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Alfauir (; ) is a
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...
in the ''comarca'' of
Safor Safor (; ) is a ''Comarques of the Valencian Community, comarca'' within the province of Valencia (province), Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. The capital is the city of Gandia, but also includes the towns of Oliva, Piles, Valencia, Piles a ...
in the
Valencian Community The Valencian Community is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid wit ...
, Spain.


Main sights

*
Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba The Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba (; , "Saint Jerome of Cotalba") is a monastic building of Valencian Gothic, Mudéjar, Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical styles constructed between the 14th and 18th centuries, located in the ...
, constructed between the 14th and 18th centuries. *Church of the Mare de Déu del Roser, 20th century. *Palma Castle, 11th century.


People

* Salvador Cardona, a professional
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. In
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he became the first Spanish
road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most com ...
to win a stage in
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...
. * Nicolás Borrás, a
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painter and monk of the
Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba The Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba (; , "Saint Jerome of Cotalba") is a monastic building of Valencian Gothic, Mudéjar, Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical styles constructed between the 14th and 18th centuries, located in the ...
. * Antonio Sancho de Benevento, a
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artist of the
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and monk of the
Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba The Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba (; , "Saint Jerome of Cotalba") is a monastic building of Valencian Gothic, Mudéjar, Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical styles constructed between the 14th and 18th centuries, located in the ...
.


See also

*
Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba The Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba (; , "Saint Jerome of Cotalba") is a monastic building of Valencian Gothic, Mudéjar, Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical styles constructed between the 14th and 18th centuries, located in the ...
* Route of the Monasteries of Valencia *
Route of the Borgias The Route of the Borgias is a cultural route, that includes sites associated with the Borja or ''Borgia'', located in their native Valencian Community, Spain. The marketing of the route was inaugurated in 2007.Source: ABCPaseo por la hi ...
* Route of the Valencian classics


References


External links

Municipalities in the Province of Valencia Safor Route of the Borgias {{valencia-geo-stub