Novelda

Town and municipality in Valencian Community, Spain

Novelda

Town and municipality

Monastery of Santa Maria Magdalena.

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Novelda

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Novelda (Valencian Community)

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Novelda (Spain)

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Coordinates: 38°23′06″N 0°46′05″W﻿ / ﻿38.385°N 0.768°W﻿ / 38.385; -0.768
Country|  Spain
Autonomous community|  Valencian Community
Province| Alicante
Comarca| Vinalopó Mitjà
Government

• Mayor| Francisco Martínez Alted (PSOE-PSPV)
Area

• Total

| 75.7 km2 (29.2 sq mi)
Elevation

| 241 m (791 ft)
Population

(2018)[1]

• Total

| 25,725
• Density| 340/km2 (880/sq mi)
Demonym(s)| novelder, -a (Val.)
noveldense (Sp.)
Postcode|

03660

Official language(s)|

* Valencian
* Spanish

Website| Official website

Novelda (Valencian: [noˈvɛlda], locally [nuˈvɛldɛ]; 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 Maria 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 Maria Magdalena
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## Notable people

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* Mario Gaspar, footballer
* Fernando Béjar (born 6 October 1980), former footballer

## See also

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* Route of the Castles of Vinalopó

## References

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1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

## External links

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* Novelda Landmarks (in English)
* Novelda Online (in Spanish)
* Museo Modernista (in Spanish)

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* Algueña
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* Elda
* El Fondó de les Neus
* Hondón de los Frailes
* Monforte del Cid
* Monòver
* Novelda
* Petrer
* Pinoso
* La Romana

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* Agost
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* Albatera
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* Alfafara
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* Algueña
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* Almoradí
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* Altea
* Aspe
* Balones
* Banyeres de Mariola
* Benasau
* Beneixama
* Benejúzar
* Benferri
* Beniarbeig
* Beniardà
* Beniarrés
* Benidoleig
* Benidorm
* Benifallim
* Benifato
* Benigembla
* Benijófar
* Benilloba
* Benillup
* Benimantell
* Benimarfull
* Benimassot
* Benimeli
* Benissa
* Benitaxell
* Biar
* Bigastro
* Bolulla
* Busot
* Callosa d'en Sarrià
* Callosa de Segura
* Calp
* Campo de Mirra
* Castalla
* Castell de Castells
* Catral
* Cañada
* Cocentaina
* Confrides
* Cox
* Crevillent
* Daya Nueva
* Daya Vieja
* Dolores
* Dénia
* El Campello
* El Ràfol d'Almúnia
* El Verger
* Elche
* Elda
* Els Poblets
* Fageca
* Famorca
* Finestrat
* Formentera del Segura
* Gaianes
* Gata de Gorgos
* Gorga
* Granja de Rocamora
* El Castell de Guadalest
* El Fondó de les Neus
* Guardamar del Segura
* Hondón de los Frailes
* Ibi
* Jacarilla
* Jalón
* Jijona/Xixona
* L'Alfàs del Pi
* L'Alqueria d'Asnar
* L'Atzúbia
* La Nucia
* La Romana
* La Torre de les Maçanes
* La Vall d'Alcalà
* La Vall de Laguar
* Llíber
* Lorcha
* Los Montesinos
* Millena
* Monforte del Cid
* Monòver
* Murla
* Muro de Alcoy
* Mutxamel
* Novelda
* Ondara
* Onil
* Orba
* Orihuela
* Orxeta
* Parcent
* Pedreguer
* Pego
* Penàguila
* Petrel
* Pilar de la Horadada
* Pinoso
* Planes
* Polop
* Quatretondeta
* Rafal
* Redován
* Relleu
* Rojales
* Sagra
* Salinas
* San Fulgencio
* San Isidro
* San Miguel de Salinas
* San Vicente del Raspeig / Sant Vicent del Raspeig
* Sanet y Negrals
* Sant Joan d'Alacant
* Santa Pola
* Sax
* Sella
* Senija
* Teulada
* Tibi
* Tollos
* Tormos
* Torrevieja
* Tàrbena
* La Vall d'Ebo
* Vall de Gallinera
* Villajoyosa/La Vila Joiosa
* Villena
* Xàbia

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