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What to see and do in Ràfol d'Almúnia, el

What to see and do in Ràfol d'Almúnia, el (La Marina Alta, Alicante): 3 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Curiosities

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Church of San Francisco de Paula del Ràfol d'Almúnia 50 m

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What to see and do in Ràfol d'Almúnia, el

El Ràfol d'Almúnia
Village
El Ràfol d'Almúnia is one of the smallest municipalities in La Marina Alta, of Arab origin and a former lordship of the Murs, Sapena and Almunia families after the conquest of James I. For centuries it was the only one of the five towns of La Rectoría, along with Benimeli, Sagra, Negrals and Tormos, to have its own church, raised to parish status in 1535 on an old mosque, on which the others depended; in the 17th century it was also the seat of the marquisate of Ráfol de Almunia. The present temple, dedicated to Saint Francis of Paola and built in Baroque style, was rebuilt around 1770 after a fire. Repopulated in 1610 after the expulsion of the Moriscos, today it lives mainly off citrus fruits and construction.
La Rectoria de la Marina Alta
Curiosity
La Rectoria de la Marina Alta is a historic sub-region made up of five villages on the left bank of the Girona river -el Ràfol d'Almúnia, Benimeli, Sanet i els Negrals, Sagra and Tormos-, in a valley hemmed in between the Segària range and the Migdia range. The name comes from the dismemberment of the old Rectoria de Dénia: in large villages a single parish was enough, but in the smaller ones of the upper Girona valley a rectoria could cover several. It is a religious division, now vanished from the administrative organisation, although the name has been kept. El Ràfol d'Almúnia was for centuries the only one of the five villages with its own church, that of Sant Francesc de Paula, built according to tradition in 1535 on top of a former mosque.
Church of San Francisco de Paula del Ràfol d'Almúnia
Monument
Baroque in style and dated to the 18th century, it was probably the first Christian church in the comarca of La Rectoria, rebuilt around 1770 after a fire on the remains of a former mosque.