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Parcent (; ) is a village in the Pop Valley〔It has become common to refer to the Pop Valley as the Jalón Valley in English as it is the largest town in the valley.〕 of La Marina Alta in the Alicante Province, which is located in the Valencian region of Spain. Parcent has a population of about 1100 and is about one hour's drive north of the city of Alicante, and about an hour's drive south of the city of Valencia. It features the small but beautiful Holy Virgin church, and is surrounded by rolling hills and mountains. Writer Gabriel Miró (1879-1930) was a resident of Parcent and called it a "paradise between the mountains". It is also close to Jalón (written as Xaló in Catalan), which is famous for its excellent wine production and markets. The traditional economy of Parcent relies on almond and orange farming in the surrounding area. ==History== The name "Parcent" is of Latin origin. Later, it was a Moorish town until the forces of James I of Aragon conquered it in 1256 CE. There was a major outbreak of leprosy in Parcent in 1850 and by 1887 20% of the residents of Parcent were afflicted.〔''On the Origin and Spread of Leprosy in Parcent, Spain'', George Thin, Lancet, p. 134, January 16th, 1892.〕 This apparently motivated the inclusion of passages about the disease in Miró's two so-called "Oleza" novels.〔(''The Biblical Allusions in Gabriel Miro's Oleza Novels'' ), G. G. Brown, The Modern Language Review, Vol. 70, No. 4 (Oct., 1975), pp. 786-794〕 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「Parcent」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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