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What to see and do in Náquera

What to see and do in Náquera (El Camp de Túria, Valencia): 4 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Nature · 1 Activities

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Hermitage of San Francisco de Asís de Náquera 600 m

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What to see and do in Náquera

Náquera
Village
A municipality in the comarca of El Camp de Túria, in the province of Valencia, situated in the Sierra Calderona at 215 m of altitude and 24 km from the capital; its name comes from the Arabic naqra, hole or cave. It has 8,556 inhabitants and a plain traditionally given over to dry farming, now turned to citrus thanks to irrigation. It was an Islamic alquería of forty houses before James I granted it to Egidio Atrosillo in 1237, and it was left almost depopulated after the expulsion of the Moriscos in 1609. Its hiking and cycling routes link spots such as the Cova dels Estudiants, the centuries-old pine of the Pi del Salt, and the Font de l'Or, and it preserves the hermitage of San Francisco de Asís.
Hermitage of San Francisco de Asís de Náquera
Monument
The hermitage of San Francisco de Asís, one of the heritage points of interest in Náquera within the El Camp de Túria district, is a neo-Gothic building built by the villagers themselves between 1919 and 1921 and blessed and opened in October 1922. It replaced a provisional chapel which had in turn succeeded the hermitage of la Ràpita, already documented in 1603. Inside it preserves an altarpiece by Vicente Macip, from the 15th-16th centuries, and the complex is completed by a calvary of fourteen chapels and a viewpoint over the Gulf of Valencia. It stands on the hillside in the upper part of the village. Its patronal festivities, dedicated to San Francisco de Asís and la Encarnación, are held from 1 to 4 October.
Festivities of Náquera
Activity
Náquera dedicates its patronal festivities to San Francisco de Asís, whose hermitage shares the spotlight with hiking routes linking the Cova dels Estudiants, the centuries-old Pi del Salt pine tree and the Font de l'Or.
Cave of els Estudiants de Náquera
Nature
A natural cave included on the walking and mountain-biking routes of Náquera, along with other spots such as the Pi del Salt (a centuries-old pine) and the Font de l'Or, in the Sierra Calderona.