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The city of Elda, is famous worldwide for it’s shoes and is the site of the Shoe
museum. The city specialises in high quality shoes of advanced design. A pair of diamond studded shoes, reportedly costing over £1,000,000 were manufactured for a famous oscar winning actress in Elda.
In the middle of the 18th century the first information about the existence of a craft activity, closely connected with shoes, appears in Elda.
From 1850 to 1885 the shoe industry had a
consolidation process making this industry the first economical activity in the area.
At the end of the 19th century, the village of Elda had a lot of big shoe manufactures with an employment of
more than 400 workers for some of them.
Today the shoe industry is still the biggest local employer in the area with many people making shoes from home as well as in the factories. .
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Elda, is located to the West of the province of
Alicante, in the region of the Vinalopó Valleys, taken from the river of the same name which runs through the town The city is surrounded by mountains and has a particular microclimate.The
summers are warm and winters mild.the rainiest months are October and May, and the driest July and August.
