Artist Juan Bautista Martínez Beneyto was born on 29 May 1922 in the Valencian town of Massamagrell and died on 31 August 2013 at the age of 92. He had a long career as a landscape and portrait artist as well as a teacher in a number of Spanish institutions.

The Parish Church of San Juan Apóstol y Evangelista is a Catholic church dedicated to Saint John the Evangelist that stands in Plaza de la Constitución in the town of Massamagrell, in the province of Valencia. The church building dates back to 1767 and is listed as Bien de Relevancia Local (an Asset of Local Importance).

The religious order of La Congregación Religiosa Hermanas Terciarias Capuchinas was founded in 1885 in Montiel by Franciscan friar Luis Amigó y Ferrer, a resident of Massamagrell, for the main purpose of caring for those who fell ill in the cholera epidemic that devastated the towns of Benaguacil and Massamagrell.

The Convento de la Magdalena in Massamagrell is the second convent in the Province of Valencia founded by San Juan de Ribera for Capuchin monks. It is catalogued as an Asset of Local Importance.