Almussafes
Almussafes (Spanish: Almusafes) is a municipality in the comarca of Ribera Baixa in the Valencian Community, Spain.
History
Almussafes was originally a Muslim hamlet, consisting of several farmhouses and a tower. There was a customs office there (in Arabic Masaf (مصاف), from which the name of the town comes: Almasaf) to collect the transit rights of the merchandise entering and leaving the neighboring city of Valencia. In 1672, it was separated from the Benifaió municipality.
Facilities
The town of Almussafes is host for an important factory of the Ford Motor Company.
Gallery
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![Racef Tower [es], (Racef (رصيف) means "sidewalk") built between the 9th and 12th centuries.](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Torre_Racef_05.JPG/135px-Torre_Racef_05.JPG)
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Church of San Bartolomé.
![Racef Tower [es], (Racef (رصيف) means "sidewalk") built between the 9th and 12th centuries.](/key/File:Torre_Racef_05.JPG)
References
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "Torre Racef" (in Spanish). 14 January 2010. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010.
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