Photo by Rellamp
El Castell de Guadalest ya existía en la época musulmana.
Dos familias tienen mucha relevancia en la historia de la localidad, los Cardona eran los marqueses de Guadalest y los Orduña fueron gente de confianza de estos primeros. Los Orduña estuvieron en El Castell de Guadalest durante siglos ejerciendo su poder en toda la comarca.
Varios terremotos destrozan los dos castillos en los siglos XVII y XVIII. En el siglo XX, El Castell de Guadalest sufre cambios importantes: En 1953, se empieza a construir el embalse qué sera terminado en 1971.
El turismo empieza a descubrir el encanto de El Castell de Guadalest. En 1974, El Castell de Guadalest es declarado conjunto histórico–artístico y posteriormente Bién de Interés Cultural.
En 2015 El Castell de Guadalest forma parte de la Asociación Los Pueblos Más Bonitos de España y en 2016 entra en la Federación Los Pueblos Más Bonitos del Mundo.
Situado a 587 m. de altitud, sus casas situadas en la roca dominan el valle, bordeado por las sierras Xortá y Serrella al norte y la sierra Aitana al sur. El municipio disfruta de un clima de tipo Mediterráneo.
Por su relieve accidentado, se extienden -en las zonas altas- los pinos y el monte bajo, mientras que en las laderas con terrazas y en el valle se cultivan cítricos, olivos, algarrobos y almendros que, en primavera, ponen una nota de color al paisaje.
Hay tres rutas de senderismo: alrededor del pantano, subida a la cima de Xortá y subida a Castell de Castells.
Photo by Rellamp
Photo by Rellamp
El Castell de Guadalest already existed during Moorish times.
Two families are of great importance in the history of the village: The Cardona family, who were the marquises of Guadalest, and the Orduña family, who were very close to the former.
Several earthquakes destroyed the castles in the XVII and XVIII centuries. In the XX century El Castell de Guadalest underwent some important changes, such as the construction of a reservoir that was started in 1953 and completed in 1971.
Soon after, tourism started taking off and in 1974 it was declared a Historical Artistic Site and after it was named a historical heritage site.
In 2015, the village became part of the association of the Most Beautiful Villages in Spain and in 2016, it became part of the Most Beautiful Villages in the World.
Located on the crest of a hillock at 587m above sea level, El Castell de Guadalest houses overlook an extensive valley bordered by the sierras of Xortá and Serrella to the north and the sierra Aitana to the south. This municipality enjoys a Mediterranean type climate.
The rugged terrain has pines and shrubbery on higher ground, with terraced slopes circling down to the valley, on which citrus, olive, carob and almond trees grow, providing a note of colour to the scenery at blossoming time.
There are three beautiful walks in the area: around the reservoir walking up to the summit of Xortá mountain and walking up to another village called Castell de Castells.
Photo by Rellamp
Para registrar este cache tienes que añadir una foto donde se vean las escaleras y la entrada al pueblo como en la foto anterior. En la foto tienes que salir tu o el GPS o el pulgar arriba.
To log the cache simply post a picture of you or your GPS or thumbs-up with the stairs and the entrance to the village as seen in the photo above.
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Tienes que visitar este cache para poder registrarlo. Lamentaré tener que eliminar registros que no cumplan los requisitos. Espero que disfrutes de la visita.
You must phisically visit this cache in order to log it. I regret I will have to delete logs that do not meet these requirements. I hope you enjoy your visit.
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Virtual Rewards 2.0 - 2019/2020
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