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What to see and do in Font de la Figuera (la)

What to see and do in Font de la Figuera (la) (La Costera, Valencia): 7 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Nature · 1 Activities · 1 Curiosities · 2 Historical milestones · 1 Food and drink

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What to see and do in Font de la Figuera (la)

La Font de la Figuera
Village
La Font de la Figuera is a municipality of La Costera, in the province of Valencia, situated on the border with that of Albacete, with 2022 inhabitants. It stands at 536 metres at the head of the valley of Montesa, in a district of mountainous relief to the north and west, where the sierras of Enguera and la Silla stand out, and flatter in its central part, with fertile land; the Almansa corridor passes through it. The place name, dating from after the Christian conquest, is documented from the 14th century and refers to a spring that still serves as a watering trough for livestock in the lower part of the village. The oldest remains of human occupation, in the area of la Carrasca, date back to the Upper Palaeolithic, with later materials from the Eneolithic and the Iberian period.
Mountain range of la Solana (vertiente de La Font de la Figuera)
Nature
Mountain landscape at the western end of the comarca of La Costera, on the border with the province of Albacete.
Festivities of la Font de la Figuera
Activity
La Font de la Figuera's patronal festivities, around the first week of September, honor the Mare de Déu dels Xics and the Santíssim Crist dels Afligits, with the traditional Dansà declared of Regional Tourist Interest; in December the Moros, Cristians i Contrabandistes festival in honor of Santa Bárbara is added.
Terres dels Alforins
Curiosity
A wine-growing comarca known as the Valencian Tuscany, which brings together more than ten wineries from La Font de la Figuera and neighbouring municipalities of the comarcas of La Costera and La Vall d'Albaida, among them Fontanars dels Alforins, which gives the region its name. Its core is the Alforins plateau, at an average altitude of 660 metres, about 300 more than the rest of the Vall d'Albaida, enclosed by the Serra de l'Ombria to the south and the Serra Grossa to the north and open towards the west; a good part of its territory is protected as a special protection area for birds. The place name Alforins comes from the Arabic al-hurí, granary or grain store, and is already documented in 1256, when Jaume I granted these lands to the inhabitants of Ontinyent.
Settlement charter of La Font de la Figuera of 1301
Historical milestone
Gonzalo García granted in 1301 the carta puebla that settled population beside the spring and the fig tree that give the place its name. A second document of 1312 established forty Catalan and Aragonese families, and in 1314 the villa separated from Moixent.
From the province of Alicante to that of Valencia
Historical milestone
The provincial division of 1833 assigned La Font de la Figuera to Alicante, despite its historical links with the governorship of Xàtiva. A royal order of 1836 returned it to the province of Valencia, in which it has remained ever since.
Must and brandy rolls
Food and drink
The pastries of La Font de la Figuera revolve around its rings: of must, of aguardiente and of flora, kneaded with flour, oil and the product that gives them their name. The use of must points back to the vineyards that occupy much of the municipal district.