Agost () is a

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town and municipality located in the

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, at a distance of about from

Alicante Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city was 337,482 , the second-largest in t ...

, the capital of the province. Due to its relative distance from the

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, Agost was not directly affected by the mass tourism that the towns on the

Costa Blanca The Costa Blanca (, , literally meaning "White Coast") is over of Mediterranean coastline in the Alicante province, on the southeastern coast of Spain. It extends from the town of Dénia in the north, beyond which lies the Costa del Azahar (or C ...

experienced, and has maintained its local character. Until the sixties, the economy of Agost was mainly based on

pottery Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other ceramic materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form. Major types include earthenware, stoneware and por ...

and agriculture. Today most of the traditional potteries have closed, or turned into factories producing construction elements. There are still about 11 potteries active in the town; six of them still produce traditional pottery. Agriculture remains a second income source for many families in Agost.

Sights

*The church (''Sant Pere Apòstol'') *The hermitage (''Ermita de les Santes Justa i Rufina'') built in 1821 *The ruins of an old castle (''Castell d'Agost'' and ''Castell de la Murta'') *Agost's museum (''Museu de Cantereria''), pottery museum in a turn-of-the-century pottery complex

Fiestas

*''Santíssima Mare de Déu de la Pau'' (15 – 24 January) *''El dia de la Vella'' (3 weeks after

Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations. It is preceded by Shrove Tuesday and falls on the first day of Lent (the six weeks of penitence before Easter). It is observed by Catholics in the Rom ...

) *'' Moros i Cristians'',

Saint Peter Saint Peter; he, שמעון בר יונה, Šimʿōn bar Yōnāh; ar, سِمعَان بُطرُس, translit=Simʿa̅n Buṭrus; grc-gre, Πέτρος, Petros; cop, Ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ, Petros; lat, Petrus; ar, شمعون الصفـا, Sham'un ...

's day (end of June) *''Les danses del Rei Moro'' (26 December)

References

External links

Official website of Agost, Valencian and Spanish

Nature around Agost

Accommodation in an old pottery complex + workplace for potters/ ceramists, Spanish

* ttp://www.agost.com Private website about Agost, Valencian Municipalities in the Province of Alicante Alacantí {{Valencia-geo-stub