La Pobla del Duc () 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 Vall d'Albaida in

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...

, Spain.

Geography

It is situated on the right bank of the Albaida river basin. The climate is mediterranean. From

you can access this town through to the A-7 to link with the CV-40 and the CV-60 to finish in the CV-611. By rail you can get there Renfe Media Distancia line 47, also known as the Valencia-Xàtiva-Alcoy line.

Neighbouring localities

The

of Puebla del Duc is bordered by the following towns: Bèlgida, Beniatjar, Benigànim,

Castelló de Rugat Castelló de Rugat ( es, Castellón de Rugat) is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Vall d'Albaida in the Valencian Community The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous commun ...

, Quatretonda, Llutxent, Otos and Sempere, all of them in the province of Valencia.

History

It is known that in this place existed farmhouses founded and inhabited by the Muslims and that after the conquest of King Jaime I of Aragon in the middle of the thirteenth century, this king granted a new foundation, delivering it to mister Belvis, feudal lord who at that time managed these lands, the so-called Carta Puebla, for the foundation of a new urban nucleus recognized by the Kingdom of Valencia. Later, this

lordship A lordship is a territory held by a lord. It was a landed estate that served as the lowest administrative and judicial unit in rural areas. It originated as a unit under the feudal system during the Middle Ages. In a lordship, the functions of econ ...

gave this possession to the Dukes of Gandía, more specifically to the dukes of the

House of Borja 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 ...

, hence its current name.

Economy

Until a few years ago the

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was the main and almost the only economic support of this population. But with the time and the demands of the market today much of the soil is dedicated to summer fruit trees, such as plum, peach and apricot trees. There are several poultry and pig farms, while some 200 sheep are grazing in the wild. The industrial sector has seen broad growth in recent years, but it is still less important than agri-food activities.

Monuments

*Manor houses. There are still a large number of manor houses in the town, which, although Spartan in their finishes, do not lose their Mediterranean charm. *Parish church. Dedicated to Nuestra señora de la Asunción, with rectangular plan and hexagonal base tower. *Calvary Garden. Interesting to see at it. *The Poasa. Ancient well, from which the first inhabitants started to be settled in the area. *Convent of Minimus. Founded in 1603, based on the hermitage of San Sebastian and San Fabián, located on the outskirts of the town. After the ecclesiastical disentailment and the exclaustration decreed by Mendizábal in 1835, the building was ceded to the town hall, who demolished it. The original church of the convent is dedicated to San Cosme and San Damián and there are hardly any arches of the gates, which have been integrated into a small park-garden.

Local Feasts

*Patronal feasts. It celebrates its festivities in September in honor of the Christ of the Amparo, San Blas and the Divine Dawn. *Civic feasts. In recent years, the population has been developing new leisure activities for the enjoyment of adults and children, such as the Food and Commercial Fair of Puebla del Duc: "Bon profit i bona gana".

References

External links

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