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Almansa is a Spanish town and municipality in the province of Albacete, part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. The municipality borders with Alicante, Valencia and Murcia. Almansa is famous for its ''Moros y Cristianos'' festival from celebrated from the 1st to the 6th of May. Almansa is built at the foot of a white limestone crag, which is surmounted by a Moorish castle, and rises abruptly in the midst of a fertile and irrigated plain. About south of the town centre stands an obelisk commemorating the Battle of Almansa fought there on the 25 April 1707 during the War of Spanish Succession, in which a French, Spanish and Irish army under the command of duke of Berwick, a natural son of James II, routed the allied British, Portuguese and Spanish troops. The Sierra del Mugrón is located within the Almansa city limits. == Main sights == 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). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Almansa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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