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Elda

Country
Spain
State
Comunidad Valenciana
City
Elda
Type of Location
Multiple
About Location

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Places to Visit
How to Reach

By air

Nearest airports to Elda are sorted by the distance to the airport from the city centre.
    
  Talladega Airport (distanced approximately 16 km)
  Muchamiel Alicante Airport (distanced approximately 28 km)
  Alicante Airport (distanced approximately 30 km)
  Ciudad-Quesada-Alicante Airport (distanced approximately 49 km)
  Ontur Albacete Airport (distanced approximately 65 km)

By Road

A-31     Alicante motorway or A-31: Pass to the east of Elda and has 4 outputs to the conurbation:
 
  Elda - Monovar
  Petrel (Salinetas)
  Petrel (shopping)
  Elda (Hospital).
  Connect Elda and pines.
  Connect Elda and Sax.
  Connect Novelda and Elda.

By train

Elda has a train station shared with Petrel.

By bus

The conurbation has a bus service whose operating company is ALSA. The municipal services are divided into 3 lines:

  L-1: Petrol Idella - Elda General Hospital
  L-2: Petrel (CP's FOIA) - Elda General Hospital
  L-3: Elda - Monovar

Key places to visit
Shoe Museum, Archaeological Museum of Elda, Elda Castillo, Church of Santa Ana, Casa Grande's Garden of Music, Ethnological Museum, Plaza Mayor


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Places to Visit

Shoe Museum

The Shoe Museum, located in the town of Elda was established in 1992 and was opened in 1999.Located on the grounds of what was the International Shoe Fair, this museum has an important endorsement of the City. In addition to the Town Hall in the Board of Trustees Shoe Museum, representing all shoe sector institutions, the Ministry of Culture and Sport, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Provincial Council of Alicante, the College of Engineers and Alicante the museum's founder, José María Amat Amer, obstenta currently honorary title of Director of the Institution

Archaeological Museum of Elda

The Municipal Archaeological Museum of Elda occupies an entire floor of the House of Culture and hosts major exhibitions and cultural remains of the Iberian, Roman and early Christian.It was created in 1983 with objects from Section Mountaineering Center Eldense Archaeology and amateur collections. Among his best pieces are the Siren The Monastil, important Iberian, and a magnificent piece of early Christian sarcophagus lid of a cycle of Jonah belongs to the fourth century along with other remains found in the Iberian-Roman and traces Monastil Neolithic period found in the archaeological site "Trinity", in the foothills of Bolon.

Elda Castillo

The castle of Elda is located in the town of the same name, province of Alicante .In 1172, the Almohad defeat in the battle of Huete, and the danger of Christian advance led the Taifa kingdom of Murcia to promote population and the arrival of fortify strategic locations in the valley of the Costa Blanca, including the primitive Elda fortress, a fortress located on a small hill near the river, built and maintained by the Almohads in the years 1172 and 1243, which would protect the community that shaped the Islamic Elda, as evidenced by the archaeological remains found in the historic center of the city.

Church of Santa Ana

The Church of Santa Ana is the oldest parish in Elda. Founded in 1528 on the remains of an existing mosque, in order of Juan Francisco Perez Calvillo Coloma. Square in plan, with the passage of time was extended by adding chapels like the Blessed Virgin of Health and the Holy Christ of Good Success. It has two bell towers of neoclassical influence. Altarpiece has a workshop of the sculptor who owns Jeronimo Esteve Bonet. In addition, the Chapel of the Rosary keeps paintings of Christopher Llorens dating from the sixteenth century .

Casa Grande's Garden of Music

He is a former private villa, built in 1925, which is located in the center of town, surrounded by a garden. It was used as a field hospital during the Civil War. The City was purchased and restored between 1985 and 1991. It carries out several temporary exhibitions, often of local artists.

Ethnological Museum

Adjacent to the Shoe Museum. Ethnological collection contains the "Mosaic" with typical trades of the past and the municipal collection of " Pedrito Rico "local singer.

Plaza Mayor

The Plaza Mayor is located next to Plaza Sagasta, the beginning of the street Juan Carlos I and near the Church of Santa Ana was inaugurated in 1994 as the first square of the Comunidad Valenciana. It carried out various cultural activities such as chess competitions, book fairs and the fair Emplazarte among others. In addition to numerous shops and restaurants, houses the Cinema Plaza, three movie theaters are closed today, but considers its reopening.

Right Time to Visit

September - November
April - June

Temperature

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