The hamlet of Alicante, called Monnegre, is located north of the municipal area and separated from it by those of Muchamiel and San Vicente del Raspeig. On the edge of the CV-819 road was located the old hermitage of Chapitel (Our Lady of the Desamparados), later, at about 600 meters, in the vicinity of the channel of the Monnegre River are a series of buildings, currently in ruins, of considerable dimensions. It is popularly known as "Casa Grande" and "Casa del Cura de Monnegre" although in various cartographies it is designated as "Casa del Capellán". On the right side of what the main building must have been, the remains of an enclosure that once was a hermitage of which we do not know its advocation remain. Given the situation of the environment, we deduce that it would be of private use. The attached building, as we said above, on the right side of the main building, is built with masonry walls, gabled roof in curved tile. Plant of unique ship with a small enclosure to its left that, presumably would be used as sacristy. On the south facing façade, access in ogival arch and on this, a large round oculus.
This hermitage was founded at the end of the 14Th century. The selection of the patron, Saint Christopher, is linked with its location as a control point of the north and east entrances of Cocentaina. The building has a rectangular plan that measures 11,70 x 2,80 metres, consisting a oratory nave, vestry and dwelling designated to the hermit that is nowadays a restaurant. On the main altar there is an altarpiece dedicated to the Saint painted in 1815, by Soler y Diego, a scribe from Cocentaina. The painting was restored in 1995. A legend tells that in the mid of the 15Th century a hermit called Pedro Juan Escuder lived there. He was a mythical figure in Cocentaina because of his prophecies. The architectural complex and its surrounds are now an important visiting area for the recreation of Cocentaina and its surrounding towns, together with tourists.
Church of ‘Saint James’ dedicated to the patron saint of the town, is set at the very top of the Old Town on a hill called Canfali. It is a Neoclassical building, built in the 18th Century with the typical blue Mediterranean dome. Inside you´ll find a statue of the Virgen del Sufragio, the well-lovedpatron saint of Benidorm. The Virgin has her own small chapel containing the little wood sculpture which, as the story goes, was found on a boat adrift on the high seas.
In Altea, in the Altea Hills Urbanization, there is the first Russian Orthodox Church built in Spain. Built in wood, the church is very picturesque and very pleasant to visit. If there is no ceremony, you can visit it inside. If you are in the area, the visit is curious and you should not miss it. All materials have been brought for construction from Russia, and built with Russian labor. Not all. The bells are Spanish. Enjoy a church like no other in Europe in Altea.
Parish Church, dedicated to the worship of Santa Teresa and the Virgin of the Helpless , was built in 1849, replacing the first to be built in El Campello in the late eighteenth century, at the expense of the owner and master of the place , D. Ignacio Perez de Sarrio . It is small in size, despite having undergone several expansions, and retained its "local color". The biggest holidays, today Fiestas "Moros y Cristianos"From 11 to 15 October, which originally were held in May dedicated to the Virgin of the Helpless, they had to move to October because the male population well into the twentieth century, was absent at that time and he did not return in months. Therefore, the parties are engaged today to both the Virgin of the Helpless and Santa Teresa The square in which is the parish church is a meeting place for the most festive and religious events of El Campello.
Located on one side of the Plaza de España is the main monument of the town, the Church of Santiago Apóstol, witness of the passing of past generations, and waiting to be discovered by present and future generations. The Church dates back to the 18th century and its construction covered the period of 1636. It was commanded to be done by Don Gaspar de Rocafull and Boyl. It is of Levantine baroque style and is built on a Latin cross plan. It has an area of 1252 m2 and is oriented to the west. The Cover is baroque, but in the ornamental it has influences of the French Rococo. It was completed around 1755. In it we find a niche that houses the round-shaped sculpture of Santiago Apóstol, dressed as a Pilgrim.
The Santa Catalina parish church was built to serve not only as a church but also as a fortress where the local people could take refuge from attacks by Berber pirates. Nowadays you will notice that there are two separate parts: an older part dating back to the 16th century and a number of extensions, some of which date back to the 18th century, and some of which are modern. The older part of the church has a single nave that faces east. There are four sections with chapels between the buttresses. Architectural features of this construction feature a barrel vault with tierceron vaulting and a five-sided polygonal apse with a star-shaped vault bearing the parish coat of arms. Recent research has uncovered that Joan Cambra, an important architect who worked on significant buildings such as the churches in Pego and San Miguel de los Reyes in Valencia was almost certainly involved in the design of this church. The first extension, in the 18th century, attempted to create a Latin cross by prolonging the Gothic layout. The main altar was also moved to face west rather than east, and a neoclassical door called the 'Porta Nova' was added. All the fortress-like characteristics of the building were removed. All that is left these days is a small stretch of wall at the back of the church. This first modification was followed by the construction of the capilla de la Comunión (Communion Chapel), which has been devoted to St Vicente Ferrer. It contains a relic of this saint and a dressed statue from the 18th century. New sacristy rooms were built between the 19th and 20th centuries. A new bell tower was built in around 1895. This bell tower is a good example of the traditional hexagonal towers built in medieval times. The perimeter of the base measures 24 metres and it is 31 metres high. The church contains a valuable Romantic-style organ created by a Valencia company called Successors de Randeynes a caballo between the 19th and 20th centuries. The church was restored in 1979.
The hermitage of Santa Bárbara de Monóvar (Province of Alicante, Spain), located on Santa Bárbara Street of that town, is a religious building built in the 18th century in the Baroque style. Built on one of the two hills that dominate the city, it can be seen from a distance, and it draws, along with the castle and the Clock Tower, the characteristic silhouette of Monóvar. It was built on a large stone base at the end of the 18th century, after demolishing the previous one, which was erected between 1692 and 1694 by Tomás Estacio. The style of the chapel follows Valencian Baroque models, but derives from clearly Baroque Italian positions, with a soft neoclassical mixture. It is the only one of the diocese that uses the curve, and there is only another hermitage of these characteristics in the whole Valencian Community, the chapel of the Communion of Santa María de Elche. Its authors may be José Gonzálvez de Coniedo or Lorenzo Chápuli. It is an isolated building with a rectangular floor divided into three different spaces. To the south there is an arched porch with three arches on stone columns, in the intermediate zone the elliptical chapel and to the north the sacristy or house of the santera. A half-orange dome rests on the cornice; dome that in the exterior (outside) is observed in double curvature, finished in glazed tile in blue color The interior highlights the floor of large stone slabs, and the decoration based on garlands, borders, weeping in relief and the use of Corinthian capitals.
Construction started in 1595 and continued throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. The religious settlement was made up of three elements: The Chapel of the Venerable Third Order, the church and the convent (demolished in 1974). The old chapel was built between 1758 and 1762 in a neoclassical style and is unique in the province of Alicante in being the only example of chapel constructed as an independent church attached to the main temple of worship. It is the seat of the Municipal Archive in which the oldest document preserved dates back to 1350. The temple was built around a single nave with flower and cherub motifs in a Baroque style. Nowadays it is known as the Little Theatre (El Teatret) and is used as an exhibition, concert and lecture hall.
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