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Poble Nou Route
The population grew a lot in the eighteenth century. From 1804 the town began to expand on this side of the river and the Poble Nou or ‘New Town’ was born. Its centre is the Plaza de la Luz, Square of the Light, where this route begins. The old cart track…
Royal mill of la Llobeta (panel no. 31)
It was already in existence in 17th century.
The Crown reserved the income from it for themselves, Villajoyosa being a royal town.
At the beginning of 20th century the flour mills replaced these mills.
The water flowed along the Les Puntes channel and was stored in a pool which you can see under the road bridge.
It descended to a pool called a ‘cup’, where it turned the blades that drove the millstones.
The water flowed out to the river via a ‘cacau’ or tunnel.
The overflow continued along the channel.
Plan key:
1 Mill
2 Pool
3 Basin for washing grain
4 Well
5 Tunnel
6 Underground channel
7 Les Puntes channel
8 Stable and farmyard
9 Plots of land
The Crown reserved the income from it for themselves, Villajoyosa being a royal town.
At the beginning of 20th century the flour mills replaced these mills.
The water flowed along the Les Puntes channel and was stored in a pool which you can see under the road bridge.
It descended to a pool called a ‘cup’, where it turned the blades that drove the millstones.
The water flowed out to the river via a ‘cacau’ or tunnel.
The overflow continued along the channel.
Plan key:
1 Mill
2 Pool
3 Basin for washing grain
4 Well
5 Tunnel
6 Underground channel
7 Les Puntes channel
8 Stable and farmyard
9 Plots of land
