Crevillente

"Crevillente (en valenciano y oficialmente, Crevillent) es un municipio de la Comunidad Valenciana, España. Está situado en la comarca del Bajo Vinalopó en la Sierra de Crevillente a 129 metros de altitud, en la provincia de Alicante, y su vecindad con el municipio de Elche le permite formar parte del área metropolitana de Alicante-Elche. Crevillente cuenta con 28.465 habitantes (INE 2015). Cuenta con dos grandes festividades: la de Moros y Cristianos declarada Fiestas de Interés Turístico Nacional, junto con la celebración de la Semana Santa, Fiestas de Interés Turístico Internacional. Crevillente también ha destacado por su tradicional industria alfombrera, que le ha conferido el sobrenombre de Ciudad de la Alfombra."

"Crevillent (Valencian pronunciation: [kevient], Spanish: Crevillente [keiente]) is a town and municipality located in the Alicante province, part of the Valencian Community, Spain. It is situated in the comarca of Baix Vinalopó, and lies at the foot of the hill range known locally as Serra de Crevillent. As of 2009, it has a total population of 28,609 inhabitants. The terrain is dry, and its main vegetation is composed by carob trees, almond trees, olive trees and esparto. Crevillent is a major producer and exporter of carpets and pomegranates. The town was probably settled by Romans. In 1263, during the period known as Reconquista, James I of Aragon captured the city from the Moors and became a part of the Kingdom of Valencia. The most important tourist places of the city is a museum with works of Mariano Benlliure, a Valencian sculptor. Also remarkable is its Moros i Cristians festival. Many of the agricultural areas, particularly El Realengo, contain ruins of prisons, ovens and torture houses used during Francisco Franco's reign and the Spanish Civil War in the early 1900s."