Almoradí

Destroyed by the 1829 earthquake and rebuilt on a wide orthogonal grid, Almoradí is the market and artichoke town near the centre of the Vega Baja.

A town rebuilt for safety

The grid after the earthquake

The 1829 Vega Baja earthquake left barely a building standing in Almoradí. The engineer José Agustín de Larramendi laid out a new town of wide straight streets around a central square.

That calm grid still frames daily life, from the ficus-shaded Plaza de la Constitución and the Church of San Andrés to the Saturday market and the artichoke huerta beyond.

Fast facts

INE padrón, 1 Jan 2025

Population: 22,965
Change since 2015: +15%

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Plaza de la Constitución, its ficus trees and the twin bell towers of San Andrés in Almoradí

Reviewed August 2026

Almoradí: a rebuilt town at the heart of the Vega Baja

The 1829 earthquake, Larramendi's grid, San Andrés and the water court behind the artichoke huerta.

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