Hondón de los Frailes

Hondón de los Frailes, is a Spanish town and municipality located in the interior of the province of Alicante, in the region of Vinalopó Medio, in the Valencian Community. It has 1132 inhabitants, has an area of 12.6 km² and its climate is arid Mediterranean. It is located at 415 meters above sea level and 27 km from Elche and 45 km from Alicante.

Brief History of Hondon de Frailes:

Hondón de los Frailes a 1500

With reliable evidence of having been occupied a small part of the territory in Roman times during the I-IV centuries AD. C., it is at the end of the fifteenth century and the beginning of the sixteenth when we glimpse the first news that refer to the municipality, obtaining D. Jaime de Santán, lord of Redován and Baile General de Orihuela the concession by the council, of the “grace of the Fondón” in 1498, annexing these lands to the Lordship of Redován, which he himself had founded a few years before.

De 1500 a 1600

Because of the crisis that affected the Valencian nobility in the sixteenth century, the Lordship of Redován was seized from D. Diego de Santángel in 1579 by Felipe II, being taken to public auction on different occasions, without anyone exercising the purchase of it.

De 1600 a 1800

On October 16, 1614, D. Jerónimo de Rocamora, one of the first interested in exercising the right to purchase the lordship, met with the inhabitants of Redován, with the intention of making effective the property rights, drafting the agreements by which to grant the first town charter of the municipality. Despite granting the town charter, D. Jerónimo de Rocamora will not achieve his purpose of taking over the lordship, since it will finally be bought for the amount of 12,000 pounds by the Dominican Order of the Illustrious College of Preachers of Orihuela, taking possession of it on January 12, 1616.Hondón de los Frailes will remain under the intendency of the College of Preachers for the next two centuries.

From 1800 to the present

The definitive confiscation promoted by the liberal government of Isabel II, more specifically, the one carried out by Juan Álvarez Mendizábal in 1836, caused the dispossession of the property of the lordship of Redován to the Religious order, passing Hondón de los Frailes to be constituted as a hamlet administratively dependent on the City of Redován.

This situation of dependency relative to the municipality of Redován would not last long. At the end of the decade of the thirties, the residents of Hondón de los Frailes would raise a representation to the Hon. Diputación de Alicante so that their claims were “protected”, which consisted of the segregation of the municipality of Redován and its subsequent incorporation into the City Council of Novelda (closer and better communicated); or that they were granted segregation and the subsequent power to establish themselves as a City Council

Independent of another municipality. However, and to everyone’s surprise, the Queen Governor resolved by office of December 18, 1839, “that the town of the Ondon of the friars, be segregated from the City of Redován, and be incorporated into that of the Ondon de las Nieves”. This annexation lasted in time until 1926, at which time the definitive segregation of the municipality was granted. During the course of the Spanish Civil War, the municipality was briefly renamed “Hondón Libre”, returning to the original name of Hondón de los Frailes once the armed conflict came to an end.

Town: Hondón:

1299 inhabitants

Time:

Average temperature time per year 22 degrees

Gastronomy of Hondon de los Frailes:

Rice with rabbit and snails Gachamiga Wheat “picao” Wines of the Cooperativa Winery Virgen de la Salud

Festivals and Events of Hondon de los Frailes:

May Pilgrimage of San Isidro August Patron saint festivities of the Virgen de la Salud Patron Saint festivities in honor of the Virgen de la Salud: weekend of the last Sunday of August, from Thursday to Monday. A party full of acts, where there is no lack of music, nor fireworks. Attendance at the procession, the offering in honor of the Patron Saint, the wet races (known as “Las Calderás”) and the illuminated races (traditionally “Carretillas”) are unavoidable. Highlighting the Parade of Floats that normally takes place on Saturday afternoon.

Wine grape Furniture Markets of Hondon de los Frailes:

Thursday Market in C. Virgen de la Salud

Leisure:

several 3-star hotels, near Hondon de Frailes from 55 € per night

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