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Agres

Agres is a mountain village of about 620 people in the north of Alicante province, in the Comtat district near Cocentaina and Alcoy. It sits between the Serra de Mariola and the Serra d'Agullent, and its municipal boundary is also the border with Valencia province. The old town climbs a steep hillside and is well preserved, full of fountains of clean, cold mountain water such as the Font del Mig, the Fonteta and the Font del Raval. At the top of the village stands the Sanctuary of the Virgen del Castillo, a place of pilgrimage every Sunday in September, next to the remains of the castle. The village keeps its public wash house and a watchtower protected as a site of cultural interest. Above it, in the Serra de Mariola Natural Park, lies the Cava Gran, a 15th-century snow well 15 metres across and 12 metres deep, used until 1906. The mountains are known for their medicinal and aromatic plants and pine woods, and Agres has the southernmost yew wood in Europe. People have lived here since the Palaeolithic, and King James I took the area in 1245 before it passed to noble families until the 19th century. The climate is cool and mountainous, with snow most winters. Agres has a station on the Valencia–Xàtiva–Alcoy railway line, and Alcoy and Cocentaina are a short drive away.