Country Spain Comarca Vinalopó Mitjà Website Official website Population 26,292 (2014) Local time Monday 1:13 PM | Autonomous community Valencian community Postcode 03660 Elevation 241 m Province Province of Alicante | |
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Demonym(s) Noveldenses (Spanish)
Noveldec, -a (Catalan) Weather 20°C, Wind SW at 8 km/h, 38% Humidity | ||
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Novelda ([noˈvɛɫda]; [noˈβelda]) is a town located in the province of Alicante, Spain. As of 2009, it has a total population of 27,135 inhabitants.
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Map of 03660 Novelda, Alicante, Spain
Novelda has important quarries and mines of marble, limestone, silica, clay and gypsum. It is a major centre of the marble industry.
It was probably settled by Greeks, although it was controlled by Carthaginians and Romans. Some centuries later it was conquered from the Moors by a son of Ferdinand III of Castile.
Places of tourist interest in Novelda include the monastery of Santa María Magdalena (dated from the 19th century), which has a church designed by a disciple of Antoni Gaudí, the Moorish castle of the Mola, with its unique triangular tower, and the Museum of Modernism. This is a well preserved art nouveau house with original artifacts from the 1920s. The house itself is a work of art. The House-Museum is located in a modernist building designed by Pedro Cerdan Martinez (1863-1947) and is now a centre for modernist research and promotion. There are also several natural and salty lakes to visit in the surroundings.