Pego
Few places in the Valencian Community have a history as closely tied to irrigated farming as Pego. This Marina Alta town stands between the limestone slopes of the Serra de Mostalla and the Pego-Oliva Marsh Natural Park, a wetland extending towards the Mediterranean coast. Freshwater springs and rice fields have long shaped the local economy, as well as the rice-based cooking associated with this part of Valencia. Pego’s compact centre spreads across the plain below the mountains, while the surrounding land shifts from cultivated plots to protected marsh. Its annual Carnaval de Pego is a major local tradition, bringing parades and music into the town’s streets.
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Pego combines fertile wetland plains with rugged limestone slopes in a way that reflects its position between the Marjal de Pego-Oliva Natural Park and the mountains of northern Alicante. The town lies inland from the Costa Blanca, while the marshlands to the east are fed by the Bullent and Racons rivers and form an important Valencian wetland area. Rice has long been grown in this low-lying landscape, linking local cooking and farming to the waterlogged fields. In the old centre, the Church of the Assumption is a prominent element of Pego’s urban heritage. Carnival also shapes the annual calendar, particularly the well-attended Carnestoltes celebrations. Explore nearby webcam locations that provide complementary perspectives on Pego and the northern Costa Blanca.
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The Valencian Community has served as a Mediterranean cultural crossroads within eastern Spain since the Middle Ages. Its coastline on the Balearic Sea extends from the Costa del Azahar to the Costa Blanca, while the Turia and Júcar rivers cross fertile plains inland. Valencia, the regional capital, was the centre of the medieval Kingdom of Valencia, founded in 1238, and preserves the Silk Exchange, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Rice cultivation around the Albufera lagoon informs local cooking, including paella, while the annual Fallas festivities fill Valencia with sculpture, fire and civic ritual. Discover other points of interest through webcams located across the Valencian Community.
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