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Almansa


Almansa is a Spanish town and municipality in the province of Albacete, part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. The name "Almansa" stems from the Arabic word meaning "half way of the road". The municipality borders with Alicante, Valencia and Murcia. Almansa is famous for its Moros y cristianos festival from celebrated from the 1st to the 6th of May.

Almansa is built at the foot of a white limestone crag, which is surmounted by a Moorish castle, and rises abruptly in the midst of a fertile and irrigated plain. About 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the town centre stands an obelisk commemorating the Battle of Almansa fought there on the 25 April 1707 during the War of Spanish Succession, in which a French, Spanish and Irish army under the command of duke of Berwick, a natural son of James II, routed the allied British, Portuguese and Spanish troops. Annual reenactments of that battle have been formally listed in the Spanish cultural register.

The Sierra del Mugrón is located within the Almansa city limits.

Main sights include:
  • The main sightseeing attraction is the 14th-century Castle of Almansa.
  • Church of la Asunción (16th-19th century)
  • Palace of Los Condes de Cirat (16th century), today the Town Hall
  • Church of the Agustinas Convent (18th century)
  • The Convent of San Francisco (17th century)
  • Clock Tower (1780)



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