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Climate

The climate is Mediterranean, with mild winters and warm summers. The temperatures are:

Between November and February there can be cold-air storms affecting the area, but temperatures drop dramatically. For example, the clearest and highest temperature in December is the 18th, and the 14th day following has the maximum amount of rain. Also, between May and September there can be heat waves (usually during summer months but sometimes in May and September as well).

Neighborhoods and Parishes

In the town of Oliva is also the village of Playa de Oliva. Oliva has the following districts, which are identified by the church districts: Santa Maria; San Roque; and San Francisco.

Monuments

Its historic past is preserved in the church of Santa Maria la Mayor (with some valuable files), the Church of San Roque (built on the old mosque), the Chapel of Our Lady of Rebollet, with the old convent, the shrines of Saints Anthony and Vincent, as well as the famous chimneys in the Cami dels Rejolars and the Municipal Market.

We can see Oliva’s ancient defensive towers that date back to medieval times. They are of the walls that separated the village from outside, the castle of Santa Anna, the Rebollet (destroyed by a big earthquake in 1598), the noble houses in Calle Tamarit, hull old houses full of typical architecture of Valencia.

Oliva is a municipality of Valencia, Spain, located in the southeastern province of Valencia, in the region of Safor. It has 27,374 inhabitants (2007).

Geography

Located on the southern boundary of the province of Valencia, its geographical topography can be divided into three distinct areas: the mountain, the flat occupied by the garden, and the marsh area to the southeast. The coast is low and sandy, with sandy beaches along its entire length. The climate is Mediterranean. Part of the municipal park is composed of natural Marjal Pego-Oliva.

Today Oliva is a great tourist town, with a population of 27,374 inhabitants (INE 2007), with 18.32% of the population made up of people of foreign nationality.

Business Economy

Oliva’s economy has traditionally been a predominantly agricultural one with the growing dominance of oranges, although, since the early ’90s it has demonstrated a remarkable industrial and tourism growth, which has pushed the cultivation of the orange into background and has transformed Oliva into a modern and cosmopolitan city.

Among its civil monuments are the Classroom Latinidad, also known as Aula de Gramatica, built under the patronage of Gregorio Mayans in the 18th century and today serves as a classroom study and conducted courses for adults.

You can also visit the Museum of Illustration, the prehistoric, the Mayans, the house museum, and the crypt of St. Mary Parish.

Local Festivals

Major Festivals. Oliva celebrates its festivals on May 3 at Holy Christ of Faith and on September 8 at Our Lady of Rebollet, both patrons of the city, at St. Francis of Assisi. Currently, these two festivals take turns being the local party when either falls on a Saturday or Sunday.

Bordering Towns

The town of Oliva is bordered by the following locations: Alqueria de la Condesa, Encarroz Source, Piles, Villalonga, all the provinces of Valencia, Adsubia, Pego, and Denia in Alicante.

History

Oliva was formed in County by Alfonso the Magnanimous in 1449.

When, in 1609, the expulsion of the Moors left dry fields and villas in Valencia, Oliva suffered through difficult times, yet was not one of the most affected populations. It was in the 18th century when, along with the rest of the late Kingdom of Valencia, Oliva started a recovery period that not only highlighted the economy, but the culture as well.

At the provincial division in 1822, it was appointed to the Province of Jativa, at the division of 1833, it was appointed to Alicante; and in 1836 was appointed to Valencia.

Among the highlights events of the feast of faults in Oliva is the Festival Mascletades (March15–19), The Theater in Valencian (Soler Salvador Soler i), and a multitude of events that take place in other populations where they celebrate the feast.

Famous People Born in This Town

Gregorio Mayans Sisco, appointed Royal Librarian in 1733.

Gabriel Ciscar, admiral, minister of Marine, and one of three regents during the king’s absence in the war against Napoleon.

Vicente Parra, theater and film actor.

The local celebration has been going on for 90 years and takes place on the Friday of Moros y Cristianos, which is held in July, and was declared a Fiesta of International Tourist Autonomy of Valencia.

Other parties of interest are the Moors and Christians and las Fallas. The latter was introduced to the population in 1981 with the commission of the pioneer Pensato i Fet. In 1982 he joined the Fallas commissions of Barri Sant Francesc, L’Institut i Estacio.

In 1990 Casa de Falla was born. The party in Oliva has its roots in the district of Saint Francis, where he had planted and built monuments from 1956 to 1959. Its founders are some of those responsible for carrying out the restructuring of the current committee of the Fault Barri Sant Francesc.

Manuel Mestre, soccer player.

Francisco Brines, poet, 1967 winner of the Valencianas Prize for Literature, 1999 Premio Nacional de las Letras Espanolas school, and a member of the Royal Academy of Spanish Language since 2006.