Mediterranean House

Casa Mediterráneo has its official headquarters in the old station of Benalúa in Alicante, an emblematic protected building inaugurated in 1887 as a railway station. It was the flagship of the Alicante-Murcia line given its proximity to the Port of Alicante, the Mediterranean busiest one in terms of commercial traffic at that time. Projected by the engineer M. Alessandri, over the years it has undergone few transformations on its facade, which has allowed it to remain practically the same until today. Included in the Municipal Protection Catalog, it was at the end of the sixties, with its closure as a passenger station, when it began its gradual abandonment, being unused for two decades. On July 14, 2009, the Administrator of Railway Infrastructures (ADIF) transferred the property to Casa Mediterráneo for its use, after its rehabilitation, as the headquarters of the public consortium. After three years of work, the Benalúa station has undergone a rehabilitation project of which three phases have been undertaken. The third has been replaced, partially and temporarily, by a project of temporary approval that has allowed to close it, safeguarding it from the inclemency of weather and vandalism, allowing its use for offices and spaces of multiple uses, and reducing the volume that needs air condition.