{"id":9057,"date":"2025-09-30T19:54:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T17:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costablanca-magazin.com\/?p=9057"},"modified":"2025-12-04T12:20:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T11:20:30","slug":"la-nucia-spains-sporting-city-with-history-and-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/costablanca-magazin.com\/en\/freizeit\/aktivitaeten-und-ausfluege\/la-nucia-sportstadt-spaniens-mit-geschichte-kultur\/","title":{"rendered":"La Nuc\u00eda - Spain's sports city with history & culture"},"content":{"rendered":"
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La Nuc\u00eda - Spain's sports city with history & culture<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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La Nuc\u00eda combines Arab heritage, international diversity and modern sports facilities. Discover culture, legends and culinary highlights.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Anyone who visits La Nuc\u00eda quickly realises that this place is more than just a white spot between Benidorm and Altea. Stories from centuries, a rapidly growing population, international influences - and a vision that aims to make La Nuc\u00eda the sports city of Spain - are condensed into just under 21 square kilometres.<\/p>

From Arab \u201eNaziha\u201c to self-confident community<\/strong>
The origin of the name goes back to Arabic: \u201eNaziha\u201c means \u201edelicious\u201c. It was not until 1705 that La Nuc\u00eda separated from the barony of Polop and wrote its own history. For generations, the people lived from almonds, olives and citrus fruits. Traces of this time can still be found today in the narrow alleyways of the old town or at the covered wash house from the 1920s.
Growth that surprises
At the beginning of the 1980s, La Nuc\u00eda had barely 3,500 inhabitants. Today there are almost 19,000 - a third of whom come from abroad. Dutch, Belgians, Scandinavians: they have turned the municipality into a melting pot where almost as many languages are spoken at the Sunday morning market as goods on offer.<\/p>

Roxana and the tears of Favara<\/strong>
But La Nuc\u00eda is not just statistics. It is the stories that bring the place to life. One of them tells of Roxana, the daughter of a ruler, who fled for love and was turned to stone by a priestess. Her tears, it is said, still flow - as the source of the Font de la Favara. Anyone sitting there today will hear the roar of the waterfall and understand why this legend has been passed on for centuries.<\/p>

Culture meets modernity<\/strong>
La Nuc\u00eda recognised early on that tradition alone is not enough. In 2007, the Auditorio del Mediterr\u00e1neo was created as a cultural centre that brings concerts, dance and exhibitions together under one roof. At the Captivador, an environmental education centre surrounded by Mediterranean vegetation, nature and sustainability are given top priority.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Sports community with Olympic stadium<\/strong>
The new beginning is particularly visible in sport. The \u201eCiudad Deportiva Camilo Cano\u201c is considered one of the most modern facilities in Spain. Over 60 sports facilities, training centres, even an Olympic stadium - professionals, young athletes and recreational athletes alike compete here. This is extraordinary for a municipality of this size and one reason why La Nuc\u00eda has long been making headlines across the region.

Between celebration and everyday life<\/strong>
Nevertheless, the calendar remains firmly anchored in tradition. In mid-August, the inhabitants honour their patron saints Virgen de la Asunci\u00f3n and San Roque, in spring San Vicente Ferrer in the Captivador. In July, the \u201eCarta Puebla\u201c commemorates the historic detachment from Polop - accompanied by a medieval market that fills the alleyways.<\/p>

A flavour of La Nuc\u00eda<\/strong>
In culinary terms, the municipality is down-to-earth. Arroz cocido, black pudding with onions or corn cakes are just as much a part of it as sweet pastissets made from almonds or sweet potatoes. And if you take a walk through the orchards in spring, you can't miss the golden yellow n\u00edsperos - they are perhaps the sweetest symbol of La Nuc\u00eda.
La Nuc\u00eda is a place of contrasts: established traditions next to modern sports architecture, international immigration next to old legends, market hustle and bustle next to quiet natural spaces. Perhaps this tension is what makes it so appealing - and explains why the municipality in the hinterland of the Marina Baixa has been growing for years and is constantly reinventing itself.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u25b6 Population: approx. 19,000
\u25b6 Proportion of foreigners: around 32%
\u25b6 Area: 21.3 km\u00b2
\u25b6 Landmarks: Font de la Favara & historic Lavadero
\u25b6 Special features: \u201eCiudad Deportiva Camilo Cano\u201c with Olympic stadium, Captivador environmental centre
Fiestas: Virgen de la Asunci\u00f3n & San Roque (August), San Vicente Ferrer (spring), San Rafael (November), Carta Puebla (9 July)
\u25b6 Culinary delights: Arroz cocido, black pudding with onions, n\u00edsperos, pastissets
\u25b6 Weekly market: every Sunday (Plaza de las Nits)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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