Novelda facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Novelda
City and municipality
Monastery of Santa María Magdalena.
Flag Coat of arms
Novelda Location in Province of Alicante Show map of Province of Alicante Novelda Location in Valencian Community Show map of Valencian Community Novelda Location in Spain Show map of Spain
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Valencian Community
Province	Alicante
Comarca	Vinalopó Mitjà
Area
• Total	75.7 km2 (29.2 sq mi)
Elevation	241 m (791 ft)
Population  (2018)
• Total	25,725
• Density	339.83/km2 (880.2/sq mi)
• Language	Spanish
Demonym(s)	Noveldense (Spanish) Novelder, noveldera (Valencian)
Postcode	03660

Novelda (Valencian pronunciation: [noˈvɛlda], locally [nuˈvɛldɛ]; Spanish: [noˈβelda]) is a town located in the province of Alicante, Spain. As of 2009^[update], it has a total population of 27,135 inhabitants.

Novelda has important quarries and mines of marble, limestone, silica, clay and gypsum. It is a major centre of the marble industry.

It was probably settled by Greeks, although it was controlled by Carthaginians and Romans. Some centuries later it was conquered from the Moors by a son of Ferdinand III of Castile.

Places of tourist interest in Novelda include the monastery of Santa María Magdalena (dated from the 19th century), which has a church designed by a disciple of Antoni Gaudí, the Moorish castle of the Mola, with its unique triangular tower, and the Museum of Modernism. This is a well preserved art nouveau house with original artifacts from the 1920s. The house itself is a work of art. The House-Museum is located in a modernist building designed by Pedro Cerdan Martinez (1863-1947) and is now a centre for modernist research and promotion. There are also several natural and salty lakes to visit in the surroundings.

• Gallery: Santa María Magdalena
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Notable people

• Mario Gaspar, footballer
• Fernando Béjar (born 6 October 1980), former footballer

See also

In Spanish: Novelda para niños