Llutxent

Population: 2.373 hab. Municipal area: 42,1 km2 Altitude: 280 m. Demonym: llutxentí, llutxentina Town Hall Phone no.: 96 229 40 01 Web: www.llutxent.com E-mail: informacio@llutxent.org

LLUTXENT

MONUMENTS The Proxita’s palace-castle

It is located at the highest part of the village. It was built by the Proxites between the XIII-XIV centuries. Valencian Gothic style, it has a square plan with four towers loathed around a courtyard. Inside stand out the paintings of the noble plant.

Church of Our Lady of Assumption

Built in the late nineteenth century. Neoclassical style, it preserves important treasures such as the icon of the Holy Face, a processional cross and an arch of the fifteenth century, among others.

Calvary of the sixteenth century

Old way to get up from the village to the convent. With a great slope it was cobbled towards the beginning of the sixteenth century. It is currently flanked by the calvary stations.

Hermitage of the Virgin of the Consolation

Baroque style building built in 1772. Inside we find a unique set of Valencian ceramics from the eighteenth century where the Miracle of the Corporals is counted. Also noteworthy is the dome, stained glass and rococo altar.

Convent of Corpus Christi

Set of buildings of different eras and styles. It was built in 1422 by the order of the Dominicans. In 1475 the first University of Arts and Theology of Valencia was founded. Inside, the neoclassical cloister, the swordsmanship and the refectory stand out.

Castle of Xio

From the time Almohade, XII century, it was a place of vigilan and protection. It has a triangular plan with double walled enclosure, three turrets and an albarrana tower. It preserves inside the remains of a cistern.

Municipal natural site of Surar

The Surar is located between the municipalities of Llutxent and Pinet. On 4 March 2005, it was declared, by the agreement of the Council of the Generalitat, as a Municipal Natural Park of Surar. In addition to cork trees, this place has a rich vegetation and comprises two microreservae of flora.

Lime Kilns

The trade of calcinero was, until the late 70s of the twentieth century, one of the main economic activities and source of income in Llutxent, with a more than considerable number of lime kilns spread throughout its term.

Oil press

Former mill of the middle of the twentieth century located on the road that was the beginning of the Cooperative of Llutxent.

FESTIVITIES

February 24: Saint Martin’s festivity, the Miracle of the Corporales is commemorated Last weekend of April: festivities to the Holy Face, to the Christ of the Conhorte and the Divine Aurora, with a parade of Moors and Christians July 6: Feast of the Apparition of the Cross August 4: Feast and ‘Porrat de San

Domingo’

September 8: Feast and Porrat of the Virgin of Consolation

EXCURSIONS

GR 236: Route of the Monasteries (75 km 3/4 days) www.rutadelsmonestirs.com PR-CV: 434: The Surar, the dry stone hut and the puig-agut of Llutxent

Other excursions:

• Puig Sant recreation area • Recreation area of Casas del Rafal • Protected natural area of Surar de Llutxent • Xetà ravine • Jaume I route in the Vall d’Albaida • Route of the Corporales • The Puig Agut route • Route of the old castle and the hill • Route to the owner of the Donkey • Moorish surveillance route: high of the Pinet castle

It is part of itinerary no. 3 of the Vall d’Albaida routes.

LOCAL PRODUCTS

• Mesh • Sale of olive oil • Corn cakes or buns