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Jativa is built on the margin of a
fertile and beautiful plain, and on the southern slopes of the Monte
Bernisa, a hill with two peaks, each surmounted by a castle. With its
numerous fountains, and spacious avenues shaded with elms or cypresses,
the town has a clean and attractive appearance. Its collegiate church,
dating from 1414, but rebuilt about a century later in the Renaissance
style, was formerly a cathedral, and is the chief among many churches
and convents. The town-hall and a church on the castle hill are partly
constructed of inscribed Roman masonry, and several houses date from the
Moorish occupation. There is a brisk local trade in grain, fruit, wine,
oil and rice. |
