Onteniente

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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. 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, brandy, furniture and earthenware are manufactured; and there is some trade in cereals, wine, almonds and olive oil.Personalities Juan Carlos Ferrero, former world no. 1 tennis player, was born in Ontinyent Joaquín Lloréns Fernández de Cordoba, a Carlist soldier and politician, lived in Ontinyent 1879 to 1930.