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ALFARRASÍ

Population: 1.247 hab. Municipal area: 6,4 km2 Altitude: 217 m. Demonym: alfarrasiner, alfarrasinera Town Hall Phone no.: 96 229 71 25 Web: www.alfarrasi.es E-mail: alfarrasi_alc@gva.es

MONUMENTS Church of St. Jerónimo Dates back of the eighteenth century and shows a nave covered by vault of half barrel, with lunettes and supported between buttresses. Inside stands the main altar, the paintings of Joaquín Oliet and the shells found by San Gregorio Magno, San Agustín, San Ambrosio and San Jerónimo. The door is added and framed by ashlars. Outside stands out its bell tower of quadrangular plant, of four bodies, built with masonry brick and stone plinth,

ALFARRASÍ

topped, where the bells are located. Hermitage of the Christ of Agony Simple and austere construction of the year 1739. It is characterized by its hexagonal plant, with dome and four chapels. It is accessed by an ordeal of cypresses whose sheds were built in 1961, although the entire environment was rehabilitated in 2001. From the hermitage you can observe beautiful views of the mountains that surround the municipality.


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