It was built around 1910 by Dr. Alfonso Esquerdo, emigrated to Argentina, where he married Giacomina Bellami. They occupied the house until 1922, when Alfonso died. His "historicist" architecture imitates ancient buildings: the facade is of Arabic style and had a star of David on each window (note the left one). The opposite facade imitates late Gothic style. This mix of religions (Islamic, Christian, Jewish), the black and white tiles of the main entrance (symbolizing the equality of races) and other details are related to Masonry. At the end of the Civil War lived here Dr. Bastos, head of Traumatology…

Here there was an Iberian shrine built in the 4th c. BC. Looking at the figurines and incense-burners representing the Mother Goddess (the Tanit of the Carthaginians), it is likely it was dedicated to her. By 100 BC there was a major reform that swept the former remains in order to build rows of rooms on terraces. The French-Spanish excavation project (René Maison Ginouvès-City of Villajoyosa-Alicante University) uncovered 9 rooms from these times on the eastern slope (in front of you) and another 5 in the west, although much more of the site remains to be excavated.   At the…

This road used to connect the Roman cities of Allon (Villajoyosa) and Lucentum (Alicante). In the second half of the 1st century AD, Allon expanded greatly and the roads entering the city were rebuilt, like this. Roman engineers always sought out the direct route. This road is similar to our roads: firstly, the level of the earth is reduced; secondly a retention wall is built on one side to avoid erosion by rainfall; thirdly, the trench is refilled with the first level of compacted earth and finally, it is given a layer of compacted pebbles in order to support the…