Cheste ( Valencian: Xest) is a

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 ...

in the ''comarca'' of

Hoya de Buñol Hoya de Buñol (Valencian: ''Foia de Bunyol'') is a comarca in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. Municipalities * Alborache * Buñol *Cheste * Chiva * Dos Aguas *Godelleta Godelleta is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of ...

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 ...

, Spain, located 26 km from the capital

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...

History

According to the Valencian historian Escolano, the first settlers of the region of Cheste were members of Iberian tribes belonging to the old '' Edetania''. This view is supported by numerous remains, particularly those of ''El Castillarejo'' (Iberian ceramics and spear points from the

Bronze Age The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second pri ...

). The

Cheste hoard The Cheste hoard () is an Iberian hoard discovered near the town of Cheste, Valencia, Spain, in 1864. Dating to about 200 BCE, the hoard was found buried in two pots and contained gold jewellery, silver coins and silver ingots. It is currently h ...

, a cache of gold jewellery and silver coins, was discovered in the locality of La Safa in 1864. The presence of

Carthaginian The term Carthaginian ( la, Carthaginiensis ) usually refers to a citizen of Ancient Carthage. It can also refer to: * Carthaginian (ship), a three-masted schooner built in 1921 * Insurgent privateers; nineteenth-century South American privateers, ...

coinage issued by the Barcids alongside an early

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...

denarius The denarius (, dēnāriī ) was the standard Roman silver coin from its introduction in the Second Punic War to the reign of Gordian III (AD 238–244), when it was gradually replaced by the antoninianus. It continued to be minted in very ...

'' implies the hoard dates to around the time of the

Second Punic War The Second Punic War (218 to 201 BC) was the second of three wars fought between Carthage and Rome, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean in the 3rd century BC. For 17 years the two states struggled for supremacy, primarily in Ital ...

Sport

About five kilometers to the east of the town is the " Circuit de Valencia", a

motor sport ''Motor Sport'' is a monthly motor racing magazine, founded in the United Kingdom in 1924 as the ''Brooklands Gazette''. The name was changed to ''Motor Sport'' for the August 1925 issue. The magazine covers motor sport in general, although from ...

race track which hosts the Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix since 1999.

Bordering localities

Chiva, Gestalgar, Bugarra, Pedralba, Vilamarxant,

Riba-roja de Túria Riba-roja de Túria ( es, Ribarroja del Turia) is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Camp de Túria in the Valencian Community The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous communi ...

, and

Loriguilla Loriguilla is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Camp de Túria in the Valencian Community, Spain. See also *Sierra de Utiel Sierra de Utiel ( ca-valencia, Serra d'Utiel) is a long mountain range in the Alt Palància, Alt Millars and Plana ...

References

External links

Official site

Photographs

Cheste on Google Maps

Cheste from the Valencian Agency of Tourism
Municipalities in the Province of Valencia Hoya de Buñol {{valencia-geo-stub