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North Coast Route
You can walk along seven kilometres of coastline to the north. Towards the port restaurants, cafes and shops abound. You will then find spectacular cliffs and pebble beaches. Part of the path follows the cliffs. This path was used by large flocks from the districts of Alcoià and the Comtat. They came down from…
Coastal walls (panel no. 15)
José María Esquerdo was born in Villajoyosa in 1842, and was head of the Progressive Republican Party.
He introduced modern psychiatry to Spain and founded sanatoria in Carabanchel, a district of Madrid, and also in Villajoyosa.
As a Member of Parliament, he fought for the construction of the port and the railway in Villajoyosa.
This is why his name is given to this promenade.
The city of Madrid also named one of its main thoroughfares after him.
Esquerdo died in 1912. In 1915, this statue, the work of Pedro Estany, was erected in his honour by public subscription.
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