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CARRÍCOLA
Population: 90 hab. Municipal area: 4,6 km2 Altitude: 425 m. Demonym: carricolí, carricolina Town Hall Phone no.: 96 235 65 85 Web: www.carricola.es E-mail: carricola_alc@gva.es
MONUMENTS Carrícola castle A documentary reference in 1259 suggests that the tower was built by the Muslim inhabitants of Carrícola and Muntis with Hispanic-Muslim techniques of tapestry boxing, but already with the constructive pattern typical of a feudal fortress, with its courtyard and the tower of homage. The initiative was from the Catalan knight Ramón de Timor, who received these Moorish places from the hands of the king
CARRÍCOLA
James I in the form of a feudal lordship. Carrícola Castle passed over the centuries by different owners and in 1296 the manor of Carrícola was integrated into the barony of Albaida. Later, Cardinal Joan de Milà i Aragó would move to the new palace in the lower part of the village Hermitage of Cristo del Calvario The hermitage of Cristo del Calvario is located at the foot of Carrícola castle presiding over the upper part of the town.
