Museu Molí Fariner d'Agullent
Small ethnological museum in the flour mill of Agullent, with original machinery and objects from the last family who lived there.
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About the museum
The flour mill of Agullent operated for more than four hundred years, in successive buildings, and ground cereal until the mid-20th century. It has been documented since the 15th century, was transformed many times and remained in use until the 1980s, when it was mainly grinding grain for animal feed. For centuries it was an economic centre for the village and the surrounding farmhouses, where grain was turned into flour and then into bread.
The museum preserves part of the original machinery, first driven by water and later with electric assistance, and a small selection of objects of everyday life from the last family who lived in the mill: oil lamps, kitchen utensils and the door key. Works in the 1990s affected the cacau area and part of the machinery, so the water-powered system can no longer be seen in full.
The route through the mill passes the grain-cleaning area, the drying room, the hopper, the volandera and sotana millstones and the torn, the large sieve that graded the flour and is the best-preserved piece. To get there, you can follow the irrigation channel (acequia) that rises at the Font Jordana, next to old streets and wash-houses.
Highlights
- Original machinery of the flour mill
- Volandera and sotana millstones
- The torn, a large sieve for grading flour
- Objects of the last family who lived in the mill
- Font Jordana irrigation channel and wash-houses
Permanent exhibition
- Molino harinero de Agullent – A route past the original machinery of the mill: cleaning and drying the grain, the hopper, the millstones and the torn for grading flour.
- Operated by
- Ayuntamiento de Agullent
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free admission according to the tourist listing of the Diputació de València.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
By public transit
Train: the Xàtiva–Alcoi line stops at Agullent. Bus: Autobuses de la Concepció links València with Ontinyent.
By car from València it takes about 60 minutes (A-7, A-77); from Gandia about 45 minutes (CV-60).
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Individual visits are requested by phone, and group visits by email at agudesenvolupamentlocal@gmail.com. The museum's website also offers a virtual visit with photographs. |
