerary descends to the Tarafa riverbed through the park located behind the bus station. The path takes advantage of the cycle path that runs along the banks of this watercourse, enabled after an environmental restoration by the Hydrographic Confederation of Júcar. This river has a well-preserved fluvial ecosystem, where the olmedas or malls stand out, as well as historical elements such as the Rafa de Perceval (19th-century irrigation for the use of water for irrigation), the Fuente de Barrenas, which supplied drinking water to Elche through the aqueduct of which the Bridge of the Four and Five Eyes (18th century) are part, or the ruins of flour mills that existed in the area, such as that of Meseguera. Finally, on the Quincoces road the trail ends, to link with the Novelda and Monforte del Cid itineraries towards the San Pascual Cave. Time: 1h 53 min. Type of route: Hiking Difficulty: Low Distance: 7.504 meters
The Hermitage is located in an area called Tápena house. The area has recreational areas, tables, barbecues, fountains, toilets, etc., where pines and olive trees predominate.
It is located in the Sierra de Oltà, in the recreation area called "Area recreativa de la Ermita Vella", which can be reached by a trail that starts at the "Monte Oltá" PR-CV 340 camping area. The building was constructed in 2002, features a gabled roof with curved tile, and is primarily made of stone.
Build up between the XIV AND XVI is one of the most importants gothic – renaissance examples from the Valencian community. It has a big legacy from the Catalan gothic, getting higher a monumental character. The interior part is formed by three naves and a corridor in it stands out twelve impressive columns, with an helix form that forms one of the lacking examples in spain inside churches. in the final part of the XV century the medina family promote the construction of the temple, which last all the XVI century, getting the renaissance style for elements like the access door to the sacristy and the chapterhouse. It ´s also important the baptismal font, created by Jacobo Florentino in limestone rock and in the feet of the altar , the rest of the bars wrought in 1563. Was declared historic-artistic national monument in 1931 and is a good of cultural interest.
The current church and convent of the Franciscans of Cocentaina is situated on the site of an ancient hermitage of the 14Th century dedicated to the martyr St. Sebastian. In 1516 the friars remodelled the ancient building to found the convent. The building which has survived to our era has its origin in the last of 16Th century, when the building of the church was carried out in renaissance design by the brothers Andrés and Jaime Terol, under the sponsor of the counts of Cocentaina. In 1604 the work was finished, including the count’s gallery and pantheon. From that time onwards other diverse works were carried out such as the extension of the chapel of the Third Order or the ‘Santísimo Cristo’, which was finished in 1726, and was attributed to the master Tomás Peris. The perfect integration of the baroque and renaissance styles can be appreciated from the diverse rooms which are conserved inside. In your visit you can contemplate the baroque ornamentation of the presbytery, the recently restored gallery of the counts of Cocentaina, with their herald in a renaissance setting, wall paintings of the tabernacle the 18Th century, and the vault compartments of the cloister, in which is represented the life of Saint Francis of Asissi, work of father Antonio Villanueva. A possibly unique testimony of the ancient hermitage exposed in the chapel the gothic Cross carved in stone of the 15Th century, with a replica in the convent square.
It is a temple with a Latin cross plan. The main nave is covered by a barrel vault followed by a hemispherical dome, with lunettes where the windows are located, while the two lateral naves, formed by the perforation of the buttresses, house the chapels where various images are venerated. The cruise, with a dome on sculpted scallops, is formed by the discontinuity of the side chapels. On the Gospel side, we access the Chapel of the Virgen del Remedio. Large, has its own entrance, by the 'jardinet' (little garden), which has two columns on its exterior holding a cornice and, on those, two others that serve as an adornment to a niche occupied by the image of the Virgin of the Remedy, sculpted in 1765. Inside, an interesting altarpiece made of gilded and polychrome wood, recently restored, a work made in 1774 by the sculptor Francisco Mira, houses the dressing room with the image of the patron saint of Monóvar presiding over the chapel. its dome on pendentives sculpted with reliefs on the life of the Virgin. Through this chapel there is access to a third dedicated to San Miguel Arcángel, of neoclassical type, built in 1813, smaller, with a rectangular floor and a barrel vault, which is in a state of ruins. On the transept, on the side of the Epistle, there is attached a baroque organ, box José Martín, originally built in 1771 by the conqueror Julián de la Orden and rebuilt in the nineteenth century by Alberto Randeynes (1893). It was restored in its entirety throughout 2007. This church, although simple, is very solid, since it is all made of stone, except for the vaults. It has two towers, one of them unfinished, so only one is visible.
The hermitage of Santa Bárbara de Monóvar (Province of Alicante, Spain), located on Santa Bárbara Street of that town, is a religious building built in the 18th century in the Baroque style. Built on one of the two hills that dominate the city, it can be seen from a distance, and it draws, along with the castle and the Clock Tower, the characteristic silhouette of Monóvar. It was built on a large stone base at the end of the 18th century, after demolishing the previous one, which was erected between 1692 and 1694 by Tomás Estacio. The style of the chapel follows Valencian Baroque models, but derives from clearly Baroque Italian positions, with a soft neoclassical mixture. It is the only one of the diocese that uses the curve, and there is only another hermitage of these characteristics in the whole Valencian Community, the chapel of the Communion of Santa María de Elche. Its authors may be José Gonzálvez de Coniedo or Lorenzo Chápuli. It is an isolated building with a rectangular floor divided into three different spaces. To the south there is an arched porch with three arches on stone columns, in the intermediate zone the elliptical chapel and to the north the sacristy or house of the santera. A half-orange dome rests on the cornice; dome that in the exterior (outside) is observed in double curvature, finished in glazed tile in blue color The interior highlights the floor of large stone slabs, and the decoration based on garlands, borders, weeping in relief and the use of Corinthian capitals.
This chapel has a simple, elegant, Renaissance style entrance (17th century). The remainder of the building is in the Baroque style and is divided into two bays. The interior decoration with geometric and plant motifs is dated 1861. There is a belfry over the door and the first tranche of the roof consists of a dome with green tiles. In times gone by, a guild carried the statue through the streets in procession and, every year they held a festival with the donations received. These days, the Colla el Falçó – Asociación de “dolçainers i tabaleters” in Teulada organises a festival every September in honour of the Divina Pastora.
Lovely neoclassical-style building. This rectangular building has three naves and four bays. There are some excellent paintings on the ceiling and on the main altar pictures St Vicente (16th century) painted on wood. This is thought to be the work of Gaspar de Requena, a Renaissance painter who was a fellow student of Juan de Juanes. There is also an image of the Nazarene (18th century). It has a typical dome covered with blue, green and white tiles. Built in honour of St Vicente Ferrer.
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