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ROUTE OF MONFORTE DEL CID

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The Town Hall

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The town hall has three ashlars arches from the 16th century, this building used to be and old market and has a coat of arms.

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Saint Pascual´s Chapel

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Built in the 18th century, it was Saint Pascual's home while he was a shepherd. On its walls you cand find a mural made of tiles recreating his history.

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The Moreria or Moorish Arch

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This arch give entrance to moorish neighbourdhood and separates the Christian area from de Muslim area wich was established in 1459.

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Church of our Lady Of The Snow

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Built between 1510 and 1517, located on hill where and old mosque or castle used to be. A Bell Tower stands out as part of an antique construction.

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Ibero,History Museum

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Among the ethnographic and festivities patrimony, it has the most important archaeological pieces found from the Iberian and Roman period.

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Chapel of San Roque

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Founded in the 16ht century after a plague that affected the whole country. Here, once year, the citizens bring "alhábega" as an offering.

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Parque de la Cruz

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Located in Juan Carlos I Avenue, it is a central site in Monforte.

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The Glorieta

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The place where it located the old "caño" and where it found an old washing place, built 1892; nowadays it was rebuilt in 1918 whit flagstone from other washing place found in "vuelta de la mina".

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Route of Orito

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Route of Orito: Chapel of the Apparition

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A pascualino place par excelence, built in he 17ht century to remember the apparition of the Host to Saint Shepherd.

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Route of Orito: Sanctuary of our Lady of The Virgin of Orito and Saint Pascual's

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Built over de hermitage de la Natividad ruins after the discovery of a tiny figure of the virgin in 1555. This originated the franciscan monks settlement and later on the Saint's.

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Route of Orito: La Feria park and sundial

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They are part of the surroundings where a fair is celebrate every 17ht of may on the occasion of Saint Pascual's procession. This fair goes back to the 17th century.

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Route of Orito: The Holy Fountain or Fountain of Saint Pascual's

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The popular devotions attributes this spring to a miracle of Saint Pascual's.This fact has been narrated by writers at that time.

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Route of Orito: Cave of Saint Pascual's

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Located at the hittside of the mountain range called "La Sierra de las Águilas" where de shepherd took shelter from weather conditions while shepherding and where he also accustomed to pray. Near by, as a sing of belonging to a Jacobean Route, there is pedestal whit Santiago de Compostela Cross on it.

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Route of Orito: Orito center of interpretation

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"Camino de San Pascual"

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Morforte - Orito - Sierra del Cid

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Ruta de San Pascual

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EVENTS

Pilgrimage of San Pascual (Fair and Festival May until 17 May, the feast day of the saint), place of pilgrimage which finishes atop the Sierra de las Aguilas, in the Cave of Saint Pascual's, coming to gather up 100,000 people. Declared PROVINCIAL TOURIST INTEREST Party C. Valenciana.

Moors and Christians in honor of the Patroness, the Immaculate Conception, from 5 to 9 December, are very important for several reasons: They close the annual festival calendar of Valencia; are visited to match the festivities from 6 and December 8 and have a very high participation rate (over 35%). Declared PROVINCIAL TOURIST INTEREST Party C. Valenciana.

Throughout the year there are other parties such as the barrios of San Roque, Santo Cristo, San Ramon or the Virgin of Orito.

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Telephones of interest

The Town Hall
Local Police
Tourist Info
Ibero,History Museum
Camping Orito
Sanitary service center
Pharmacy Ldo. Jesús Juana Roa
Pharmacy Ldo. Javier Llopico Alos