This house, built in 1873, was commissioned by industrialist Rigoberto Albors Monllor, who donated to the town what today is the Square of Pintor Gisbert. The construction of this house coincides with the beginning of "El Petrolio", a famous uprising by workers aiming at an improvement of their wages and working conditions, which unfortunately ended up tragically. In Classicist and Eclectic style, this is a three-storey building with a basement and an attic. Of special interest are the big balcony, with a stone balustrade, and the prominent cornice, with a balustrade and a clock.
The Granadella area is located in the westernmost zone of Xàbia and has its own private history with the construction of the Granadella Castle, a small fortification built in the 18th Century, with an exterior wall face lined with “tosca” sandstone which was occupied by a small garrison of three men and two bronze cannons.
The Orcelitano Casino was founded in 1864. Two years after its foundation, the Círculo Orcelitano, a social institution created in 1848, became part of its structure. The building of the Casino, from the 19th century, began its construction on March 2, 1887, and it would not be until October 29, 1891 when the definitive move was completed, from the old Casino building located in the Calle de los Hostels, to the new building. The casino, as a cultural and recreational entity, celebrated the high society festivals and, among them, highlighted one that involved both Floral Games and the presentation or presentation in society of young women from an economically and socially wealthy family: the Orange Blossom Festival, during Easter, at the proposal of Manuel Martínez Ros, President of the Casino, in 1964.
Fortification of medieval origin, built after the Christian conquest. Later it suffered various vicissitudes that deteriorated it. As it lost its strategic function, it served as a quarry for the extension of the hermitage of Sant Pere, which is located to its left. From the complex formed by the Castle and the hermitage you can see a beautiful panoramic view of the so-called Camp d'Alacant. The view reaches the sea, connecting with the Vinalopó Valley, while inland we will see the Maigmó and Ventós mountain ranges in the background.
The windmills of “Les Planes” district have ruled this scenic viewpoint since the first Building in the 14th Century. Years later, it was followed by another ten towers, whose ruins, currently without blades or roof, can still be observed in this exceptional corner of the coast although in different conservation levels. The windmills had to withstand the impact of the intense “llebeig", the warm southwest wind which blows in a practically steady basis in the Trencall de la Plana area. Today no longer in use, the windmills have sturdy mechanisms made of Kermes Oak wood which served to move the heavy circular millstones.
This tower is one of the few testimonies that have survived from the medieval walls built around La Vila, or first enclosure of Medieval Alcoi. Its construction was carried out throughout the second half of the 13th century. The tower’s basement, its entrance door and its four corners, made of blocks of stone are worth mentioning. The tapial (mould of two parallel panels used to build walls) was used in its construction. The tower was restored in 2002. Its strategic location guarantees a superb overview of the river Riquer and the area of the Tints.
El Caserón Haygón is a late 19th century construction of the Sanvicentera garden occupying a plot of 3,000 square meters. The school-workshop launched in 2001 has allowed its rehabilitation and recovery for public use as a training center approved by the Generalitat Valenciana. El Caserón Haygón has a ground floor of 200 square meters with offices, meeting room, secretarial office, toilets and a classroom with capacity for twenty students, while in the upper floor has four other classrooms. It also has a space that serves as a workshop and warehouse for tools and materials.
Alicante sculptor work of Arcadi Blasco, built in 1990, and noted for its architectural uniqueness. It consists of two parts , one on the ground, symbolizing a boat, and the other offshore (currently on the sand of the beach), symbolizing a beacon (or mast). Tribute to the men of the sea, represents the union and dependence that our population and its people have historically with the sea , vital for life and economy of El Campello for decades
The rustic Villa Marco Estate dates from the middle of the 19th. Century and was very important in the agricultural area known as the fertile region of Alicante. At the beginning of the 20th. Century, it acquired residential character and a modern style with interesting colonial French art influences which differentiate it from the other estates which remain in the region. Its beautiful Versailles inspired gardens were created at the beginning of the 20th. Century under the auspices of Renato Bardin, honorary consul of France and owner of the estate at that time. Conveniently looked after throughout their history, they have experienced some modifications which have, however, respected their original morphology. The gardened area surrounds the house with pathways cut out of it and which are flanked with classical style cups and jugs The garden can be divided into five areas: the "Arabic garden" (originally used as an orchard) the "historical garden" where the most significant examples can be found, the "access garden" which was the carriage entrance, a small "Mediterranean garden" (with autochthonous plants) and a large pine area which represents the "Mediterranean forest". The gardens house two sculptures by the renowned Alicante artist Vicente Bañuls: "La Noche" and "La Marsellesa".
The Castle of the River is located 4 kilometers from the town of Aspe, (Vinalopó Medio), on a mound near the confluence of the Tarafa River with the Vinalopó River, from its location you can also see the Castle of La Mola in Novelda and the tower of Monforte del Cid. It is a walled enclosure located on a mound called "Tabayá" near the confluence of the Tarafa river with the Vinalopó, 3 km from the current Casco Urbano. Of Almoravid origin, concretely of the first third of Century XII, it was the first settlement nucleus of Aspe, known like "Aspe el Viejo"; In spite of it, in their environs also they have been rest of a previous establishment in the Iberian time. The walled enclosure, formed by 12 towers, lacks a keep and is currently partially demolished. In spite of this, canvases of walls and the base of several of their towers are conserved. The different investigations that have taken place in it, due to its great archaeological importance, allow us to see excavations thanks to which the visitor can get an idea of what that enclosure should have been, built in its base in masonry, and from 1 , 5 m of rammed earth and boulders. It found one of the only two Arab plows found in all of Spain and is currently exposed in the Provincial Archaeological Museum of Alicante (MARQ). It is easily accessible through the road that connects Aspe with the Madrid-Alicante motorway.
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