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• Almansa Castle. Almansa.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle del Castillo 18. 02640. Almansa. Albacete. (Castile-La Mancha) E-mail: turismoalmansa@hotmail.com. www.almansa.es. Fortification dating back to the 14th century, and altered in the 15th. Fortification dating back to the 14th century, and altered in the 15th. One of the most beautiful castles i…

• Alpera Shelters. Alpera.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Cerro de El Bosque. 02690. Alpera. Albacete. (Castile-La Mancha) Rock paintings in the La Vieja and El Queso caves. There are important prehistoric shelters in Alpera where schematic human figures appear, invariably depicted in monochrome, as well as numerous scenes of hunting, dancing, fighting, ha…

• Sanctuary of the Purísima Concepción Castle-Basilica. Yecla.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Yecla. Murcia. E-mail: basilicadelapurisima@hotmail.es. http://basilicadelapurisima.com/. It is built in neo-Classical style and is outstanding for its semi-spherical dome with blue and white stained glass windows with spiral decorations. Inside, the main element is marble, to be found both on the a…

• Canto de la Visera Shelter. Yecla.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 30510. Yecla. Murcia. www.yecla.com/ayuntamiento/.   The first traces of human activity have been found in several archaeological sites. The Canto de la Visera shelters have been dated to the Bronze Age (2nd millennium B. C.), and have revealed fields of rock carvings.…

• Arabí Mountain. Yecla.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 30510. Yecla. Murcia. www.ayuntamientoyecla.com. Monte Arabí cave paintings. In Yecla, Monte Arabí houses a series of cave paintings the most notable of which can be found in Visera Rocks, Mediodía cave and in los Muertos and Arabilejo ravines. they were discovered by Juan Zuazo Palacios in 1912. Th…

• Santiago Archpriestal Church. Villena.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de Santiago s/n. 03400. Villena. Alicante - Alacant. (Valencia) E-mail: villena@touristinfo.net. www.untesoro.villena.es. National Historic-Artistic Monument. Gothic Church from the 15th century. It has a beautiful baptismal font. Construction of the Archpriestal Church of Santiago date back t…

• Atalaya Castle. Villena.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Cerro de San Cristóbal, s/n. 03400. Villena. Alicante - Alacant. (Valencia) E-mail: villena@touristinfo.net. http://www.turismovillena.com/. Tall and stately, the three storeys of Villena castle rise up proudly from the hill on which it stands, overlooking the capital of the region. Also known as th…

• La Araña Caves (Cave II).. Bicorp.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 46825. Bicorp. Valencia. E-mail: bicorp-alc@gva.es. Scenes depicted at the Araña Caves. La Araña Cave, in Bicorp, is outstanding for its prehistoric rock art, especially the scene depicting the hunting of wild goats. Arrows and wounded animals are some of the elements you can see in this wonderful c…

• Cave of Don Juan. Jalance.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Cueva de don Juan. 46624. Jalance. Valencia. E-mail: info@cuevadedonjuan.com. http://www.cuevadedonjuan.com. A shelter dating from the time of Al-Andalus. The cave's existence has been known since the early 17th century, when it was apparently used as refuge by various moriscos (converted Muslims). …

• Biar Castle. Biar.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Biar. Alicante - Alacant. (Valencia) E-mail: biar@touristinfo.net. http://www.biar.es/. This frontier castle is Arab in origin and was reinforced and extended by the Christians from the time of its conquest. It contains a unique element in Hispanic Arab architecture. It was built in the 12th century…

• Sax Castle. Sax.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Peña del Castillo s/n. 03630. Sax. Alicante - Alacant. (Valencia) Fax.: +34 965475399 | www.sax.es. The castle is of Islamic origin. It was conquered by the Crown of Aragon in 1239 and subsequently ceded to the Crown of Castile under the terms of the Treaty of Almizra. From its position, it dominate…

• Castalla Castle. Castalla.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Castalla. Alicante - Alacant. (Valencia) E-mail: castalla@touristinfo.net. http://www.turismocastalla.com/castalla/web_php/index.php. Although its origins are Arab, the current structure dates from mediaeval times. The Torre Grossa tower was added in the 16th century in order to keep a lookout for p…