Crevillent ( es, Crevillente) is a town and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

located in the

Alicante province Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a province of eastern Spain, in the southern part of the Valencian Community. It is the second most populated Valencian province. Likewise, the second and third biggest cities in the Valencian Community (Alica ...

, part of the

Valencian Community The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid with ...

, Spain. It is situated in the '' comarca'' of

Baix Vinalopó The Baix Vinalopó ( es, Bajo Vinalopó, lit. "Lower Vinalopó") is a ''comarca'' in the province of Alicante (Valencian Community, Spain). It is bordered by the ''comarques'' of Vinalopó Mitjà and Alacantí on the north and Vega Baja del Segura ...

, and lies at the foot of the hill range known locally as Serra de Crevillent. , it has a total population of 28,609 inhabitants. The terrain is dry, and its main vegetation is composed by

carob tree The carob ( ; ''Ceratonia siliqua'') is a flowering evergreen tree or shrub in the Caesalpinioideae sub-family of the legume family, Fabaceae. It is widely cultivated for its edible fruit pods, and as an ornamental tree in gardens and lands ...

almond tree The almond (''Prunus amygdalus'', syn. ''Prunus dulcis'') is a species of tree native to Iran and surrounding countries, including the Levant. The almond is also the name of the edible and widely cultivated seed of this tree. Within the genus ...

olive tree The olive, botanical name ''Olea europaea'', meaning 'European olive' in Latin, is a species of small tree or shrub in the family Oleaceae, found traditionally in the Mediterranean Basin. When in shrub form, it is known as ''Olea europaea'' 'M ...

s and '' esparto''. Crevillent is a major producer and exporter of

carpet A carpet is a textile floor covering typically consisting of an upper layer of pile attached to a backing. The pile was traditionally made from wool, but since the 20th century synthetic fibers such as polypropylene, nylon, or polyester hav ...

s and

pomegranates The pomegranate (''Punica granatum'') is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub in the family Lythraceae, subfamily Punicoideae, that grows between tall. The pomegranate was originally described throughout the Mediterranean region. It was introduc ...

. The town was probably settled by Romans. In 1263, during the period known as ''

Reconquista The ' (Spanish, Portuguese and Galician for "reconquest") is a historiographical construction describing the 781-year period in the history of the Iberian Peninsula between the Umayyad conquest of Hispania in 711 and the fall of the Nasrid ...

'', James I of Aragon captured the city from the

Moors The term Moor, derived from the ancient Mauri, is an exonym first used by Christian Europeans to designate the Muslim inhabitants of the Maghreb, the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily and Malta during the Middle Ages. Moors are not a distinct or ...

and became a part of the

Kingdom of Valencia Kingdom commonly refers to: * A monarchy ruled by a king or queen * Kingdom (biology), a category in biological taxonomy Kingdom may also refer to: Arts and media Television * ''Kingdom'' (British TV series), a 2007 British television drama s ...

. The most important tourist places of the city is a museum with works of Mariano Benlliure, a Valencian

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

. 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 Francisco Franco Bahamonde (; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who led the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War ...

's reign and the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, lin ...

in the early 1900s.

People

* Francisco Mas Magro, Doctor and candidate for the Nobel Prize in 1953 *

Cristian López Cristian López Santamaría (born 27 April 1989), known simply as Cristian, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ceuta. Club career Alicante Born in Crevillent, Alicante, Valencian Community, Cristian played for sev ...

, footballer born 1989 * Juanfran, football player *

Manolo Galván Manolo Galván (13 March 1947 – 16 May 2013) was a Spanish singer-songwriter. He was born in Crevillent, but settled in Argentina after 1981. He died in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aire ...

, songwriter

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Official website

Municipalities in the Province of Alicante Baix Vinalopó {{Valencia-geo-stub

People

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