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.[2] 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 () means "sidewalk") built between the 9th and 12th centuries.](https://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 () means "sidewalk") built between the 9th and 12th centuries.](https://kihulane.eu/arhiiv/79338?rdp_we_resource=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFile%3ATorre_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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