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What to see and do in Fuenterrobles

What to see and do in Fuenterrobles (La Plana de Utiel-Requena, Valencia): 6 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Nature · 2 Activities · 1 Historical milestones

When to go to Fuenterrobles: festival calendar

May: Pilgrimage to the Holy Cave of the Cabriel (May)
August: Festivities of Fuenterrobles (tercera semana de agosto)

How far each place is from the centre of Fuenterrobles

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What to see and do in Fuenterrobles

Fuenterrobles
Village
Fuenterrobles is a municipality in the comarca of La Plana de Utiel-Requena, in the province of Valencia, at 879 metres above sea level and 97 km from the capital. Settled since 1402 around the Fuente del Concejo, it was after the Reconquest a hamlet dependent on Requena until, thanks to the Constitution of 1812, it obtained the title of town on 15 August 1836. It preserves the church of Santiago Apóstol, from 1757, and the optical telegraph tower of 1845, which was part of the communications network between Madrid and Valencia and was declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection) in 2011; the so-called Ruta del Agua runs past old mills and the Iberian settlement of la Peladilla. In the town centre, the Colección Museográfica Vida Rural brings together more than a thousand ethnographic pieces donated by local residents.
Church of Santiago Apóstol y Torre del Telégrafo Óptico
Monument
18th-century church in Fuenterrobles, next to an old optical telegraph tower, evidence of the comarca's historic communications.
Holy Cave of the Cabriel
Nature
The Cueva Santa del Cabriel is a sanctuary located in one of the ravines of the Cabriel River, dedicated to Our Lady of the Cave, protector of the harvest. A traditional pilgrimage sets out from Fuenterrobles (Valencia) every second Sunday in May, covering 15 kilometres to the cave, where an open-air mass is held, followed by a communal lunch with traditional music and dancing in which all the villagers take part.
Pilgrimage to the Holy Cave of the Cabriel
Activity
Traditional pilgrimage in which the Virgin is carried from Fuenterrobles to the Cueva Santa del Cabriel, with the participation of neighbouring villages. It is held on the second Sunday of May in honour of Our Lady of the Cave, protector of the harvest, and brings together many local people who walk about 15 kilometres to the cave. The day combines a mass celebrated outside the cave with a communal lunch accompanied by traditional music and dancing.
Festivities of Fuenterrobles
Activity
The patron saint festivities of Fuenterrobles are held in the third week of August in honour of Santiago Apóstol and San Abdón and San Senén, popularly known as the Santillos de la Piedra. They are organised by the Quo Vadis cultural association, which programmes cultural, religious and sporting events for the whole village during those days.
Founding of Fuenterrobles at the Fuente del Concejo
Historical milestone
The settlement was born in 1402 around a spring known as the Fuente del Concejo, in an area already frequented in the Iberian and Roman periods. It was a village of Requena until it attained the status of villa on 15 August 1836.