Almansa

Almansa
Almansa
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Almansa Location in Spain
	Coordinates: 38°51′N 1°05′W / 38.850°N 1.083°W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Castile-La Mancha
Province	Albacete
Comarca	Altiplanicie de Almansa
Judicial district	Almansa
Commonwealth	Monte Ibérico–Corredor de Almansa
Government
• Mayor	Francisco J. Núñez Núñez (PP)
Area
• Total	531.91 km2 (205.37 sq mi)
Elevation	712 m (2,336 ft)
Population (2015)
• Total	24,837
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Demonym	Almanseños
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	02640
Dialing code	967
Website	Official website

Almansa is a Spanish town and municipality in the province of Albacete. The municipality borders with Alicante, Valencia and Murcia. Almansa is famous for its Moros y Cristianos festival celebrated from the 1st to the 6th of May.

Almansa is built at the foot of a white limestone cliff. It has a Moorish castle at the top. It is in the middle of a fertile and irrigated plain. About 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the town centre there is an obelisk to remind people of the Battle of Almansa. The battle was fought there on the 25 April 1707 during the War of Spanish Succession. The Duke of Berwick who the son of James II defeated the allied British, Portuguese and Spanish troops.^[1]

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

Main sights[change | change source]

The main sightseeing attraction is the 14th-century Castle of Almansa.

There are other important monuments, such as:

Assumption Church (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)

8 km from the city is the reservoir of Almansa, built in 1584. This reservoir is the oldest one in Europe. 12 km from the city is the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Belen (17th century).