Local Info & Town Hall (Ayuntamiento) Murla

Murla


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Is the capital of the game known as "pelota valenciana": It is taught there and the best players of the Valencian Community have enjoyed matches in its narrow, cool streets. The local players are well known and a square in the village has been named after one of the best players in the game´s history, Nel de Murla. Matches are played every weekend afternoons. The village is of singular interest with its unusual fortified church, where illuminated crypts and reconstructed towers can be seen, contrasting with the modern streetlights. Modernist façades and the people sitting on chairs by the road, watching the occasional car go by, with a beer in their hands

In prehistoric times, the presence of life in the municipal area of Murla is proven by the discovery of a numerous burial places and its trousseau. It was discovered in a shelter called "Cova dels Liadres" (Thieves cave) located in the surrounding area of Portet. Its historical presence has been very important during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance in the Vall de Pop. In the XVIth Century, it was the only municipality of the interior of the Marina Alta populated by Christians. They were very important in the settlement of the municipalities around it after the moriscos expulsion in 1609.

Monuments and interesting buildings

Castle-Church of San Miguel that had a bell tower (25 meters high) dating from the 1861. Built on an old tower and it was designed by Martin de Martin. In 1990, it was demolished. Currently it has been restored as a tower. Next to the Church remains a tower that belonged to the old fortress.

Chapel of the Blood, in the urban district.

Chapel of San Sebastián, its origin probably dates back to the XVIth Century.

Washing places and fountains.

Monument to Fray Pedro Vives Ivars, the person who wrote the Catechism of the Christian doctrine.

City centre with its grilles and forge balconies.

Places

Penyal de Laguar Mountain or Cavall Verd ("Green Horse"). We find a lot of literature and legend about it. For example, the literary work called "Cavall Verd".

Hospital of Fontilles and wall. Next to Vall de Laguar.

Remains of the Castle of Awraba. Located in the boundary between the Murla and Orba areas. It allows you to see a landscape of great beauty, in the Vail de Pop and also in the Vail de la Rectoria.

The Portet area.

Xaló river bed with outcrops of triassic materials.

Leisure area "Les covetes". Corbellat.

The main economic activity in Murla is agriculture. However, there is an increasing number of population working in construction and services sectors.

Town Hall (Ayuntamiento)

Padre Sirera, 6, Murla 03792

Tel: 965581001

www.murla.es

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