Panoramic photograph of Alcoy taken in 1925.

Alcoy or Alcoi (in Catalan) is a city located in the province of Alicante, Spain. It has an area of 129.9 km² and, according to the 2003 census, a total population of 60,465 inhabitants, ranking as the 6th most populous city in the province. Serpis river crosses the municipal term of Alcoy. Catalan (Català, Valencià) is a Romance language understood by as many as 12 million people in portions of Spain, France, Andorra and Italy, although the majority of active Catalan speakers are in Spain. ... Location of Alicante province in Spain. ...

Alcoy has an important industry related to textile, paper, food and metal. Furthermore, it has many factories which manufacture matches. Alcoy is the financial, commercial and cultural center in the surrounding area. This article is about the type of fabric. ... Piece of paper Paper is a thin, flat material produced by the compression of fibres. ... In chemistry, a metal (Greek: Metallon) is an element that readily forms ions (cations) and has metallic bonds, and it is sometimes said that it is similar to a cation in a cloud of electrons. ... Household safety matches burning match A match is a simple and convenient means of producing fire under controlled circumstances and on demand. ...

Many outdoors rock paintings exist in Alcoy, and there are some ruins of an Iberian settlement with fragments of Greco-Roman pottery. Cave, or rock, paintings are paintings painted on cave or rock walls and ceilings, usually dating to pre-historic times. ... Iberia can mean: The Iberian peninsula of southwest Europe; That part of it inhabited by the Iberians, speaking the Iberian language. ... The Greeks are the people who have populated Greece from the 17th century BCE until the present day. ... Roman or Romans has several meanings, primarily related to the Roman citizens, but also applicable to typography, math, and a commune. ...

Some buildings with artistic interest in the city are the Archeological Museum; the convent of San Agustín, reconstructed in the 18th century with paintings of the 16th century; and the Catholic church of Santa María, whose style is Valencian Baroque. The most important touristic celebration is Moros y Cristianos, in April. This article is about an abbey as a religious building. ... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens: dynamic figures spiral down around a void: draperies blow: a whirl of movement lit in a shaft of light, rendered in a free bravura handling of paint The Baroque was a style in art that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce... Parade of a Christian filà of Moros y Cristianos festival in Alcoy. ...