Onteniente
ONTENIENTE, a town of eastern Spain, in the province of Valencia; on the right bank of the Clariano or Onteniente, a sub-tributary of the Jucar, and on the Jativa-Villena railway. Pop. (1900) 11,430. Onteniente has a parish church remarkable for its lofty square tower, and a palace of the dukes of Almodovar. There is a large modern suburb outside the old town, which was formerly a walled city; some vestiges of the ramparts still remain. Linen and woollen cloth, paper, biandy, furniture and earthenware are manufactured; and there is some trade in cereals, wine and oil.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
