Is located at the foot of the castle and was built to commemorate the spot where the old hermitage of Saint George was set. It was devoted to Saint George, but today it no longer exists. It was the oldest hermitage in Banyeres, as it can be inferred by taking into account its location, so its construction may very well date back to between the 13th and the 15th centuries. There are only a few remains: one of its corners. According to photographic evidence it can be assured that by the end of the 19th century or in the early 20th it was still standing. This hermitage was also known as the one of El Conjurador because of the ability that the Saint had to conjure storms and evils before the pleas of the people gathered around his image. The current monument is located in a viewpoint overlooking the mountain and it allows the visitor to admire the natural environment that surrounds the town.
It is a tower of two heights, made with masonry and attached to a house with the same name, located in the central area of the garden of the Partida de la Condomina.
This tower is an excellent example of military-defensive architecture adapted to the social circumstances of these centuries and it is known that at least 30 towers existed, of which many of them are properly cataloged, while others have disappeared completely . Its construction dates from the late sixteenth century. It is one of the smallest towers in the La Condomina area. With an almost square floor plan (5.90 x 6.90 m), it has a prismatic volume. It rises on a pyramidal plinth and has two levels on it. The original access is located on the level of the ground floor on the north facade, on which the remains of the old house to which it was attached and that was demolished clandestinely in the year 1982 can be seen. It seems that there was a semi-basement under the lower floor, coinciding with the base of the truncated pyramid, since there is a hollow with a lintel in a segmental arch that is currently blinded. The tower is broken. At least it lacks the cover and the auction of it (if a possible third floor has not been deleted). The interior conserves the old staircase, of helicoidal layout. The two slabs on the basement are made of wooden beams. The walls of the tower are of sillarejo factory covered with worn mortar, with ashlars in the corners and in the primitive hollows (the access and to the east), and have a thickness of almost 1 meter. Some ashlars present a good state of conservation, in some corner and in the plinth, reason why they must be of recent incorporation, since they are of different stone to the sandstone of their original factory.
This monument is one of the most touching sculptures that are found in the city. In 1997, Miguel Angel Blanco, a deputy of the Popular Party for Ermua, in Vizcaya, was murdered in cold blood by the terrorist group ETA, after having been kidnapped two days before. This produced a popular movement like never before to demand his liberation, but it was finally assassinated. Monuments and events were created throughout Spain and, in Alicante, coinciding with World Peace Day, in 2005, this mobile sculpture was created. It is the work of sculptor David Angelini, representing a large cage and inside, a pigeon, which turns on its axis trying to free itself from its captivity, turning at 14 revolutions per minute. You can find it on Gran Vía de Alicante, between Calle Sidi Ifni and Avenida Sanchís Candela with Calle Alonso Cano.
In 1982, the World Cup took place in Spain, one of the venues was Alicante, and coinciding with that World Cup, a monument dedicated to golden proportions was inaugurated, an icosahedron by Juan S. Pérez i Parra's and José L. Frías Wamra's architecture studio, who worked in collaboration with the engineer Florentino Regalado. The icosahedron has twenty faces and resembles a soccer ball shaped like a truncated icosahedron. This means that each vertex is truncated and replaced by pentagons. Thus, the soccer ball is not a sphere but composed of polygons like this icosahedron which is made of triangles. This sculpture is based on the works of architect Richard Buckminster, famous for his works based on nature and its perfect proportions. Hence the allusive name of this monument to the golden proportions. After several renovations, it has finally found its place on a roundabout, in front of the Plaza Mar 2 shopping center, on Avenida de Denia.
The Millennium Gate was designed by sculptor Eduardo Lastres. It is part of a series of four contemporary structures of various modern Spanish artists located along the Gran Vía de Alicante to commemorate the new millennium. It is a great figure in the shape of a door, supported by concrete columns and several steel figures that crown the sculpture on top.
Miguel Hernández was a renowned playwright and poet who lived in Spain at the beginning of the 20th century. He was born in Orihuela in 1910 and, despite being imprisoned by the national side (Spanish Civil War) and died due to tuberculosis in 1942, with only 31 years, left a great legacy of poems and plays. In Pardo Gimeno street, where the monument now stands, was the infirmary of the jail where he died, and today, since 1998, the monument to this great poet stands out in the Benalúa neighborhood. Furthermore, near the monument, there is a street dedicated to his memory.
In 2001, this monument was erected to celebrate the day of the armed forces. It represents the three forces of the army of land, sea and air. It is located in the emblematic Puerta del Mar Square in Alicante, in an area with many monuments and one the most touristic ones, with the marina, the casino, the Explanada of Spain (promenade) or the Carbonell building near the monument.
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