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What to see and do in Genovés (el)

What to see and do in Genovés (el) (La Costera, Valencia): 4 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 1 Activities

When to go to Genovés (el): festival calendar

July: Moros y Cristianos de El Genovés (third weekend of July)

How far each place is from the centre of Genovés (el)

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What to see and do in Genovés (el)

El Genovés
Village
El Genovés is a municipality of the district of La Costera, in the province of Valencia, on the bank of the river Albaida, in a mountainous district bounded to the south by the Serra Grossa. It was an Arab alquería called Xiu, of the territory of Xàtiva, until James I gave it in 1248 to the Genoese physician Baldovino di Baldovino, from whose origin it took its name; the lordship later passed to the Sanz family and, through marriage, to the Fenollet family, until it became independent of Xàtiva in 1762 and, at the beginning of the 19th century, became a municipality in its own right. Its irrigated crops are dominated by the orange tree, and on dry land by the olive tree and the vine. It preserves the church of the Virgen de los Dolores and a monumental fountain. It has a museum devoted to Valencian pilota, opened in 2003. It has 2,822 inhabitants.
Museum of la Pilota d'El Genovés
Monument
Museum of El Genovés, opened on 16 December 2003, dedicated to pilota valenciana, with photographs, sporting equipment and historical documents. The opening ceremony was led by the president of the Generalidad Valenciana, Francisco Camps, and the mayor of Genovés, Emilio Llopis. Located on Calle Mestre Domingo Hernández, the museum brings together balls, gloves, shirts and promotional posters, as well as audiovisual material, recreations of playing courts and a reference library dedicated to the history of this traditional Valencian sport.
Monumental Fountain of San Pascual Bailón
Monument
Monumental fountain from 1777 in El Genovés, with a sculpture of San Pascual Bailón, a 16th-century Spanish Franciscan friar canonized in 1690 and venerated as the patron saint of Eucharistic works and congresses.
Moros y Cristianos de El Genovés
Activity
El Genovés celebrates its Moors and Christians festival on the third weekend of July, and its patronal festivities from the 31st of July to the 8th of August in honor of the Santísimo Cristo del Monte del Calvario, the Virgen de los Dolores and Saints Abdón and Senén.