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The municipality counts with close to 3.000 inhabitants and for his grounds the river spends Levee which, after to gather the wealth of several springs, creates a fecund fertile plain. To to depart from Alpera, the topography begins to change obviously, especially as for his proximities to the province of Valencia of which it is neighboring (with Ayora).
The Alpera locality possesses another baroque chapel, that of San Roque, of the XVIIIth century with plant of Greek cross and dome in cruise. Also it possesses a parochial church under the dedication of Marine saint. The construction is of the XVIIIth century and baroque style,
Alpera is known by his Levantine rock paintings with his figures of deer, which can be observed in the caves of The old woman and of The Cheese.
In Alpera Lagoon is “La ”, a set of rural houses placed in a very agreeable place, where the water has a big one leading role. One treats as an ancient mill and as a few buildings attached that were dedicated in other times to agricultural ends and cattle.
the Town hall organizes holding a permit visits that go from the paintings rock of the “Cueva of the Old woman ” up to the Cooperative Wine of Santa Cruz of Alpera. They exist in the surroundings there exist specializing companies that facilitate the practice of diverse sports outdoors: walks in horse, “paint-ball ” - one I play in the one that there face two teams, whose members go provided with uniform and with a few guns that shoot inoffensive painting balls - and a length etc. “La Lagoon ” is also one suitable base to realize visits in motorcar to places much attractions, like the rock paintings of the “Cueva of the Old woman ” (in Alpera), protected by the UNESCO like Patrimony of Humanity (Ftes. To see links)
"The Cave of the Deer of the Overcoat of Alpera (Albacete), call also of the Old woman, has a series of paintings in a cloth of almost ten meters, where again they predominate over the human figures; tribes can find joint scenes of fighter or struggles between- someone perhaps with magic meaning - as well as isolated figures.
He emphasizes the silhouette of a man with the very pronounced profile (nose, chin) and a big tuft of pens in the head. Two women are also interesting in conversation represented with luxurious garments and adornments in the arms, with caps of long pens, in happy positions and forming couples very similar to of Cogull (Lleida).
They can find also representations of animals, like some goats wild that run and jump promptly or a delicate one and small male who guides the herd. These are the most ancient figures of the set, in a light red color, while other animals and human images are of a darker tone. Also, in this one himself dark red color, bulls made themselves up with horns in semicircle that in three of the cases were transformed into deer horns; these metamorphoses are very abundant in this overcoat - goats turned into deer - a resource also habitually in paleolithic caverns.
Nevertheless, despite the quantity and variety of the set, in comparison with the works of the Mastership and of the Iberian saws, these paintings of the Cave of the Deer are discovered certainly mediocre. "(I fragment text of ISBN-84-9714-070-2 for Maria García Yelo. To see web of liceus.com) Nuclei - districts of Alpera Casas of Don Pedro, The Sources, The Lagoon |
