Ontinyent [SEP] located next to body of water
Ontinyent
Ontinyent ( ) is a municipality in the "comarca" of Vall d'Albaida in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is situated on the right bank of the Clariano or Ontinyent, a tributary of the Xúquer, and on the Xàtiva–Alcoi railway.
Ontinyent has a parish church remarkable for its lofty square tower, and a palace of the dukes of Almodòver. By 1910 there was a large modern suburb outside the old town, which was a walled city; some vestiges of the ramparts still remain. In
above the Sainte-Thècle crypt where the body of Saint Privat had been buried. It is located next to the old episcopal palace.
- Public fountains
The city has many public fountains. Water from the causses thus enters a piping system located beneath the city before joining the Lot. Two of them (Aigues-Passe and Soubeyrand) are classified as historic monuments. Piped water also enters the old wash house of the Calquières, still visible on "Rue d'Angiran".
- The Tower of the Penitents