Senija

History

With the town's conquest in 1244 by Jaime I, it was given to Pedró Arlandis Cortés in 1258 as stated in the signed document in Montpellier. In 1687, it was Gaspar Bou of Peñarroya's manor. He was an equestrian knight of the Order of Montesa and San Jorge of Alfama. It was this knight who offered The Virgins image of the Desamparados, current patron saint of the municipality.

Monuments and interesting buildings

• Parish church of Santa Catalina. Built on the site of an old mosque dating from the XVIIIth Century. It houses the patron saint image, the Virgin of the Desamparados. Polychrome wood carving that was acclaimed as patron saint after her miraculous ending of the cholera epidemics in 1885.
• Culture Hall.
• Hermitage. Party of Cometa.

Places

• The Bassetes
• Cave of the Garaganta and fossilized tree.
• The Creu Alta (The High Cross) ,where a wonderful landscape can be appreciated.
• Farming fields in the municipal area.
• Leisure area.

Open-Air activities

• Tracking.
• Bicycle touring.
• Walks.

Local cuisine

• Puchero con pelotas.
• Coques (almond sponge pie).
• Mullador amb bull.

Curiosities

• On Mondays, there are a motorcyclist mass meeting in local bars to have breakfast.

Economy

• Municipality of farming base with an important industrial due to the favorable situation next to the Mediterranean motorway (A-7) and the 332 A-road.

Feast days

• In May, Patron saints' days in honor of the Virgin of the Desamparados and Santa Catalina. Religious acts, popular open-air dances and bullfighting festivals.
• At the beginning of August, the pilgrimage takes place in the Party of Cometa.
• Around the middle of August, popular religious festivals in honor of the patron saint of Mare de Deu of Agost.