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…
Following this path, the visitor will arrive at the watchtower of Aguiló, one of oldest, most important and best kept watchtowers of the defence system against the Berber pirates, created in the time of Felipe II (XVI century) within the Kingdom of Valencia .
The monument has recently been restored…
The South Coast route links the ancient Iberian and Roman city of Allon with the Malladeta sanctuary, occupied between approximately 350 BC and 75-80 AD, already in the midst of the Roman Empire. Halfway along it there is a singular landmark, a section of the Roman road that connected Allon…