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Municipality in Valencian Community, Spain
Crevillent
[a]
(
Spanish
:
Crevillente
)
[b]
is a town and
municipality
located in the
Alicante province
, part of the
Valencian Community
, Spain. It is situated in the
comarca
of
Baix Vinalopo
, and lies at the foot of the hill range known locally as
Serra de Crevillent
. As of 2009
[update]
, it has a total population of 28,609 inhabitants.
The terrain is dry, and its main vegetation is composed by
carob trees
,
almond trees
,
olive trees
and
esparto
. Crevillent is a major producer and exporter of
carpets
and
pomegranates
.
The town was probably settled by
Romans
. In 1263, during the period known as
Reconquista
,
James I of Aragon
captured the city from the
Moors
and became a part of the
Kingdom of Valencia
.
The most important tourist places of the city is a museum with works of
Mariano Benlliure
, a Valencian
sculptor
. Also remarkable is its
Moors and Christians
festival.
Many of the agricultural areas, particularly El Realengo, contain ruins of prisons, ovens and torture houses used during
Francisco Franco
's reign and the
Spanish Civil War
in the early 1900s.
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