La creueta Montgó is at its top and is a symbol for Dianenses: if you sharpen your eyes on clear days you will be able to intuit it from the city. Climbing the Creueta is a typical excursion for the people of Dénia. We explain why it is worth uploading and everything you need to know to do it.
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Routes
There are two ways to get to La Creueta:
- The main part of Camino de la Colonia, Together with the Pare Pere hermitage. You just have to follow the directions to the top and at a specific point follow the sign that indicates Creueta herself, which is behind the rocks. This path has a estimated duration of three hours and is of high difficulty. Expand the information in the full article about this route. In addition, here are the indications from Wikiloc and the track to download.
- It also can arrive from Jesús Pobre, leaving the Cami dels Mitjans. This climb takes a few 3 hours 45 minutes and it is also from high difficulty. Again, we leave you the Wikiloc itinerary and the link to download the track.
Tips
It is very important that you wear mountain shoes or sneakers adapted to the stony terrain. There are many loose stones and the surface is rugged. Of course you should bring water and some food, and be careful with the sun because most of the route there is no shade: put on sunscreen, sunglasses and a hat.
Take into account the duration of the journey to dose forces, and choose the hours with less sun. And always check the weather forecast for that day.
History
The current cross has been on the top of Montgó since 1999, when a helicopter lifted it there. But before this, there is evidence of several crosses: in the Municipal Archive a memory of the placement of the cross in 1951 is kept. Thanks to this organization, we also know that much earlier, in 1895, a cross was erected in the same location. .
The 1951 cross was climbed on June 10. We cite a curious part of the placement memory:
"The preparation work in our City began the previous Sunday June 3, moving a group of five people to the same place where the Cross had to be raised and despite the bad conditions of the day due to the fog and rain, The point where the primitive Cross previously rose was located, that is, in the natural pinnacle that, exactly, is opposite Diana Street, the highest point visibly and dominating the entire Region. "
On June 9, 1951 the cross was placed "at the foot of the bell tower of the Parish, so that it could be seen by all." And the next day, at 6 in the morning, the march to climb the cross to Montgó began, led by the authorities of the moment, including the mayor, Antonio Muñoz Cardona. A large delegation, also made up of people from the surrounding villages, arrived at Pare Pere, where a mass was celebrated. To continue the ascent, which becomes very difficult from this point on, the arms of the cross were removed. Upon reaching the exact point, the cross was painted for better conservation and it was placed vertically, finally at 16:00 p.m., ten hours after its departure from Dénia.
In 1957 it was repaired because it was "knocked down by the wind", as explained in l'Arxiu documentation. Whenever the cross has been broken or fallen due to storms, it has been restored.
At the top that faces Jávea There was also another cross, of which today only the base remains.
Details of the product
The 1951 cross had these dimensions:
- 7'50 meters high
- 3'25 meters wide arms
- 145 kilos of weight
The best images
The route of ascent to Montgó, crowned by the Creueta, offers pictures of great beauty.
During the tour
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Mist early in the morning on the ascent to the Creueta del Montgó
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Views towards Dénia during the ascent to the Creueta del Montgó
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Shrubby vegetation during the ascent route to Creueta del Montgó
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Views towards Gata de Gorgos and Jesús Pobre on the ascent route to Creueta del Montgó
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Vegetation during the ascent route to the Creueta del Montgó
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Tree on a cliff, on the ascent route to Creueta del Montgó
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Final stretch of the ascent to La Creueta, you can already see it in the background
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The top of Montgó seen from the vicinity of La Creueta
From La Creueta
The panoramic view of Dénia is unbeatable: the coastline, the mouth of the port, the breakwaters, the city center, the urbanizations ... It is a point to see everything with perspective.
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Arrival at La Creueta from the rocky crest of Montgó
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View of Dénia from the rocky ridge of Montgó
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Views of Dénia from the top of Montgó
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Panoramic view of Dénia from the Creueta del Montgó
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Some of the best photos of Dénia can be taken from La Creueta
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South views from La Creueta
I would like to inform Denia.com that on June 12, 1966, the OJE of Denia, accompanied by the Denia Hiking Center… from the Plaza del MI Ayuntamiento… raised a cross measuring 9 meters high x 6 meters wide, and that it was the previous one and that it stood for about 30 years… I have photos and people who can confirm this… because they went up with me…
In those years always so maligned, great things were done for the citizens and the people in general. And what it says about the trees that Cardona planted, we continue to enjoy them every day. Thanks
In 1951 my uncle Antonio Muñoz Cardona was mayor, a doctor and of whom I keep fond memories. He charged 500 pts that he allocated to the town. The marques de campo trees were planted with that money he collected. He was a doctor as I have said before but especially from the fishermen.