Cullera

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Cullera
Municipality
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CountrySpain
Autonomous communityValencian Community
ProvinceValencia
ComarcaRibera Baixa
Government
 • AlcaldeJordi Mayor
Area
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Template:Pluralize from textCullerenc, cullerenca
Cullerà, culleranaTemplate:Pluralize from text
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
46400
WebsiteOfficial website

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Torres de San Antonio Resort beach, Cullera

Cullera (Spanish and Valencian: Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a city and municipality of Spain located in the Valencian Community. It is part of the province of Valencia and the Ribera Baixa comarca. The city is situated near the discharge of the river Júcar in the Mediterranean Sea.

Geography

Cullera is situated at the mouth of the Júcar river, 40 km from the capital of Valencia and 56 km from the international airport of Valencia aeropuerto de manises.

Areas in Cullera and hamlets

The parts and areas of Cullera are:

  • El Brosquil.
  • Cullera-Park.
  • Cap-Blanc.
  • El Dosel.
  • El Estany.
  • El Marenyet.
  • Mareny de San Lorenzo.
  • Mareny Blau.
  • Bega de Mar.
  • El Perelló.

Bordering cities

Sueca, Corbera, Llaurí, Favara, Alzira and Tavernes de Valldigna all neighbour Cullera. They are all in the province of Valencia.

Topography

The mountain of Cullera, known as Munt de l'Or or Muntanya de l'Or, is the last mountain in the Iberian System before the Mediterranean Sea. It has an altitude of 233 meters. The historical parts of the city are to the south, and the modern tourist district is to the east, looking to the sea.

The San Lorenzo lagoon is a small lake situated north of the mountain. It once formed part of a much bigger lake before the lands were drained for agricultural use. The lake now marks the southern limit of the Parc Natural de l'Albufera.

Demographics

Demographic Change[1]
1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
20,927 20,336 20,663 20,595 20,397 20,663 20,622 22,544 23,619 23,777 23,813

Economy

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The economy in Cullera is traditionally based in agriculture, with rice and oranges as important crops. Fishing, historically a large part of the economy, has diminished in importance due to important tourism developments, both nationally and internationally, in the region. There is a port in Cullera named Puerto de Cullera which is connected with a municipal fish market named Lonja de Cullera.

History

In 1911, the events of Cullera took place during which a crowd killed a judge and two of his companions who had discharged their weapons above the crowd. The judge had arrived to suppress a strike that had been declared against the mobilization of workers for the war in Morocco.[2]

Historical and artistic landmarks

  • Castle: At the top of the mountain, dominating the city and the sea, there is a fortress built in the 13th century over the old Moorish fortress. It once was walled, although those walls no longer remain. Located there are the rest of the old towers, forming part of the old walled area on the mountain.[3]
  • Sanctuary of the Virgen del Castillo: (19th century) Within the fortress, there is the sanctuary of the Virgen del Castillo, whose festival is celebrated the week after Passover.
  • Church of the Saint Johns: A neoclassical temple from the 17th century built over an older Gothic temple. Inside, there is a sacristía and the interior of a bell tower. The temple has recently been restored.[4]
  • Torre del marenyet: An old watchtower built to watch the Júcar river. It was erected in the 15th century as a defense against barbary pirates.[5]
  • Cave of Dragut: This cave depicts the invasion of the Berbers in Cullera, and it is said that the pirate Dragut was once there.[6][7]
  • Air-raid shelter-Museum of the Mercat Municipal: A bomb shelter constructed under the Town's Market under the threat of air bombing during the Spanish Civil War.[8]
  • Facades of early 20th-century houses, in an eclectic and popular modernist style with French and German influences, especially on Cervantes and Valencia streets and on Paseo Dr. Alemany.[9]
  • Hermitage of the stone saints (Abdon and Sennen): The building, situated on a hill surrounded by rice crops, was dedicated to these saints because they are related to the welfare of the crops. Nowadays, the Hermitage, which was built in the 18th century, has been reconverted into a museum dedicated to rice, from species to crops and tools, which is very important for Valencian cuisine.[10]
  • Abric Lambert cave paintings: Named after its discoverer Lambert Oliver, the Abric Lambert is located in the north-west side of the mountain. The paintings are several figures painted in a dark red shade with cruciforms and comb-shaped figures that have been interpreted as animal and human figures.[11]

Twin towns

See also

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ficha municipal Cullera" [Municipal sketch Cullera] (PDF) (in español). Institut valencià d'estadística. 2011. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Oliver Olmo, Pedro; Gargallo Vaamonde, Luis (2020). "Tortura gubernativa y Estado liberal". In Pedro Oliver Olmo (ed.). La tortura en la España contemporánea. Madrid: Los Libros de la Catarata. pp. 23–24. ISBN 978-84-1352-077-3.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."El Castillo" (in español). Cullera Turismo. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Parish Church of Los Santos Juanes". Cullera Turismo. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Marenyet Tower". Cullera Turismo. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Museum". Cueva del Dragut. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Museo Temático de la Piratería Cueva-Museo del Pirata Dragut". Cullera Turismo. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Refugio-Museo del Mercado Municipal" (in español). Cullera Turismo. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  9. ^ Ruiz Garnelo, Isabel. Arquitectura de la Modernidad en Cullera: un ejemplo de equilibrio entre el Eclecticismo tardío y el Modernismo popular. In: Jornades d'Estudis de Cullera (Cullera, 8, 9 i 10 de novembre de 2013), 2015, pp. 417-443.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Museo Temático-Museo del Arroz" (in español). Cullera Turismo. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."'Abric Lambert' Cave Paintings". Cullera Turismo. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Twin cities monument". Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2012.

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