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 El Carche comarca in Murcia (Spain), to refer to the Romance language also known as Catal ...

''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, Can ...

''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. Biog ...

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 ...

and Joan Roís de Corella, the three related to the court of the Duke Alfonso of Aragon and Foix, "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.

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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 ...

: *

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 construct ...

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: *Manor house of Ausias March Alfauir: *

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 * Segrelles Museum

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 ...

: * Palace of the Counts of Cocentaina * Cocentaina Castle Xaló: *Manor house of

*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 ...

: *Castle of Denia

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: 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. *

: Example of Valencian religious Gothic, returns us the echo of classics and also the Borgia family, that consolidating the Duchy of Gandia in 1485. *

: 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. *

: Nowadays it's an Archaeological Museum, its Gothic arches take us back to the middle ages. Beniarjó: * Manor house of Ausias March Alfauir: *

: The father, Pere March, and the two wives of the well-known Valencian medieval poet

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 wi ...

. 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. * Palace of Milà i Aragó: 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: House Museum of the valencian painter Josep Segrelles.

: * Palace of the Counts of Cocentaina: 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 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 ( Planes, La Vall de Gallinera

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

refurbished in the 19th century. * Route of the Martorell

: Alfonso of Aragon and Foix was also count of Denia, a city ruled by an attorney general and Ausias’s father, called Pere March. * 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

, Tirant lo Blanch. Visits to the Raset quarter, the Rotes coves, the feet of Montgo mountain are a must.

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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)
{{coord missing, Spain History of the Valencian Community Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba Tourism in the Valencian Community Tourist attractions in the Valencian Community Cultural tourism in Spain

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The Route step by step

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