Alfauir
Municipality in Valencian Community, Spain
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38°55′40″N 0°15′9″W / 38.92778°N 0.25250°W / 38.92778; -0.25250
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Alfauir (Valencian pronunciation: [alfaˈwiɾ]; Spanish: Alfahuir) is a municipality in the comarca of Safor in the Valencian Community, Spain.
Main sights
- Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba, constructed between the 14th and 18th centuries.
- Church of the Mare de Déu del Roser, 20th century.
- Palma Castle, 11th century.
People
- Salvador Cardona, a professional road racing cyclist. In 1929 he became the first Spanish road bicycle racer to win a stage in Tour de France.
- Nicolás Borrás, a Spanish Renaissance painter and monk of the Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba.
- Antonio Sancho de Benevento, a silversmith artist of the Spanish Renaissance and monk of the Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba.
See also
- Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba
- Route of the Monasteries of Valencia
- Route of the Borgias
- Route of the Valencian classics
References
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
External links
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Municipalities of Safor
- Ador
- Alfauir
- Almiserà
- Almoines
- L'Alqueria de la Comtessa
- Barx
- Bellreguard
- Beniarjó
- Benifairó de la Valldigna
- Beniflà
- Benirredrà
- Castellonet de la Conquesta
- Daimús
- La Font d'En Carròs
- Gandia
- Guardamar de la Safor
- Llocnou de Sant Jeroni
- Miramar
- Oliva
- Palma de Gandia
- Palmera
- Piles
- Potries
- Rafelcofer
- Real de Gandia
- Ròtova
- Simat de la Valldigna
- Tavernes de la Valldigna
- Villalonga
- Xeraco
- Xeresa
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