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The city of Castellón de la Plana stands between mountains and the sea, and is surrounded by a lush border of orange trees. The Mediterranean laps its 112km-long coastline, along which are located well-known towns such as Peñíscola, Benicassim and Oropesa. Castellón offers numerous attractions: beautiful modernist buildings, modern shopping centres, leafy parks, and important Gothic and Renaissance monuments. Its festivals prove how proud the city and its inhabitants are of their roots and traditions, many of these taking place all year round. Its well cared-for beaches surround the port, which handles a large quantity of exports, a substantial pillar of the province's economy, centred mainly around the ceramic and tile industry, agriculture and tourism. Its ideal temperature means that you can do virtually anything all year round. An absolute must for any visitor to the city is sampling its traditional cuisine, especially its rice and fish dishes.
The city of Castellón de la Plana stands between mountains and the sea, and is surrounded by a lush border of orange trees. The Mediterranean laps its 112km-long coastline, along which are located well-known towns such as Peñíscola, Benicassim and Oropesa.
Castellón offers numerous attractions: beautiful modernist buildings, modern shopping centres, leafy parks, and important Gothic and Renaissance monuments. Its festivals prove how proud the city and its inhabitants are of their roots and traditions, many of these taking place all year round.
Its well cared-for beaches surround the port, which handles a large quantity of exports, a substantial pillar of the province's economy, centred mainly around the ceramic and tile industry, agriculture and tourism.
Its ideal temperature means that you can do virtually anything all year round.
An absolute must for any visitor to the city is sampling its traditional cuisine, especially its rice and fish dishes.
The Parque Ribalta
This is the city's most famous garden and it contains a wide variety of plant species. Located alongside the new department store "El Corte Inglés", this park epitomises the whims of the past. A number of paths intertwine within it and form small plateaux, making it a place which will delight people of all ages. Every year, during the Fiestas de la Magdalena, the Feria de Artesanía y Alternativa takes place in the Paseo Central.
El Fadri
This 58m-high octagonal bell tower was built in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. It is the city's pièce de résistance and stands alongside the noble Casa Abadía. The bells located on the top two floors of the tower strike on the hour and also announce the city's important events.
The Catedral de Santa María
Originally built in the 13th century, the cathedral was rebuilt in the 14th century following a major fire. It houses valuable gold and silver artefacts, as well as paintings from the same period, some of these by Ribalta and Joaquín Oliet.
The Plaza de Santa Clara
Overlooking the south wing of the market, its centre is adorned by a modern sculpture by Llorens Poy relating to the history of Castellón de la Plana and is surrounded by modern colonnades. It hosts a number of festivals during the week of La Magdalena, as well as the Feria del Libro Nuevo and the Feria del Libro de Ocasión.
La Lonja (The fish market)
Popularly known as La Llotja del Cànem, it was built in the first half of the 17th century. The exterior has four large arches separated by Tuscan pilasters. Near the Plaza Mayor, it is worth visiting the Casa dels Miquels, a 15th-century former palace. Also nearby is the Casa dels Orfens or Casa de los Huérfanos, founded by the Bishop José Climent in the 19th century.
The Teatro Principal
A beautiful neo-classical courthouse constructed at the end of last century, it can seat 1,500 people. In the pedestrian centre of Plaza de la Paz, where the theatre is located, stands an elegant, modern pavilion, a meeting point for many an inhabitant of Castellón.
Basílica de Santa María de Lledó
Santa María de Lledó has been the patron saint of Castellón de la Plana since 1922. Built at the beginning of the 18th century, the basilica contains a large outside square with a garden. Inside, as well as an effigy of the saint and a collection of cloaks, there are carvings dating to the 17th and 18th centuries, and valuable paintings and gold and silver artefacts.
Festivals of interest
La Magdalena: festivals in honour of Sta. María Magdalena; these take place on the third Saturday in Lent, with processions of those characters most representative of the city’s history, including Jaime I, and Doña Violante de Hungria. The number one event attended by large numbers is the Romería de les Canyes, in which the locals process to the hermitage of La Magdalena, where, following a traditional religious celebration, a multitude of popular events takes place.
Other festivals also take place in the various districts of Castellón, the most notable including the Fiesta del Carrer de Sant Vicent and the Fiesta de Sant Roc de Vora Séquia. And last but not least, in the Festividad de San Pedro, popular festivals take place in El Grau, and in February the city’s carnivals are also famous and popular.
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