Buñol is toward the center of the province of Valencia, about forty kilometers from the city, and south of the Carretera Nacional III, in a mountainous and heavily warm Mediterranean climate. Despite its proximity to the sea, Buñol and is about 400 meters from sea level, near mountain slopes, which configurations of a cast of attractive landscapes and irregular geography. Water the environment Buñol the river or stream of the same name, which stems from the nearby town of Siete Aguas. Juanes River, which rises at the end of Buñol, also creates plenty of beautiful places in their advance towards the east.
The traveler who arrives in the National III is at the height of Bunol with the bulk of the Cement Industry that pollutes a large environment and landscape degradation, both with their progress up the mountain as the white powder that leaves on the trees Area: oleander, carob, olive, etc..
But Buñol, with about 9,000 inhabitants, agricultural tradition continues despite the cement industry and other activities and services. Even has a nearby industrial park, strategically located along the highway.
In Buñol the most evocative artistic element is the castle, which in the sixteenth century seems to have been imprisoned King Francis I of France. The castle is quite damaged. Structure suffered in the War of Independence, after the end of the domain manor in the early nineteenth Buñol Many people began to live in La Fortaleza, increasing their impairment, a collapse of 1911 caused several deaths. It Historic-Artistic Monument since 1964. It stands as the most visible element of the keep, rectangular.
Gastronomy in Buñol:
The local menu features culinary delights such as:
The Gazpacho Manchego, is another famous dish which is made with chicken and meat pies, chicken, quail or rabbit. Then there are also, within the best tradition of sausage, «the son» liked by the locals.
Among the local ingredients which serve to give a local touch any of the dishes are snails.
As for the local party, it must mention the famous Tomatina. The local touch they do not put the dishes and culinary landscape. He puts the tomato! Thousands of ripe tomatoes, transported in trucks, serve as non-lethal projectiles in a battle full of color and juice, which is held in Buñol each year during the last week of August.
People of all ages appear reddened by the blood red tomatoes, is one of the most original performances of Spanish summer. There is no religious or military origin. None of Moors and Christians. Over fifty years ago began a joyous melee Tomatera which grew from year to year until they become a spectacle real.
The feast of the «Tomatina» is contagious and you get to Buñol, get ready!
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