ROUTE 1-BIC: PORTAL VELL

16/03/2015 by Toni Alos

TOTEM PORTAL VELL

BIC

You have just entered Altea’s old Renaissance quarters.

Altea’s Bastion and Renaissance Area was declared a Cultural Heritage Site (BIC) in 2013.

The Bastion conserves its original 1617 structure, with gates giving access to the fortress. The Virgen del Consuelo Church, built between the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries over the remains of the primitive17^th century church, provides character to the ensemble as a whole.

Magnificent buildings from the foundation period, built of the 18^th and 19^th centuries, have also been conserved.

Portal Vell Gate: The 17th century Portal Vell or Puerta de Valencia Gate opens out to the Camino Real to the north town wall.

It includes remains of the old Sentry Post, which is thought to have remained as a public right of way along the its perimeter. The house situated at nº 5 Calle Salamanca conserves one of the wall’s sentry posts on its north side.

The Tower (lost element): The area had four complementary defensive elements: The tower next to the Portal Vell Gate, the Castle by the bastion in the south-west corner, the Town Hall and Court House in the in the south-east angle, and the Casa de la Señoría in the north-east angle of the wall.

It was a small square tower situated at the corner by the Portal Vell Gate.

The Calle Mayor street links the Portal Vell Gate to the Church Square.

ROUTE 2 – BIC: BALUARTE CASA DE LA SEÑORÍA

16/03/2015 by Toni Alos

TOTEM GLORIETA

BIC

You have just entered Altea’s old Renaissance quarters.

Altea’s Bastion and Renaissance Area was declared a Cultural Heritage Site (BIC) in 2013.The Bastion conserves its original 1617 structure, with gates giving access to the fortress. The Virgen del Consuelo Church, built between the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries over the remains of the primitive17^th century church, provides character to the ensemble as a whole.

Magnificent buildings from the foundation period, built of the 18^th and 19^th centuries, have also been conserved.

Calle Salamanca Street: Houses nº1 and nº3 may be of interest in this street. Building nº 5, an inhabited and well conserved house, conserves the local middle-class style of the mid-eighteenth – early nineteenth century practically intact. A Sentry Post has been conserved in the north side of the wall.

The Casa de la Señoria Bastion (lost element): An artillery bastion of great presence which dominated the mouth of the Algar river in the north-east angle of its fortified perimeter. A great square block, it towered over the walls with a surrounding kerb at mid height, which reinforced its fortified aspect. A great hall, with windows to the east,defined the main floor. It was demolished between 1911 and 1915.

(This information is published in the Guia de Altea by J.Miguel del Rey)

ROUTE 3-4-BIC: PLAÇA CARMELINA SÁNCHEZ CUTILLAS

16/03/2015 by Toni Alos

TOTEM PLAÇA CARMELINA SÁNCHEZ CUTILLAS

BIC

You have just entered Altea’s old Renaissance quarters.

Magnificent buildings from the foundation period, built of the 18^th and 19^th centuries, have also been conserved.

Plaza Carmelina Sánchez Cutillas Square: Next to the Portal Nou gate, the Carmelina Sánchez Cutillas Square pays homage to Altean authoress of the 50’s Generation, who portrayed the streets of Altea in her book “Matèria de Bretanya”.

The Town Hall and Court House Bastion (Lost element):It was a defensive element in the north-east angle of the wall .Situated at the end of the Carrer de la Carnisseria (calle Santa Bárbara today), beside the prison alley. A small stairway attached to the wall lead up to the Town Hall. Access was by an antechamber which lead to room where the Altea jury members met, occupying both units with a wooden deck structure in its interior. Light was provided through windows to the east and south, with orifices in the walls for artillery towards the north. Next to this room was the municipal secretary’s chamber. It was demolished in 1911.

Portal Nou Gate: The second remaining gate, the Portal Nou, also known as the Puerta del Mar, was opened to the east in the mid-eighteenth century due to the importance of the Fishing Quarters.

Sentry Post: The house situated at n· 8 in Calle Fondo street conserves its original 18^th century building and distribution. It also conserves the original interior distribution of the house by the wall, which was built over the sentry post itself, without perforations in them. It is thought to have kept its use as a public right of way along its perimeter.

(This information is published in the Guia de Altea by J.Miguel del Rey)

BIC: CALLE FONDO-PORTAL NOU-PASO DE GUARDIA

16/03/2015 by Toni Alos

TOTEM CARRER FONDO

BIC

You have just entered Altea’s old Renaissance quarters.

Magnificent buildings from the foundation period, built of the 18^th and 19^th centuries, have also been conserved.

Calle Fondo Street: The house at nº 8 Calle Fondo maintains its original 18^th century site, united to the town wall with out any type of perforation. An oven from the times of the town’s foundation, discovered at nº 5 in Calle Concepción may also be of interest.

Portal Nou Gate: The second remaining gate, the Portal Nou, also known as the Puerta del Mar, was opened to the east in the mid-eighteenth century due to the importance of the Fishing Quarters.