Camino del Cid en Algemesí - Alfarrasí

An "alfarrazador" appears on the shield of the town and the same motif illustrates the new seal of the Camino Alfarrasí that has ​​been the last to join the Sealing Network of the Camino del Cid. It is a municipality of Arab origin as evidenced by the etymological origin of its name: alharras (in Spanish alfarrazar, in Valencian alfarrassar) which means to calculate upwards the valuequantity of a harvest before harvesting. Precisely on the shield of Alfarrasí appears an "alfarrazador" and the same motif illustrates the new seal of the Camino del Cid, designed, as the rest of the collection, by Julián de Velasco. El Camino del Cid is a cultural touristic itinerary based on one of the great poems of the medieval European epic, the Cantar de mío Cid. The route crosses eight Spanish provinces, from Burgos to Alicante, following the steps of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar through various routes of high historical, patrimonial and environmental value. The safe-conduct is the credential of the travelers of the Camino del Cid. In it they receive the stamps of the different localities of the route. With the incorporation of Alfarrasí, 168 towns have the official seal of Camino del Cid. In the province of Valencia, the traveler can get his stamp in a total of 22 locations: Alfara de la Baronia, Alfarrasí, Algar de Palancia, Algemesí, Alzira, Beniatjar, Bocairent, Bufalí, Cullera, El Puig, Gandía, La Pobla de Farnals, Montaverner, Oliva, Olocau, Ontinyent, Otos, Sagunto, Silla, Torres, Valencia and Xàtiva. Each one of them has a different stamp and, in general, they incorporate an allegorical element of the population they represent.