-Font de les Marxaletes Bordering towns: Although there are archaeological remains in the municipality (a Roman column in the Pla de Colata, remains from the Bronze Age in the Plaça Major and Tossal del Calvari) and in its demarcation there were the farmsteads of Colata and Collatella, the origin is found in the visit made by King Jaume I in 1270.

It was him who decided to found a town at the confluence of the Albaida and Clariano rivers in order to secure the road that linked Valencia with Alicante.

Thus, on August 26, 1271, the Carta Puebla was granted, establishing the first settlers from Barcelona, who had to leave the land due to the Al-Azraq revolt in 1276.

After belonging to the Lord of Albaida for the years 1281-1296 It became "the king's town", dependent on the term of Xàtiva and exempt from feudal rule.

It's in this century when the town suffered the plague of the garrotillo (1677-1678) and experienced the Miracle de Sant Blai (Second day of Easter 1678, April 11).

During the 18th century the current Church was built, where at that time the following streets were located: Major, Montons, de los Penadesos, de dalt, quatre cantons, Alacant, and Plaça; while in 1789 the existence of Mayor, Montons, Panaderos, Sant Vicent, Alacant and Molí streets was recorded.

The N-340 highway built between 1860 and 1862, the bridges (“Llarg” and “Curt”), completed in 1890 and the passage of the railway (1893) led to a demographic increase, exceeding 1000 inhabitants at the beginning of the 20th century .

The beginning of the 21st century has brought with it the improvement of communications in the region (Central Highway, CV-60 Ollería-Gandía, viaduct over Albaida river), the construction of the industrial estate, sports center, Lluis Peiró Auditorium,... From past times there are witnesses in the form of various utensils on a hill natively called "Tossal del Calvari".

On December 4 of that year, the donation of inheritances and plots was confirmed, which led to a conflict of those who weren't favored with Peter the Great.

The expulsion of the Moors decimated the population by two thirds and made Colado, Vistabella and Behalí disappear as towns, of which ruins are preserved in the municipal area.

There are three bells in the tower: the oldest, Santo Tomás de Villanueva, dates from 1817, while the other two, Maria dels Dolors and María Loreto, were cast in 1941.