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City Route
The town grew beyond its walls as corsair attacks diminished from 1670. The Plaza del Olmo became the new town centre. From 1862, the Calle de Colón, the new Valencia road, became the main road. The market, the Theatre Auditorium, the Villa of Centella, the Roman Baths, the Chocolate museums and the…
Generalitat Square (panel no. 20)
It was historically called Pla de l'Om or Elm Square.
The Napoleonic troops uprooted this great tree in 1813.
In 1990 the Town council ordered a new elm to be planted in its memory.
It has also been variously called the Square of the Constitution, St Augustine, the Republic and New Spain.
It is here that the Thursday market and public executions took place.
In 1607 the Augustinian monastery of San Pedro, Santa Marta and San Antonio was erected. Disentailed in 1836, the convent was converted into a prison and courthouse.
In 1936 it was knocked down to make way for a new main road, now the Avenida del País Valencià.
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