Burriana () or Borriana () is a municipality in eastern Spain, in the province of Castellón, part of the Valencian Community. Its population exceeds 34,000. The town is located by the Mediterranean Sea, at the lowest region of the Plana Baixa, surrounded by orange tree fields watered by the

Millars River The Mijares or Millars ( es, Mijares, ca, Millars, an, Millars) is a river in Aragon and the Valencian Community, eastern Spain. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea between Almassora and Burriana. The Mijares River marks the southernmost limit ...

.Joaquim Aparici Vilar, ''L'Agricultura al terme de Borriana'', Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana. It has about 15 km of coastline, including Burriana's principal beach "El Arenal", one of the most attractive spots, especially during the summer. "El Arenal" has about 2 km of seashore, has been awarded the blue flag, which recognizes its magnificent sand and water thanks to the treatments carried out by the city council. The seaside is 1.5 km from the center of the town. During the summer, the seaside population can triple due to vacationers and from locals from the center of the town moving into the seaside. The town is reachable from Castelló de la Plana through the CV-18 or the N-340 routes. In literature, Burriana is briefly described by

James A. Michener James Albert Michener ( or ; February 3, 1907 – October 16, 1997) was an American writer. He wrote more than 40 books, most of which were long, fictional family sagas covering the lives of many generations in particular geographic locales and ...

in the book, '' Iberia''. As a young man, Michener landed there as a part of a ship crew. The merchant vessel was there to collect oranges for the Scottish marmalade industry. Oranges, after being loaded into metal barrels, were dragged out to sea by bulls. The town displays many memorial spots dedicated to James A. Michener, such as a street and a sign that quotes one of his passages, where he expresses his first sight of Borriana as he approached land from the sea.

Villages

* Burriana town proper * Les Alqueries de Santa Bàrbara * El Port de Borriana (Burriana harbor) * El Grau de Borriana * La Serratella * Les Alqueries del Ferrer * Poblats marítims * Virrangues (uninhabited)

Main sights

*Church of ''El Salvador'' (13th century), with an apse in early

Gothic Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages *Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes **Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths **Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...

style, and Romanesque elements as well. The bell tower is from the 15th century. *Sea Tower (16th century) *Modernist House *Underwater Archaeology Center *Clot de la Mare de Déu natural park *

Orange Museum The Orange Museum (''Museu de la Taronja in Valencia'') is located in 10 Major Street in Burriana ( Castellón), Spain. The building is an example of Valencian Art Nouveau Valencian Art Nouveau ( es, modernismo valenciano, ...

*Municipal Archaeology Museum

Notable people

* Juan Bautista Soler Martí (1879–1936); businessman, alcalde of Burriana (1930–1931), co-responsible for rapid upgrade of the port infrastructure *

Jaime Chicharro Sánchez-Guió Jaime Chicharro Sánchez-Guió (1889–1934) was a Spanish Conservative and Carlist politician. He is known mostly as the moving spirit behind turning a fishing bay in Burriana into a modern port, facilitating export of oranges grown in the area. ...

(1889–1934); politician and entrepreneur, heavily contributed to development of the Burriana harbor *

Juan Granell Pascual Juan Granell Pascual (1902-1962) was a Spanish politician, official and businessman. Politically he first supported the Carlist cause and served in the Republican Cortes in 1933-1936. After the Civil War he turned into a militant and zealous Franc ...

(1902–1962); politician and official, during early Francoism promoted and secured new investments in railways, roads, streets, port, education, sewage and other municipal infrastructure * Enric Monsonís Domingo (1931–2011); liberal politician, served as the head of the Pre-autonomous Council of the Valencian Country from 1979 to 1982. * Vicente Enrique y Tarancón (1907–1994);

Cardinal Cardinal or The Cardinal may refer to: Animals * Cardinal (bird) or Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds **''Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae **''Cardinalis cardinalis'', or northern cardinal, the ...

of the Roman Catholic Church, served as

Archbishop of Madrid The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madrid is one of Spain's fourteen metropolitan archbishoprics. Since 28 August 2014 the archbishop of Madrid has been Carlos Osoro Sierra. Although Madrid has been the seat of the Spanish Crown since 1561, the di ...

from 1971 to 1983. * Mercedes Sanchordi (1969–2018); town councillor and member of the Corts Valencianes

Twin towns

* Vila-real, Spain

References

External links

Official websiteBurriana news

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