Guadasséquies

Population: 465 hab. Municipal area: 3,3 km2 Altitude: 180 m. Demonym: vorassequià, vorassequiana Town Hall Phone no.: 96 229 30 05 Web: www.guadasequies.es E-mail: guadasequies_sec@gva.es

GUADASSÉQUIES

MONUMENTS The Old Church

On the verge of being demolished by the construction of the Bellús reservoir, the neighbors saved it in 1997, restored it and turned it into a parish museum. The old church was built in the mid-18th century on the floor of what was mosque, transformed into Moorish church in 1535. The plant is a Latin cross and the central nave, with side chapels, is covered by barrel vault with lunettes.

The new church

The new church, located in the upper part of the village, dates from 1996-2000. The interior of the temple is ornate by beautiful stained glass windows of color and images of a certain interest, among which stands out the new Hope, the work of the sculptor Damia Pastor, given to the people by the Marquise of Trénor around 1900.

The Ordeal

In the upper part of the village we find a cypress garden, with functions of ordeal

and balcony-lookout. From here you can see a beautiful panorama of the fertile dims that separates Guadasséquies from Sempere. Some cypresses are centuriesold me, since the hermitage of Christ of Amparo and the ordeal itself date back to 1906, as can be read in a commemorative panel.

Christ’s hermitage

The floor of the property is of Latin cross, illuminated in a cenital way by the lantern of the dome. The altar presides over a meritorious canvas of the Christ of Amparo (H.XVIII), which the faithful bring out in procession for the August festivities.

Sundial

Located in the place of the old church of Guadasséquies, it is composed of four overlapping cubes of steel and rock. It is the work of the plastic artist Rafa Amorós and Joan Olivares. From Guadasséquies you can walk to the municipalities of Sempere, Benissuera, Alfarrasí or Bellús.

MUSEUMS The parish museum

The old church houses works of art and merit, which constitute a small parish museum, inaugurated in 2003. In the cabinets exhibit casullas, dalmatics and other pieces of liturgical clothing; as well as interesting pieces of silverware from the XVIII-XIX centuries.

FESTIVITIES

Second week of August: patron saint festivities to Saint Roque, Our Lady of Hope and the Christ of Amparo December 18: Feast of Our Lady of Hope

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

• Visit to the municipalities of Sempere and Benissuera • Visit to the Bellús reservoir • The Cid’s pathway - Stage 56: Xàtiva - Ontinyent • Route of the 4 towns of the River (Alfarrasí, Benissuera, Sempere and Guadasséquies)

LOCAL PRODUCTS

• Plastics industry • Yarns • Marinades • Metallic structures • Photo Etched