Bellús

Population: 320 hab. Municipal area: 9,5 km2 Altitude: 180 m. Demonym: belluser, bellusera Town Hall Phone no.: 96 229 31 04 Web: www.bellus.es E-mail: bellus_inf@gva.es

MONUMENTS Parish Church of Santa Ana

The parish church of Santa Ana presides over the square of the church of the municipality. The building was built in the eighteenth century, expanded its headboard in the eighteenth century, and finally renovated in the current style in 1940. On the side of the gospel rises the bell tower of three bodies and finish. If you access the interior you will discover a unique nave covered with lowered barrel

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vault, with chapels between the buttresses decorated in Tuscan style, and high chorus at his feet. The main altar is presided over by a baroque altarpiece with the image of the titular Santa Ana.

Hermitage of the Christ of the Good Death The hermitage of Christ of the Good Death was built in 1935 on the old building of the late eighteenth century. The facade stands out for its neo-Gothic style, with door and window of half point aligned, and crowned

by a bell tower of swordsmanship. The interior houses a 1941 wooden sculptural image of the town’s co-pattern, the Christ of the Good Death, in whose honor they celebrate festivities in September, with a spectacular and unique procession involving rocket shooters.

Feudal tower

The feudal tower, the Palace of the Bellvís or ‘Torre del Moro’ has its origins in the slender medieval tower built in Muslim tapestry in the 14th century. Built by the Lúria, first lords of Bellús, their successors the Bellvís of Bélgida added new constructions in the medieval tower, until turning the whole into a palace-house in the XVI-XVIII centuries. As a curiosity, the building was personally visited by King Felipe II of Spain (I of Valencia), on one of his trips, during which he stayed to eat with all the court that accompanied it. It is currently restored and visitable. From its terrace you can admire magnificent perspectives of the Vall d’Albaida and the site of the Estret de les Aigües.

Large Cave of La Petxina

The large cave of La Petxina is a prehistoric coat declared World Heritage by Unesco. The large cave and the small one of La Petxina, together with the Black Cova of Xàtiva, gave shelter to the first Neanderthals. Proof of this are the remains found and the cave paintings that are preserved. The two coats of Bellús are protected and converted into museums that you can enjoy with organized tours.

The canal

The Canal of the Bellús Fountain is a Muslim-era hydraulic ensemble (8th-XIII century), declared Well Of Cultural Interest. It is a water conduction made of mud archdes that for more than a thousand years transported the water for seven kilometers to the city of Xàtiva.

FESTIVITIES Second and third weekend of September:

patron saint festivities to St. Ana and the Christ of Good Death, as well as to the Saints of the Stone, Abdón and Senén. July 26: Saint Ana’s feast.

EXCURSIONS It is part of itinerary no. 2 of the routes through the Vall d’Albaida

• Local Trail from Bellús to l’Estret de les Aigües • The Petxina cave and the Black Cave, declared a World Heritage Site • Recreation area of the old spa of Bellús

LOCAL PRODUCTS

• Cold meat • Seasonal agricultural products