Novelda facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Novelda
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City and Municipality
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Monastery of Santa María Magdalena.
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 Novelda
Location in Province of Alicante
Novelda
Location in Valencian Community
Novelda
Location in Spain
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| Country |  Spain |
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| Autonomous community |  Valencian Community |
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| Province | Alicante | ||
| Comarca | Vinalopó Mitjà | ||
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| • Total | 75.7 km2 (29.2 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 241 m (791 ft) | ||
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| • Total | KIDDLE_IB | ||
| • Language | Spanish | ||
| Demonym(s) | Noveldense (Spanish) Novelder, noveldera (Valencian) |
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| Postcode |
03660
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Novelda (Valencian pronunciation: [noˈvɛlda], locally [noˈvɛldɛ]; Spanish: [noˈβelda]) is a town located in the province of Alicante, Spain. As of 2009[update], it has a total population of 27,135 inhabitants.
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.
- Gallery: Santa María Magdalena
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Notable people
- Mario Gaspar, footballer
- Fernando Béjar (born 6 October 1980), former footballer
See also
In Spanish: Novelda para niños
