Alicante · Baix Vinalopó
Crevillent
A dry sierra town shaped by scarce water, cave dwellings and a long passage from esparto and rush matting to Spain's modern carpet industry.
Caves, water and weaving
A town built into the edge of its sierra
Crevillent rises sharply from the southern Alicante plain into dry barrancos at the foot of its namesake sierra. Cave dwellings cut into those slopes form some of its most distinctive neighbourhoods.
Water channels, esparto working and hand looms all answered the same demanding landscape. Their legacy survives in the mountain paths, the town's museums and a carpet industry known far beyond the comarca.
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Crevillent: cave neighbourhoods, water channels and carpet country
The sierra landscape, Penya Negra, Els Pontets, inhabited caves and the craft tradition behind the town's carpet industry.
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