Alfauir
municipality of Spain
Alfauir (Valencian: [alfaˈwiɾ]; Spanish: Alfahuir [alfaˈwiɾ]) 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, 20th century.
Palma Castle, 11th century.
People
Salvador Cardona, a professional road racing cyclist. In 1929 he became the first Spanish road bicycle racer to win a stage in Tour de France.
Nicolás Borrás, a Spanish Renaissance painter and monk of the Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba.
Antonio Sancho de Benevento, a silversmith artist of the Spanish Renaissance and monk of the Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba.
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