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The Route of the Valencian classics, (in
Valencian Valencian () or Valencian language () is the official, historical and traditional name used in the Valencian Community (Spain), and unofficially in the Carche, El Carche comarca in Región de Murcia, Murcia (Spain), to refer to the Romance lan ...
''Ruta dels clàssics valencians'', in
Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
''Ruta de los clásicos valencianos''), is a cultural route Source: Valencia Terra i Mar. Diputación de Valencia
La Ruta dels Clàssics.
. through the lands of the great classical writers of the Valencian literature of the Valencian Golden Age:
Ausiàs March Ausiàs March (Catalan and ; 1400March 3, 1459) was a medieval Valencian poet and knight from Gandia, Valencia. He is considered one of the most important poets of the "Golden Century" (''Segle d'or'') of Catalan/Valencian literature. Biography ...
,
Joanot Martorell Joanot Martorell (; c. 1410 – 1465) was a Valencian knight and writer, best known for authoring the novel ''Tirant lo Blanch'', written in Valencian and published at Valencia in 1490. This novel is often regarded as one of the peaks of the l ...
and
Joan Roís de Corella Joan Roís de Corella (; Gandia or Valencia, 1435 – Valencia, 1497) was a Catalan-language writer from the Kingdom of Valencia. He was born into a minor noble family of Aragonese origin in either Gandia or Valencia and apparently followed ...
, the three related to the court of the Duke
Alfonso of Aragon and Foix Alfonso de Aragón y Foix (1332 - Gandia, 5 March 1412) Iglesias Costa, Manuel (2001) ''Historia del condado de Ribagorza'' . p. 267. Huesca: Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses: Diputación de Huesca. . also called Alfonso I of Gandía "the old" ...
, "the Old". The route evokes the Valencian 15th century and its heritage, of the sea, of valleys and mountains, of gastronomy and wines, and the various accents of the Valencian language with the echoes of the immortal words of the most universal Valencian writers.


Itinerary

The route includes the following monuments and towns:
Gandía Gandia ( es, Gandía) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, eastern Spain on the Mediterranean. Gandia is located on the Costa del Azahar (or ''Costa dels Tarongers''), south of Valencia and north of Alicante. Vehicles can acc ...
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Collegiate Basilica of Gandia The Collegiate Basilica of Santa Maria of Gandia, also known as "La Seu", is the principal church of the city of Gandia, (Valencia). Construction commenced in the 14th century. The Collegiate Church of Santa María is a Valencian Gothic constructi ...
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Ducal Palace of Gandia The Ducal Palace of Gandia was, from the 14th century, the residence of the Royal Dukes of Gandía, and from 1485, the Borja family. It was the birthplace of Saint Francis Borja. The oldest part of the building dates from the 15th century in Va ...
* Convent of Santa Clara *
Sant Marc Hospital The Archaeological Museum of Gandia is a center where is shown the archaeological heritage of La Safor and Gandia area, but especially, the materials of the Parpalló cave. In 1972, with the collaboration of the Diputación de Valencia, was offi ...
Beniarjó Beniarjó () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Safor in the Valencian Community, Spain. Notable people * Ausiàs March Ausiàs March (Catalan and ; 1400March 3, 1459) was a medieval Valencian poet and knight from Gandia, Valencia. ...
: *Manor house of Ausias March
Alfauir Alfauir (; es, Alfahuir) is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Safor in the Valencian Community, Spain. Main sights *Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba, constructed between the 14th and 18th centuries. *Church of the Mare de Déu del Roser ...
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Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba The Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba (; es, San Jerónimo de Cotalba, "Saint Jerome of Cotalba") is a monastic building of Valencian Gothic, Mudéjar, Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical styles constructed between the 14th and 18t ...
Albaida: * Parish Church of the Asunción *
Palace of Milà i Aragó The Palace of Milà i Aragó, also known as the palace of the marquises of Albaida, is regarded as the most emblematic building of the town of Albaida, Valencian Community, Spain. It is considered a Place of Cultural Interest. Nowadays, in its i ...
*
Segrelles Museum The Segrelles Museum, dedicated to the painter Josep Segrelles, is a culturale site in the city of Albaida, Province of Valencia, in Spain. After living and working in Barcelona and New York, Segrelles decided to take up residence in his homet ...
Cocentaina Cocentaina (, ) is a locality and municipality in the comarca of Comtat, in the province of Alicante, Spain. The village is located between the mountainous Serra de Mariola national park and the Serpis river. Cocentaina is ideally situated for both ...
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Palace of the Counts of Cocentaina The Palace of the Counts of Cocentaina, located in the municipality of Cocentaina, province of Alicante, Alicante, Spain, is a 14th-century medieval building. This building originated as an old fortress with four halls and four towers on keep, donj ...
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Cocentaina Castle The Castle of Cocentaina, located in the municipality of Cocentaina, Alicante, Spain, is a 14th-century medieval building which stands on a rocky mound of 765 m. The castle structure, recently restored, is one of the town's symbols. The tower is a ...
Xaló: *Manor house of
Joanot Martorell Joanot Martorell (; c. 1410 – 1465) was a Valencian knight and writer, best known for authoring the novel ''Tirant lo Blanch'', written in Valencian and published at Valencia in 1490. This novel is often regarded as one of the peaks of the l ...
*Route of the Martorell
Dénia Dénia ( es, Denia) is a historical coastal city in the province of Alicante, Spain, on the Costa Blanca halfway between Alicante and Valencia, and the capital and judicial seat of the ''comarca'' of Marina Alta. Denia's historical heritage ha ...
: *Castle of Denia


The Route step by step

Gandía Gandia ( es, Gandía) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, eastern Spain on the Mediterranean. Gandia is located on the Costa del Azahar (or ''Costa dels Tarongers''), south of Valencia and north of Alicante. Vehicles can acc ...
: The ducal city was the epicenter of the literary renewal of the 15th century, where resided the Martorell, the March and the Roís de Corella families. *
Collegiate Basilica of Gandia The Collegiate Basilica of Santa Maria of Gandia, also known as "La Seu", is the principal church of the city of Gandia, (Valencia). Construction commenced in the 14th century. The Collegiate Church of Santa María is a Valencian Gothic constructi ...
: Example of Valencian religious Gothic, returns us the echo of classics and also the
Borgia The House of Borgia ( , ; Spanish and an, Borja ; ca-valencia, Borja ) was an Italian-Aragonese Spanish noble family, which rose to prominence during the Italian Renaissance. They were from Valencia, the surname being a toponymic from the town ...
family, that consolidating the
Duchy of Gandia A duchy, also called a dukedom, is a medieval country, territory, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess, a ruler hierarchically second to the king or queen in Western European tradition. There once existed an important difference between " ...
in 1485. *
Ducal Palace of Gandia The Ducal Palace of Gandia was, from the 14th century, the residence of the Royal Dukes of Gandía, and from 1485, the Borja family. It was the birthplace of Saint Francis Borja. The oldest part of the building dates from the 15th century in Va ...
: In the Ducal Palace of Gandia these valencian classical writers were entered in the letters and arts of chivalry. * Convent of Santa Clara: Its artistic treasure recalls the splendour of the ancient Duchy of Gandia. A canvas of walls from the 14th century on the river
Serpis The Serpis () is a short coastal river in the provinces of Alicante and Valencia, in Spain. The river starts at the feet of the Carrasqueta, a mountain area southwest to Alcoi, by the confluence of the Polop and Troncal streams. In its initial pa ...
closes the medieval remains of the city. *
Sant Marc Hospital The Archaeological Museum of Gandia is a center where is shown the archaeological heritage of La Safor and Gandia area, but especially, the materials of the Parpalló cave. In 1972, with the collaboration of the Diputación de Valencia, was offi ...
: Nowadays it's an Archaeological Museum, its Gothic arches take us back to the middle ages.
Beniarjó Beniarjó () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Safor in the Valencian Community, Spain. Notable people * Ausiàs March Ausiàs March (Catalan and ; 1400March 3, 1459) was a medieval Valencian poet and knight from Gandia, Valencia. ...
: * Manor house of Ausias March
Alfauir Alfauir (; es, Alfahuir) is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Safor in the Valencian Community, Spain. Main sights *Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba, constructed between the 14th and 18th centuries. *Church of the Mare de Déu del Roser ...
: *
Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba The Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba (; es, San Jerónimo de Cotalba, "Saint Jerome of Cotalba") is a monastic building of Valencian Gothic, Mudéjar, Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical styles constructed between the 14th and 18t ...
: The father,
Pere March Pere March ( — 7 June 1413) was a Valencian poet. He was the father of Ausiàs March and the uncle of Arnau March. Pere's family had been lawyers and officers of the court of the Kingdom of Aragon. Born in Valencia, he was seemingly the young ...
, and the two wives of the well-known Valencian medieval poet
Ausiàs March Ausiàs March (Catalan and ; 1400March 3, 1459) was a medieval Valencian poet and knight from Gandia, Valencia. He is considered one of the most important poets of the "Golden Century" (''Segle d'or'') of Catalan/Valencian literature. Biography ...
are buried in this monastery. The monastery is one of the most historic monastic constructions in 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 ...
. Albaida: * Parish Church of the Asunción: The parish was built in the 13th century. The building was built between 1592 and 1621 in Valencian Gothic style. There are a set of interesting oil paintings by
Josep Segrelles Josep is a Catalan masculine given name equivalent to Joseph (Spanish ''José''). People named Josep include: * Josep Bargalló (born 1958), Catalan philologist and former politician * Josep Bartolí (1910-1995), Catalan painter, cartoonist and w ...
. *
Palace of Milà i Aragó The Palace of Milà i Aragó, also known as the palace of the marquises of Albaida, is regarded as the most emblematic building of the town of Albaida, Valencian Community, Spain. It is considered a Place of Cultural Interest. Nowadays, in its i ...
: The remains of the walls from the 15th century configure a monumental heritage. Inside this palace nowaydays is the International Museum of Puppets of Albaida (MITA). *
Segrelles Museum The Segrelles Museum, dedicated to the painter Josep Segrelles, is a culturale site in the city of Albaida, Province of Valencia, in Spain. After living and working in Barcelona and New York, Segrelles decided to take up residence in his homet ...
: House Museum of the valencian painter Josep Segrelles.
Cocentaina Cocentaina (, ) is a locality and municipality in the comarca of Comtat, in the province of Alicante, Spain. The village is located between the mountainous Serra de Mariola national park and the Serpis river. Cocentaina is ideally situated for both ...
: *
Palace of the Counts of Cocentaina The Palace of the Counts of Cocentaina, located in the municipality of Cocentaina, province of Alicante, Alicante, Spain, is a 14th-century medieval building. This building originated as an old fortress with four halls and four towers on keep, donj ...
: This palace belonged to the Rois de Corella family in the 15th century. Here we can also find towers and canvases of the wall, the medieval quarter. *
Cocentaina Castle The Castle of Cocentaina, located in the municipality of Cocentaina, Alicante, Spain, is a 14th-century medieval building which stands on a rocky mound of 765 m. The castle structure, recently restored, is one of the town's symbols. The tower is a ...
: The castle dominates the whole region. Through these mountains we will find the fridges, snow deposits that were used for th ice trade. The valley of Xaló: In search of the sea, it is obligatory to go through a land of mountains: the valleys of the
Marina Alta Marina Alta (, "Upper Marina") is a central and coastal ''comarca'' of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain. The ''comarca'' is located in the area of Alicante and its capital and largest settlement is the city of Dénia. Marina Alta borde ...
( Planes,
La Vall de Gallinera La Vall de Gallinera is a valley and a municipality in north-east Alicante, Spain, included in the Marina Alta comarca. It is formed by the nuclei of Benirrama, Benialí, Benissivà, Benitaia, Carroja, Alpatró, Llombai and Benissili. All these set ...
La Vall d'Alcalà La Vall d'Alcalà (, Spanish: ) is a valley in the Marina Alta region of Alicante, Spain. The area contains two villages: Alcalà de la Jovada and Beniaia. In the past, there were also another five villages, some of them now uninhabited or in ru ...
and La Vall d'Ebo), where Al-Azraq, the Muslim leader, resisted the Aragonese conquest in the 13th century (the origin of the Moors and Christians festivity). The valley of Xaló belonged to the Martorell and the March families. Xaló * Manor house of the Martorell: In Xaló we can find this manor house of the writer
Joanot Martorell Joanot Martorell (; c. 1410 – 1465) was a Valencian knight and writer, best known for authoring the novel ''Tirant lo Blanch'', written in Valencian and published at Valencia in 1490. This novel is often regarded as one of the peaks of the l ...
refurbished in the 19th century. * Route of the Martorell
Dénia Dénia ( es, Denia) is a historical coastal city in the province of Alicante, Spain, on the Costa Blanca halfway between Alicante and Valencia, and the capital and judicial seat of the ''comarca'' of Marina Alta. Denia's historical heritage ha ...
:
Alfonso of Aragon and Foix Alfonso de Aragón y Foix (1332 - Gandia, 5 March 1412) Iglesias Costa, Manuel (2001) ''Historia del condado de Ribagorza'' . p. 267. Huesca: Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses: Diputación de Huesca. . also called Alfonso I of Gandía "the old" ...
was also count of Denia, a city ruled by an attorney general and Ausias’s father, called
Pere March Pere March ( — 7 June 1413) was a Valencian poet. He was the father of Ausiàs March and the uncle of Arnau March. Pere's family had been lawyers and officers of the court of the Kingdom of Aragon. Born in Valencia, he was seemingly the young ...
. * Castle of Denia: On the walls and the castle, a contemporary of Ausias drew some graffiti or engravings of ships which were in the harbour. This is March’s maritime landscape and it is evoked in the play written by
Joanot Martorell Joanot Martorell (; c. 1410 – 1465) was a Valencian knight and writer, best known for authoring the novel ''Tirant lo Blanch'', written in Valencian and published at Valencia in 1490. This novel is often regarded as one of the peaks of the l ...
,
Tirant lo Blanch ''Tirant lo Blanch'' ( ; modern spelling: ''Tirant lo Blanc'') is a chivalric romance written by the Valencian knight Joanot Martorell, finished posthumously by his friend Martí Joan de Galba and published in the city of Valencia in 1490 as an ...
. Visits to the Raset quarter, the Rotes coves, the feet of Montgo mountain are a must.


See also

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Route of the Monasteries of Valencia The Route of the Monasteries of Valencia ( GR-236) is a religious and cultural route that connects five monasteries located in central region of the Province of Valencia, (Valencian Community), in Spain. The Route was inaugurated in the year ...
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Route of the Borgias The Route of the Borgias is a cultural route, that includes sites associated with the Borja or ''Borgia'', located in their native Valencian Community, Spain. The marketing of the route was inaugurated in 2007.Source: ABCPaseo por la hist ...
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Route of the Castles of Vinalopó The Route of the castles of Vinalopó is a historic and cultural route in Spain, connecting some of the castles of the province of Alicante, Valencian Community, most of them based in the Valley of Vinalopó. The route, which is located in the ...


Notes


External links


Route of the Valencian Classics

Guide of the Route in pdf

The Route on Gandia Town Council website

The Route on the Tourism of Valencia Province Government (Diputación de Valencia)
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