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Cocentaina, capital of The Comtat, in the county of
Alicante, is in the part of the Sierra of Mariola,
traditional place of trips for the its beauty and
botanical wealth.
This very communicated with Valencia by the highway
N-340, and for railroad with the line
Alcoy-Valencia-Alcoy. He/she has a population of about
11.000 inhabitants, almost enjoying parties and
celebrations the whole year.
The parties that begin with the Festa of the Nanos,
continue in April with the celebration of the Virgin of
the Miracle, and by the middle of August with the
traditional parties of Moorish and Christian in honor of
San Hipolito, declared of National Tourist interest,
highlighting también la importance of the tots "Fira
Sants", taken place from 1346 that it attracts numerous
visitors the first days of November.
At the moment it presents in their plane well
differentiated areas, the oldest, the Raval, old Muslim
neighborhood, the Vila that before among walls, the
Christian population harbored. We also find more modern
areas as the area of the passeig.
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Market, every Thursday of the year. Place: Square of the
Plá and Venerable Square Escuder. Occasionally in the
Av. of the Railroad. It has a great public attendance
from very early. It is habit, after the purchase, to
have breakfast in some of the numerous bars and terraces.
Festa dels Nanos. On third Wednesday of Lent. Place: the
streets of the Raval. Ancestral tradition contestana, in
the one that "Els Nanos", grotesque figures of natural
size, come out to the street among music of "Tabalets i
Xirimites" to criticize to the administration or some
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parties to the Mare of Deu of the Milacre. April
19. Place: Square of the Plá, Sanctuary of the
"Mare of Deu", Church of Santa María and
neighborhood of the Vila. It commemorates the
Virgin's miracle that took place April of 1.520,
19 when in the celebration of the Sacrament, the
chart with its face cried 27 tears of blood.
They are carried out numerous acts devocionales.
Week Santa Contestana. Place: Raval, Passeig of
the Comtat, Square of the Plá.... Traditional
celebration with processions where the gears
characteristic of each brotherhood and different
steps can be admired. The Week Santa Contestana
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Moorish and Christian in honor to S. Hipólito,
pattern of Cocentaina from 1.600. They take
place the second weekend of August. The party
lapses mainly for the Passeig of the Comtat,
Square of the Plá and Square of the Vila.
Declared of national tourist interest, they are
of a great one I root and quality in suits,
music, shows.... Acts differed as the l'olla "nit,
the maseros embassy and smugglers, the day of
the entrances, embassy of the tomatoes and
alardo.
The Fira of tots els Sants takes place the last
days of October and first of November Acts
differed as the l'olla "nit, the maseros embassy
and smugglers, the day of the entrances, embassy
of the tomatoes and alardo. He/she is carried
out from 1.346, for real privilege of Pedro IV
of Aragon. It attracts numerous visitors. They
are exposed and they sell products of the most
diverse natures, through more than 700 positions.
They highlight the medieval market, Islamic
zoco, Trades Horsy, Agricultural Machinery and
Automoción. Parallelly, they are carried out a
great quantity of exhibitions and cultural acts.
Avda. Xátiva, 4 *
03820 - COCENTAINA (Alicante) *
Tlf: 965 592 703 Fax: 966 501 095 *
mail@nouhostalet.com
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