Pego (Alicante)

Pego ( same spelling in Spanish and Catalan ) is a Spanish town in subdivision Valles de Pego ( " valleys of Pego " ) of the district of Marina Alta the province of Alicante in the Valencia region and is also the capital of the region.

Geography

Pego is in the northwest of the province of Alicante in about 3 km from the province of Valencia, the boundary runs along the northerly trending ridge Serra de Mustalla. In the south of the Serra del Migdia runs, extending to a height of 708 m above sea level. NN rises in the northeast of the municipality reduces to the Mediterranean, where the swampy nature reserve Parc Natural de Pego- Oliva is upstream. In the east and south lie the mountains of the coastal mountains of Alicante and Murcia ( Betic Cordillera ), which are cut by many valleys ( Valles ), such as Vall de Galinera, Vall d' Alcalá, Vall de Ebo and Vall de Laguar.

Through the town the roads are 700 CV ( from the coast in the western mountains ), CV 715 (of Valencia to the south Benidorm). The CV 700 crosses the Spanish Mediterranean motorway Autopista AP- 7 at Mirrarrosa, but only when it reaches the connection point 62 Ondara / Denia / Javea.

At Pego includes the places Dénia ( katal. Atzubia ) and ' Valle de Ebo ( Vall de Ebo katal. ). To the east of the municipality of the development area of Monte Pego is located on the northwest slope of the Serra de Sagaria.

History

Many archaeological finds point to early settlement of formerly heavily forested and well-watered area. In Ambra few hundred meters south of the local situation were discovered remains of shell-shaped decorated pottery from the Late Neolithic 4000-2000 BC. On the hill Tossalet de Almela (also Pujol ), in the regions Bullentó, Castelló, Rupais and on Tossalet de les moon traces the presence of the Romans have been found. The Arabs occupied the valley in the year 726. 1244 the Ambra castle by James I ( Aragón ) was conquered and expelled the Moors. With the re- population by the Christians in 1279 was the first Carta de Poblament ( " citizenship letter " ) " issued by village rights. The second settlement letter was already seven years later by Alfonso III. , In which he determined the Uxola hamlet as the place where the future village to be built from 1280. Here new residents from Barcelona settled.

Attractions

Despite the small size and the relatively small population Pego can come up with some interesting properties:

  • The City Hall: ( position → 38.841976429167-0.11721789833333 )
  • The Assumption Church (Spanish: Iglesia de la Asunción Arciprestal de Nuestra Senora, Catalan c Església de l' Assumpció. ): ( Location → 38.842176983889-0.11797428138889 )
  • The Chapel of Ecce Homo (Spanish: Capilla del Ecce Homo, Catalan c Capella de l' Ecce Homo. ): ( Location → 38.842824605-0.11748611916667 )
  • The Cultural House ( Casa de Cultura ): ( Location → 38.842014033056-0.11830687527778 )
  • The Ambra Castle (Spanish: Castillo de Ambra, Catalan c. Castell d' Ambra ) ( position → 38.830425-0.13644166666667 )
  • The Sala - Gate ( Portal de Sala ): ( Location → 38.841999409444-0.11884331694444 )
  • The Franciscan monastery (Spanish Convento de los Franciscanos, Catalan c. Convento de los Franciscanos ) ( position → 38.837277853333-0.11484682555556 )
  • Chapels ( ermitas ) ( name in Catalan c. ) Saint Michael chapel ( Ermita de Sant Miquel ): The chapel was built in the 16th century.
  • St. Joseph 's Chapel ( Ermita de Sant Josep ): The completion of the chapel was in 1677, at the beginning of the 20th century it was restored.
  • St. Anthony 's Chapel ( Ermita de Sant Antoni ): The chapel dates from the time of King Philip II, was used by the converted Moors. She was later assigned to the category of ermitas de Conquista ( conquest chapels ), which were built between the 13th and 15th centuries.
  • St. Joachim Chapel ( Ermita de Sant Joaquim ): The 1891 restored chapel from the 18th century is the goal of the Cross, the Camino del Calvario, where you can admire Valencian ceramics, with which the stations in memory of the Passion Christ are decorated. From 1891 comes also the local pantheon of Torres Sala family.

Gallery

The Assumption church behind the quirky street lights, remember the shape of the inflorescences of agaves.

Balcony and coat of arms of Torres Sala above the entrance of the community center Noteworthy are the azulejos on the balcony underside.

Portal de sala with the (old ) city coat of arms

Castillo de Ambra

Pego seen from the castle from Ambra

Nature protected marshland Pego -Oliva

Culture

Holidays and festivals

Pegos festive calendar begins with the

  • Saturday after Carnival: The Piñata ( katal. Pinyata ) mourning over the end of the carnival season is expressed. Full Pego mourns the death by fire of Carnival represented by a giant papier-mâché sardine. The festival is also Burial de la Sardina ( katal. Enterrament de la Sardina ) called ( The Burial of the Sardine ). Then follows a correfoc, a lively- colored fireworks spectacle in the streets of the city. A painting by Francisco de Goya also entitled The Burial of the Sardine ( Sardina El Burial de la ), which reflects, however, Goya's impressions of the Madrid festival.
  • 17, 18 and 19 March: Fallas, typical spring festival of the region around Valencia, are incinerated at the huge Pappmachéfiguren. In Pego one finds Fallas at places La Font, La Plaça - Natzaré and El Convent.
  • March / April: During Easter week, there are processions on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday.
  • On the last weekend in June we celebrate Moros y Cristianos ( Moors and Christians ) to commemorate the Reconquista and the fighting between Muslim and Christian troops between the 8th and 15th centuries. In the following week, various ceremonies are performed, such as at the
  • Wednesday after the Moros y Cristianos: patron saint festivities in honor of the Santísimo Ecce Homo with a solemn procession, in which the image of the Ecce Homo of the parish church, where it had been brought earlier in the day, is carried back to his chapel.
  • Also in adsubia and Vall d' Ebo Ostfeste take place, for example, in adsubia - district Forna (2nd half of August in honor of San Bernardo Abad ) in adsubia itself (in honor of the Virgen de los Desamparados ( Virgin of the Forsaken ), the Virgen del Rosario ( Rosary Festival ), St. Francisco de Asis ( St. Francis of Assisi ) and the Holy Christ of the Miracle ( Christ as a miracle worker ) in the first half of September. There is also the Moros y Cristianos fiestas and street parades, dance, Chocolatadas (output of hot cocoa ), children's amusements and car parades and costume and mask events. Vall d' Ebo is celebrated on the first weekend of August, the feast of Our Lady of the Forsaken ( katal. Mare de Deu dels Desemparats ) and on the last weekend of September, the Fiesta de San Miguel ( St. Michael's hard ) with a traditional pilgrimage to the cave Cova del Rull ( position → 38.811205465-0.17746701833333 ).

Pego is situated on St. James ( Camino de Santiago), in the section Javea - Almansa.

Gastronomy

  • Every Thursday ( Plaça del Mercat ) and the square of the Plaça de l' Antic Regne de València a kind of pizza from the oven, which is covered with peas, onions, peppers, etc. ( Coques de llanda ) are offered in the marketplace.
  • Throughout the year, regional rice dishes are offered, such as rice with beans and chard ( katal. Arròs amb fesols i penques, Spanish arroz con judias acelgas y ) and a creamy rice ( katal.Arròs Caldos ) and the paella.
  • TO the typical rice dishes is not only the Paella Valenciana, but also " Paella con Crosta " ( crust paella ): This paella is topped with a whipped egg and cooked in Pego traditionally held on the eve of Ash Wednesday to set the mood for Easter and the following Lent.
  • Other regional specialties include L' or L' Espencat Escalivada, a dish of eggplant, peppers, onions and tomatoes, the cooked in the oven, but it is served cold. It is eaten as an accompaniment to meat and fish dishes, also with the addition of garlic and spread on bread.
  • Figatells, also Frigatells or Fardel: flat, fried meatballs ( meatballs )
  • Coques escaldades or Cocas caldadas: warm, small corn or Weizenmehlteigtaschen with tuna or Gamba filling.
  • In Easter week Empanadillas offered, small dumplings with varying fillings, such as with peas and onions, with tomatoes, pepper and egg.
  • To offer the many sweets include the Mona de Pascua, a crumpet, which is occupied or filled with colored eggs or
  • Bizcochos de San Vicente ( katal. Melindro ) as sponge cake or ladyfingers loose
  • At Christmas may Buñuelos or churros on the table not missing, a baked dough in liquid oil ( fried pastry ) and with sweet potatoes, chocolate or liqueur refined pastries.

Treats

Escalivada or Espencat

Prepared raw Figatells

Empanadillas

Mona de Pascua

Buñuelo

Churros in chocolate and sugar

Swell

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