The Berber corsairs destroyed the city wall and the church in 1543. The Generalitat, that is, the Valencian Government, built the wall that you see now with taxes from silk. In the War of Succession Villajoyosa surrendered to the Bourbons in December 1708. Alongside Alicante, it was the last city in the Valencian Kingdom to fall. In those days the two main doors were blown up by the victorious troops. In the eighteenth century the corsair attacks ended and the wall lost its usefulness and the locals began to build on it.   Multimedia guide

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…

It was used from 6th century BC until 5th century AD. It stretched more than 1600 feet along the Alicante road. There are Phoenician-Punic, Iberian and Roman tombs. More than a hundred were uncovered in this area. Inside them were found votive offerings and the personal belongings of the deceased. The most relevant find is the Punic gold collar of 32 pieces. In Vilamuseu there is a tactile replica of this extraordinary piece. Many Iberian tombs were covered by stone monuments called ‘túmulos’ (or ‘barrows’).   Plan key: 1. Location of the collar 2. Tomb 12 (associated with the collar)…

In this sector of the cemetery seventy tombs were excavated between 1999 and 2001. They were next to the old Alicante road. In 1st century BC the road was paved with pebbles from the river and edged with kerb-stones. The most interesting group are nine tombs from 5th century BC, separate from the rest. These contained the cremated bones only of women, extraordinary black-figured Greek pottery and a bronze Etruscan colander. In Vilamuseu, the museum of the city of Villajoyosa, you can touch replicas of some pieces.    Plan key: 1. Road with its walls of the first century B.C. 2. Graves…

In 1911 the foundation stone was laid for the Alicante-Denia line at this station. It was the first phase of the Strategic Railways Plan in Spain. Given the importance of the event, it was attended by King Alfonso XIII and Prime Minister Canalejas. Villajoyosa is the old capital of Marina Baja, a comarca or county isolated by mountain ranges. Since its inauguration in 1914, the railway has been key to overcoming this isolation.   Multimedia guide