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CHOOSE YOUR OWN PATH

TO TAKECULTURAL ROUTES AROUND SAGUNTO



CHOOSE YOUR OWN PATH

TO TAKECULTURAL ROUTES AROUND SAGUNTO



Introduction 6Key to symbols 7

Land of legends

Middle Sector: Plaza de Armas / Foro Romano 13Eastern Sector:Plaza de Almenara 1 4Plaza de la Conejera 14The “Tres Castellets” (three castles) Area 14Western Sector:Plaza San Fernando 14Inscriptions Museum 15Plaza de Estudiantes 15

Plaza de la Ciudadela (the citadel) 15The “Tres Pouets” (three wells) Area 15Plaza Dos de Mayo 16Walls 16

Heroes of Saguntum

Saguntum: A Roman Town 19Gate to the Roman Circus 19

The Via Augusta: Remains of the Roman Bridge 20Roman Town Planning 20Town Forum 20Remains of the Temple of Diana Wall 21Sagunto History Museum 21Setting the Scene: The Roman Theatre 22

Cultures of Morvedre

Plaça de la Peixcateria (shmonger’s square) 25Puerta de la Vila (town gate) and the Arab Quarter 25Islamic Religious and Hygiene Practices 25Medieval Walls and Hospice 26

Jaume I and Christian Occupation 26Santa María Church and the surrounding area 27Plaça Major (main square) 28Town History Museum 28Sagunto’s Jewish Quarter 29Ermita de la Magdalena 29Calvary 29Ermita de la Sangre 30Ermita de la Virgen de los Dolores 30Ermita de San Roque 30Palau del Delme (also known as “Pere el del punyalet”) 31Ermita de San Miguel 31

Medieval Wall 31El Salvador Church 32Camí Real 32Town Hall 32

A town of steel

Beginnings 35Early Buildings: Old Hospital 35

First Crisis: World War 36General Workshops 36Furnace No 2 37Materials and Spare Parts Workshop 37The Great Crisis 37Nuestra Señora de Begoña Church 38Economato (company store) 38La Gerencia Complex 38Workers’ District 39During and after the Civil War 39Altos Hornos de Vizcaya Sanatorium 39María Inmaculada Convent 40Nuestra Señora de Begoña School 40Final Crisis 40

A natural link to the Mediterranean

The Mediterranean coastline, Sagunto beaches 43Beaches 43Environmental Education Centre 44La Marjal dels Moros 45

Grau Vell 45Visiting the surrounding area 46

Useful addresses 47

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Sagunto’s valuable heritage is preserved and promoted bykeeping it alive With this in mind, this guide offers a varietyof routes with Sagunto’s most interesting historic landsca-

pes and major monuments arranged into different themesFive cultural routes guide you through the area’s history andenable you to experience its heritage at rst hand

The orange route, or Land of Legends, is a tour aroundSagunto Castle, the town’s original site The blue route, orHeroes of Saguntum, takes you back to the Roman Empirewith monuments such as the Roman Theatre and Circus andthe History Museum The red route, or Cultures of Morvedre,is the longest tour, highlighting the town’s cultural diversity

and the Jewish, Islamic and Christian settlers who made Sa-gunto their home during the Middle Ages On the grey route,or A Town of Steel, you travel back to the time of the Indus-trial Revolution in Puerto de Sagunto Lastly, the green route,or A Natural Link to the Mediterranean, is an environmentalcycling itinerary over 165 kilometres that takes in Sagunto’sbeaches, the old port of Grau Vell and the EnvironmentalEducation Centre

The explanatory notes for each tour are preceded by a streetplan showing the route Both the street plan and the routediagram at the end of the notes show the most interestingstops on each tour We hope you enjoy your own experienceof touring the streets of this historic and monumental town



Walking tour Wear comfortable shoes

Bicycle tour

Car tour

Picnic area

Photo opportunity

Carry water

Time taken to cover the route

Distance covered

Keyto symbols

Bring sunscreen

Take a hat

Difculty: Easy

Difculty: Medium

Difculty: Tough



SAGUNTO CASTLE

This fortress stands in a walled enclosure that stretchesover the hill from East to West, occupying almost a kilome-tre of land It is the last hill of the Sierra Calderona rangeand is some 172 metres above sea level From here thereare views over the whole coast along the bed of the RiverPalancia, reaching almost up to Aragón

Its history dates back to the 5th century BC, when the Ibe-rian town of Arse was built The Iberians were a wealthytrading civilisation with a cosmopolitan mix of peoplesThey also minted coins in silver and bronze

It is not surprising that the town was coveted by both Car-thage and Rome The peace and harmony that reigned herewas shattered when the Carthaginian military general Han-nibal laid siege to the town in 218 BC, starting the SecondPunic War, which lasted until 212 BC Hannibal’s occupa-

tion of the town resulted in the Roman army marchingtowards Hispania in an attempt to stop the Carthaginianarmy advancing, since they had already crossed the RiverEbro, the limit of Roman and Carthaginian inuence in theIberian Peninsula The Carthaginians laid siege to Arse foreight months Inside the walls, hunger and thirst becameso severe that the defeated Iberians took the decision tosacrice themselves When Hannibal nally entered thetown, he found only ashes With the Scipio family as me-

diators, the victorious Roman Empire recovered the townand delivered it back to the Iberians The town’s gradualtransformation from Iberian to Hispano-Roman is appa-rent both in the change of name, as Arse became known asSaguntum, and in its dual Iberian and Roman coinage

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The town’s second golden era came with the Islamic period,when agriculture ourished and there was regular crafts

and trade activity During this period, the Albacar area ofthe castle and much of the walls were built In the Christianera, building was extended on the Western side During theChristian conquest, the Governor’s residence was set in thePlaza de Armas, where the Ermita de la Magdalena (Mag-dalene chapel) is located In 1562, under the orders of KingFelipe II, the fortress was divided into the current 7 squaresby Juan Bautista Antonelli, in order to improve its defencesand as part of updated military techniques

What is visible today is the result of a series of changes tothe original Islamic fort, some of which were carried out byChristian settlers Subsequent work to the Citadel, storageareas, furnaces, etc in the Almenara area and other partsof the Castle during the War of Independence (1808-1814)was done by French engineers under the orders of the Spa-nish brigadier, Andriani The site was declared a NationalMonument by the Government of the 2nd Spanish Republicin 1931

General view of Sagunto Castle

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Middle Section:· Plaza de Armas - Foro Romano

Your tour of Sagunto Castle begins in the Middle SectorHere you can see the Forum, dating back to the late Repu-blican and Imperial Roman Era (1st century BC to 1st cen-tury AD)

The oldest part is of local blue stone forming an angle of 14 x11 metres and including remains of the wall and the buttres-ses of a Republican temple dating from the 1st century BC

In the reign of the Emperor Augustus, this was a great clo-sed and porticoed square used for ofcial ceremonies Anexample of perfect harmony between form and content,it featured a number of equestrian statues, votive altars,sculptures of magistrates and inscriptions commemoratingEmperors, all nished with plaster and painted in variouscolours It was the town’s heart, like the main square in anytown, but set at the top of the Castle

Currently, remains of the following buildings can be seen:

Curia (10 BC-10 AD – Augustan period)

This was the site of the town’s Senate and the place wheretaxes were collected The front portico was the place whe-re decisions taken in the Senate were proclaimed to thetownspeople, who gathered in the public square to listenThe porticoes provided shelter from the rain for magis-trates and those attending ofcial ceremonies, legislativeannouncements and municipal edicts The pavement leveland the remains of a pilaster on the corner have been pre-served, together with three steps out of the original fourFacing it is an inscription that refers to the builder: “CneoBaebio Gemino”, carved in a slab of limestone that origi-nally measured 40 metres in length, but now only 15 me-tres remain The marks left by the bronze lettering can stillbe seen This man, who lived during the time of Augustus,built the Forum with his own money and bequeathed it tothe town

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Basilica

Buttresses ofthe Republican Temple,

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Curia.10 BC – 10 AD

Tabernae

The 21-pillaredCistern

Layout of the Roman Forum

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Tabernae.

This was the stock exchange and business centre of thetime Important public and private nancial operationswere carried out in these buildings, and it was here thatprices were set for a variety of goods They would havebeen open at the front and covered by a pitched roof, pre-

ceded by a portico with a wide colonnade These were spa-ces for discussion, negotiation and making deals Today,only the oor areas of four such buildings can be seen

Basilica.

The Basilica was a meeting place for citizens and theheadquarters of the Tribune Today, only the foundationssurvive, partially covered by the Military History MuseumHowever, traces of the rectangular oor can be seen, with

its three aisles and apse, separated by columns The earlyChristians later used the layout of this building as the mo-del for places of Christian worship

Cistern.

In front of this square and underground is an impressivecistern measuring 67 metres in length, the edges of whichcan be traced by two more recent circular parapets Thestructure is still intact and consists of two vaulted aisles

separated by a row of 21 pillars giving the cistern its name(“cistern of 21 pillars”) The walls, made with the opus cae-menticium method (using cement and stone fragments toprevent leakage), still hold water

You can still see Medieval remains in the centre of thesquare: the Islamic, and later the Christian, governors’ re-sidence Traces of the Ermita de la Magdalena can alsobe seen

Cistern

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Eastern Sector· Plaza de Almenara – Plaza de la Conejera– “Tres Castellets” Area

This square is accessed via the Puerta de Almenara (Al-

menara gate) Although the gate’s rose design and archwayseem Islamic in style, it was in fact built in the 18th cen-tury The square it leads to was also known as Saluqiya Itwas the permanent accommodation area for troops in themost important fortications It houses an old Roman cis-tern and some military buildings where soldiers and horseswere housed during the War of Independence

One of its highlights is the path running round the peri-meter wall, which is still usable and from which there areimpressive views over Sagunto The North-East part looksout over the Albacar area, consisting of Plaza de la Co-nejera and Plaza “dels Tres Castellets” (three castlessquare) The former was the livestock grazing area and thelatter contains Iberian and Roman remains This area pro-vided shelter for both people and livestock

Western Sector:· Plaza San Fernando

The Western sector is reached by crossing back over thePlaza de Armas The Puerta del Ídolo (gate of the idol)leads to the Plaza San Fernando, which is separated by athick wall from Plaza de Estudiantes (students’ square) Thisgate owes its name to the statue of a young man in a togafound during the Islamic era

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· Inscriptions Museum

The Inscriptions Museum in this square holds one of the -

nest collections of inscriptions on the Iberian peninsula andis an essential stop on the route

The square also contains traces of the oldest building in thispart, the Torre del Ídolo (the idol tower), where the gover-nors were based To the South, next to the Alcazaba (for-tress) is the San Fernando Battery, which gives its nameto the square and consists of nine loopholes built by Napo-leonic troops during the War of Independence

· Plaza de Estudiantes

In the lower part of the Plaza de Estudiantes (students’square), there is a series of Medieval entrances to the castlecomplex The Jewish cemetery is next to one of them Fromthe time of the war against France, it also served as a trai-ning area for newly-recruited troops

· Plaza de la Ciudadela

The Ciudadela (citadel) occupies the highest part of the hillIt was the most populated area during the Islamic period,when it probably consisted of a tower similar to the presentone and a strong outer wall This is known as the Herculestower Some classic writers have attributed the arrival ofthe Greeks in Sagunto to this hero

· “Tres Pouets” Area

Looking out over the steepest part of the south-easternside, the “Tres Pouets” (three wells) area is visible outsidethe walled enclosure It can be reached via the Senda delsLladres (thieves’ path) that starts from Carrer Tito LivioThe remains consist of a wall made from huge stone blocksdating back to the original Iberian site, probably from the4th century BC Some of the stones are enormous, measu-ring 130 x 180 metres in width

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· Plaza Dos de Mayo

The easternmost square is Plaza Dos de Mayo It is alsoknown as Albarrana, after its tower, and dates back to Me-dieval times The Albarrana, or defensive towers, were pla-ced in front of the external walls and prevented attackersfrom getting close to the castle In the 13th century thetower was enclosed within the Castle walls Its elongatedshape was emphasised by French engineers, who rebuilt itgiving it the spur-like appearance that can be seen todayfrom the outside

Walls

What remains of the Castle wall was built mostly in the Is-lamic period, although a number of changes took place bet-ween the Christian period and the Napoleonic War This canbe seen in the fabric of the Islamic walls, where some Gothicand Renaissance refurbishments are visible The remains oftowers can clearly be seen along the line of the wall, havingbeen built as defensive bastions, particularly in the 18thcentury

The walls originally surrounded the whole town and includedseveral gates and towers as defences for the inhabitants

The castle was decommissioned in 1859 but was maintainedas a small garrison up to the early 20th century This heri-tage site is considered to be one of the most important inthe Valencia region

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IBERIAN AND ROMAN SAGUNTO

More than 2,500 years ago, this area was known as Arse(pronounced “arsay”) and was inhabited by the Iberiancivilisation Although little is known about them, there isevidence that they occupied the western and south-wes-tern sectors of the Castle They traded with Phoenicians

and Greeks and held great economic power The Iberiansminted coins and were organised like a modern town, witha Senate and other public and religious buildings, such asthe Temple of Diana The most representative artefact ofthis culture is the Iberian Bull, dating from the 4th centuryBC and housed in the town’s History Museum

For years the Iberians lived peacefully, until around 219 BC,the Carthaginians, led by Hannibal, laid siege to the townfor eight months The inhabitants became so desperate

that they sacriced themselves rather than surrenderWhen Hannibal entered the town and saw it had been re-duced to ashes, he destroyed everything that remained,except for one building, the temple of Diana

When Rome realised that Hannibal had crossed the Ebroand had broken the treaty establishing this river as thelimit of his inuence in Spain, they started the Second Pu-nic War, which they won in 214 BC The town was returnedto the Iberian people through the mediation of the Scipios;its gradual transformation from Iberian to Hispano-Romanis apparent both in its change of name, as Arse becameknown as Saguntum, and in its dual Iberian and Roman co-inage

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Saguntum: A Roman Town

Around 80 BC, a Spanish general, Sertorio, joined the Por-tuguese and the Celtiberians in an uprising against RomeSaguntum remained loyal to the Empire during this civil warand was later given the title of SAGUNTUM MUNICIPIO RO-MANO in 4 BC

However it was not until the reign of the Emperor Augustus(27 BC–14 AD) that the town and its agricultural land ente-red a period of grandeur Almost all the monuments on thistour are from this era

In the 2nd century BC, the town had begun to expandtowards the river and the Aqueduct that enters the townnear the hillside had been built In the 1st century AD, thepopulation of Sagunto reached nearly 60,000 inhabitants,including the villages and other settlements in the surroun-ding area

Roman CircusThe town’s old Roman irrigation channel runs under Carrerd’Horts and the left-hand side of this street still preservessome of the heavy stones that were used to build the Ro-man Circus, which dates from the 2nd century AD Duringthe last century, the outline of the oor could still be seen,stretching over 300 metres in length This was where cha-riot races were held The South Gate is about 250 metresaway from the Tourist Information Ofce It is an example

of powerful Roman architecture, with architraves madefrom huge blue limestone blocks, and the lintel would haveoriginally held statues There was another gate, the mainor Triumphalis gate in Carrer Circ Romà, through whichthe winners would have left the Circus In the centre wasa spike marking the place where the chariots had to turn,having set out from the starting gates, where the Cronis-ta Chabret school now stands Chariot races reached theheight of their popularity during the Late Empire

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Remains of the Roman Bridge

Near Carrer del Remei was the bridge crossing the RiverPalancia, a continuation of the Via Augusta that connec-ted with the Cardo and ran the length of the Mediterraneancoastline This construction would have measured around

four and a half metres in width Today, only two of its basesremain in the river bed

Roman town planning

Your tour continues on to the Camí Real When Rome de-veloped a territory, two large highways were laid, one be-ing the Cardo (running from North to South) and the otherthe Decumanus (from East to West) When you reach the

junction of Carrer Sant Miguel with Carrer Major, you areat the original crossroads of the two Roman highways

Town Forum

Continue for one hundred metres down the Carrer Majoruntil you reach the Plaça de la Peixcatería (shmonger’ssquare), which leads to the Plaça Major, the old Forum ofthe Lower Town, in which you can still see the remains of

shafts and capitals of the original Roman columns

Saguntum was widely known for the quality of the goods itexported: gs, wine, oil, grain, linen, cereals, various fruitsand nuts, as well as weapons, such as the Falarica The redSagunto clay was also famous for “terra sigilata” potteryMany pieces with designs depicting polytheistic deities,Bacchus, decorative borders, leaf garlands, etc are stillpreserved today

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Remains of the Temple of Diana wall Just behind Santa María Church are the remains of oneof the walls of the Temple of Diana, dating from between5th and 4th centuries BC Pliny wrote that in the lowerpart of the town, there was an Iberian temple dedicated to

Diana that Hannibal spared from destruction for religiousreasons This goddess was worshipped in Sagunto, in factfour inscriptions dedicated to her have been found nearto this spot The size of the stone blocks gives an idea ofthe temple’s grandeur, although it has also been suggestedthat these remains could be part of the Iberian town wall

Sagunto History Museum

The Museum holds a good selection of the large archaeolo-gical collection of items from excavations and nds in theCastle, the town and the surrounding area Its collection ofLatin inscriptions and Iberian-Roman artefacts is one ofthe largest in Spain Its most valuable pieces include theIberian Bull, the Iberian cups, the Bacchus-Hermes and afemale head thought to be of the Goddess Diana This is anessential stop on your tour

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Setting the Scene:The Roman Theatre

Holding up to 4,000 spectators, this colossus of Latin archi-

tecture still presides over the town, despite suffering manyhardships over the course of its history The most severelosses took place during the War of Independence

It was declared a National Monument in 1896

The theatre was built in the 1st century AD in the reign of theEmperor Tiberius and the hillside provided a perfect areafor the tiered seating, the Cavea, which was built using lo-cal limestone The building technique used was that of opuscaementicium (concrete faced with small stone fragments)The highest tier of seating is at 105 metres above sea leveland the lowest at some 75 metres The stage wall enclosedthe whole area, giving it magnicent acoustics The theatrehad two main entrances, or Aditus Maximi, one at the endof Carrer Antigons and the other on the Cardo, which is nowCarrer Vell del Castell

This semicircular construction is divided into two parts: thetiered seating, known as the Cavea, and the stage

In the Cavea, the various social classes were seated, withtheir rank dictating their proximity to the stage The ImaCavea is the closest and was occupied by the senators andthe most important gures in society The middle area ofseating was known as the Media Cavea and the Summa Ca-vea the highest tier The tiers were divided by the Praecintioor aisle The Orchestra was semicircular and smaller than inGreek theatres, as there was no need to provide space for aChorus The facade of the Scena or Proscaenium was deco-rated with exedras and rectangles Under the paving there

was a mechanism that raised the curtain from underneath,closing off part of the stage area The actors entered by theValvae, or rear doors, that opened out on to the stage Thestage area was similar to a palatial building with three doorsand three sets of colonnaded galleries, in keeping with theconvention that the action was taking place in the street Atthe back were the dressing rooms and the stage machineryarea The actors were always male but would play differentparts, including female roles, using appropriate clothing andwigs

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MEDIEVAL AND MODERN SAGUNTO

Over 1,300 years ago, in the 8th century, following invasio-ns by various peoples such as the Goths and the Vandals(the Roman Empire had fallen in the 5th century), Islamicpeople came to Sagunto and named it Murviter, a referen-ce to the old walls around the Roman ruins

The land was occupied quickly and productively Roman

Hispania was already Al-Andalus, a land of eastern cus-toms, of Islamic faith and with innovative agriculturaltechniques, such as an irrigation system using channelsand watermills The area’s gastronomy was enriched withplants such as apricots, aubergines, rice, melon, saffron,etc

Town planning was altered according to the Koran: streetscould not be wider than seven feet and the town’s layoutchanged, with streets and corners being taken over byarbitrary extensions to private houses and the dead-endstreets, or atzucats, closed by gates to make families feelsafer These streets were usually tortuous, quite unlike themuch straighter commercial thoroughfares

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Plaça de la Peixcateria This tour begins in the Plaça de la Peixcateria (fshmonger’s

square), a secluded spot shrouded in history In the Islamicera, this was the site of the marketplace and, until recentlythe slaughter house still sold sh and meat

Puerta de la Vila and the Arab Quarter

The Islamic part of the town continues on into Carrerd’Abril, where one of the gates, the Vila, was located Hereyou can see the Almudín Nuevo (new storehouse), datingback to 1699, although all that remains today of this grain

store is its semi-circular archway A few metres away youwill nd the Atzucat de la Palmera, a typical example of anIslamic cul-de-sac

Islamic religious and hygiene customs

Arab Baths Bakery. The facade of this building has beenpreserved, with part of its stone semi-circular arch and

the coat of arms of the Múzquiz family, to whom King Fer-nando VI sold all the bakeries, mills and the grain store in1775 Next door were the Arab baths, a fundamental partof Islamic town planning, for cultural, religious and hygienepurposes The baths were used as meeting places as wellas for physical and spiritual cleansing, which is why theywere located at the gates to the town Next to the bathswas the “Porta de les Granotes” (frogs gate), otherwiseknown as “Porta dels Banys” (the baths gate), of which notraces remain

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Medieval Walls and Hospice

Now make your way to the Plaça de l’Hospital, the site ofwhat was the town’s most important hospice Na Marcena,the woman who founded the hospice in 1379, left all hergoods and possessions to fund its upkeep Moving on upCarrer Na Marcena, you come across Carrer Mur de SantaAna on the left, so called because of the convent that waslocated outside the town walls, in what is now the Servi-tas Convent This part of town also contains remains ofthe old Medieval wall that linked the Castle with the townand protected it against potential enemies Many pointson the wall have barbicans (defensive towers) and a su-rrounding ditch The latter ran along what is now knownas Camí Real

King Jaume Iand Christian Occupation

In 1238, King Jaume I entered the land of Balansiya (theIslamic name for Valencia) Murviter would soon be knownas Morvedre and become Christian territory The Islamiccommunity would be relegated to low-paid work, such as

crafts, working in the elds and serving in the Nueva Po-blación (the new settlement) Some stayed in the poor areaof the Morería (Moorish quarter) working as craftsmen

The Christians left their mark everywhere in the town Theyloathed the Islamic gardens and streets, so they changedthe town’s appearance inside the walls to suit the new ti-mes The streets that had once been marketplaces werenow lled with mansions The Santa María Church was builtover the old mosque, new ermitas (chapels) appeared andthe town took shape around a number of parishes

A process of feudal colonisation got underway with thearrival of important Christian families such as the Vives deCanyamàs, Armengol and Berenguer, who lived in mansio-ns like the ones you can see in the Carrer Major and CarrerCavallers Two particularly interesting mansions are theCasa dels Cuatre Cantons (house of the four corners) andnumber 12, the Capellà Pallarés Cultural Centre, built inthe 15th century and originally owned by the Vives de Can-yamàs family

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Santa Maria Churchand the surrounding area

The route now takes you to Plaça Tarongers (orange tree

square), and the nearby Santa María Church The churchwas built over the old Great Mosque and has been thetown’s main church since the time of the conquest In 1334,the rst stone of the bell tower was laid and in the 14thcentury the apse and the side North nave were added Inthe 15th century, the South door was built and the naveswere roofed over From 1700, the inside of the church wasdecorated with plasterwork and the high altarpiece wascovered with gold leaf The steps leading up to the Northdoor were added to nish the church in 1799

The church is built in the Valencian Gothic style with ogival(pointed) arches Inside, its three naves are over twentymetres high with buttresses forming the side chapels Thechurch was built entirely using stone blocks excavatedfrom the neighbouring hillsides There are two survivingLatin inscriptions on the steps leading up to the North en-trance to the Church It was declared a National Monumentin 1982 The current Neo-Gothic bell tower was built in theearly 20th century and nished in 1913 with ironwork, pro-

bably due to the inuence of cast-iron architecture and theburgeoning iron and steel industry in Puerto de Sagunto

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Plaça Major

The tour now continues along Carrer Sagrari on the way

to Plaça Major, where the town’s three main streets, Ca-ballers, Castell and Major, converge This rectangular Go-thic-style porticoed square still preserves some originalRoman column shafts It was the site of the Almudín (thepublic grain store) and the old royal coat of arms set intothe keystone of the entrance archway still marks it outThe square was the setting for reading wills, holding auc-tions and weekly markets and also for the Water and Towntribunals The old Puerta de la Vila (town gate), the mainentrance to the town, was also here, and next to it, the

“Llotjeta del Mustaçaf” (on the site now occupied by theTown Hall), close to the Almudín Its function was to re-solve all kinds of issues to do with weights and measures,town planning and crafts


The route now takes you to Carrer Castell, another major thoroughfare in the Medieval town Various mansion

houses line the beginning of the route leading up to theJewish quarter further up A visit to the Sagunto His-tory Museum is recommended This Gothic-style building,known as Mestre Penya’s house, may have been a muni-cipal market building or a butchers, as its appearance isunlike that of the traditional mansion house The museumcollection is spread over two oors and holds artefactsfrom archaeological excavations and other nds, includingBronze Age pottery, Iberian vases, mosaics and coins

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The Jewish Quarter

Continuing up the slope, you come to the Jewish quarterThe Jews probably arrived in Sagunto in the 13th centurywith King Jaume I, who granted them orchards, vegetablegardens, vineyards and farms in reward for their part in theconquest They settled in the Sangre Vieja (“old blood”)district of the town, near the Synagogue In 1321 they peti-tioned King Jaume II to build a wall surrounding their com-munity in Carrer Castell Now only the entrances remainThe rst is marked by a pointed archway in Carrer la Sang

Vella A few years later, King Alfonso III of Aragón grantedthem a licence to build a Jewish cemetery at the foot ofthe Castle It was the 14th century, a time when Jewishcommunities ourished under the Aragón crown, havingbecome wealthy due to their business acumen They weremoneylenders and expert administrators, holding powerfulpositions and envied by much of the Christian population

Ermita de la Magdalena A little further on, you come to Ermita de la MagdalenaThe ermitas, or chapels, provided the most direct devo-tional link between the townspeople and divine power,through the intervention of the saints Worship centred onan image, sometimes sponsored by a powerful devotee Inthis case, it seems that this ermita owes its existence to animage that was safeguarded by a hermit in the Castle andhas been in the chapel since the late 19th century

Calvary

The street plan shows the whitewashed Calvary, datingfrom 1854, and the Ermita del Santísimo Cristo, builtin the 18th century The steep path zigzags up from anunusual entrance arch, whose style is mixtilinear and ins-pired by the facade of the ermita

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Ermita de la Sangre

Now retrace your steps to visit the Carrer Sang Nova, whe-re you will nd the Ermita de la Sangre, the town’s lar-gest ermita This Baroque building dates from the early17th century It is built in the shape of a Latin cross withone barrel-vaulted nave and the dome walls are paintedwith frescoes depicting scenes from the Passion of ChristThis ermita is the headquarters of the Brotherhood of thePurísima Sangre de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo (the mostpure blood of our Lord Jesus Christ), which dates back tothe early 16th century The processional images are stored

inside the chapel and the majority of the religious proces-sions that take place during Sagunto Holy Week start fromhere

Ermita de la Virgen de los Dolores

Following the Carrer dels Dolors, you will come to anotherermita, known as the Virgen de los Dolores, dating from1860 Its facade is very simple with a semi-circular ar-

chway and a small bell tower over the cornice

If you continue along Carrer Penyetes, you will comeacross one of the town’s most typical spots, the old Islamicquarter, where the neighbours all contribute to keepingthe streets looking attractive with potted plants and whi-tewashed facades

Ermita de San Roque

Now walk down Carrer Font until you reach Carrer MajorThe rst building you see is the Ermita de San Roque, whi-ch dates back to the time of the plague that devastatedthe Kingdom of Valencia between 1647 and 1648 The menand women of this district built the chapel in honour of thesaint, who they believed had saved them from the epide-mic From 1797, their allegiance shifted to the Virgen de losDesamparados, currently the Patroness of Valencia

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The Delme Palace(or of Pere “el del Punyalet” )

It is known that in 1256, King Jaume I of Aragón donatedthis building to the Bishop of Valencia so that he could useit for collecting Tithes Originally there were Arab baths onthe ground oor, but today only the facade and its quarrystone walls survive It was the only building joined to theMedieval wall that blocked the Camí de Ronda (the pathround the town) and inside there was a Mudéjar hall with

valuable woodwork

King Pere IV (1319-1397), nicknamed “el Ceremoniós” (theceremonious) and “el del punyalet” (he of the dagger), washeld prisoner here during the Union Wars The townspeopleforced him to sign laws and privileges, which he later des-troyed with a dagger in Zaragoza

Ermita de San MiguelFurther on you come to the Ermita de San Miguel, builton the initiative of the Porta Nova district inhabitants Ithoused an altarpiece with the saint’s image hanging be-hind the door The most interesting features of the ermitaare the ceramic plaque depicting the saint and Lucifer andthe stone facade, with an inscription explaining its protec-tion

Medieval wall

Continue along the Carrer Major to Carrer Escipiones anda ight of steps The visit to the medieval town ends here,where part of the wall and the medieval tower are visiblein Carrer Muralla, and the route enters modern SaguntoThe town’s name was changed from Murviedro to Saguntoin 1868

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El Salvador Church

El Salvador Church is in the area previously occupied bythe Puerta Ferrisa, the iron gate closing the entrance fromValencia, and the Arrabal del Salvador, the working-class

district on the edge of town King Jaume I ordered thechurch to be built around 1248 It has also been said thatin 1098, during his visit to Sagunto, El Cid built a Churchdedicated to St John the Baptist The evidence for thisclaim is the medallion over the main door, with his nowfaint image Two bases that would have supported a pre-vious Romanic entrance porch can still be seen, togetherwith a Gothic-style window that opens out over the mainentrance The church has a single nave with three aislesand a polygonal apse

The Camí Real

This street was the old exit route towards Valencia andruns, as you have already seen, parallel to the Medievalwall It is now a shopping street, although you can still seemodern buildings of eclectic style dating from the early20th century You are now heading towards Carrer JosepRomeu, near the Town Hall Romeu was born in 1778 into a

wealthy family but left his luxurious lifestyle and his lovedones to ght against the French This hero of the War ofIndependence is commemorated by a bust placed close tohis house, now the Cultural Centre

Town Hall

The tour of modern Sagunto ends at the Town Hall, desig-ned in 1781 by Vicente Gascó, director of royal works in the

Kingdom of Valencia Building work began later, but wasstopped for a number of years due to lack of funds and thearrival of the French in 1811 The denitive building work,overseen by the architect Ángel Romaní, was carried outbetween 1932 and 1934 The ground oor was occupied bythe law courts, the main oor by the town administrationand the upper oors were taken up by staff accommoda-tion The upper section of the facade consists of a line ofwindows nished with a balustrade, in the centre of which isa clock Inside, there is an Imperial-style staircase

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PUERTO DE SAGUNTO

In 1900, the Basque businessmen Ramón de la Sota andEduardo Aznar revolutionised the mining industry in Spainwith the creation of Puerto de Sagunto These entrepre-neurs laid the foundations for what would be one of the

most important industrial towns on the Mediterraneancoast The burgeoning industry brought the working clas-ses to a narrow strip of seaside land that would come to beknown to many as the “City of Iron”

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Beginnings

In the search for new mining deposits, Sota and Aznaragreed to lease the Ojos Negros mines in Sierra Menera,Teruel Their owner, Cosme Echevarría, received 8,000 ofthe 64,000 shares in what would be the Sierra Menera Mi-ning Company The sixty-year agreement led to the initialidea of exporting ore, expanding into the construction ofa great iron and steel works company The investment of

23,000,000 pesetas (138,232 €

) was focused on building anew railway line that would cover the 205 kilometres sepa-rating the coast at Sagunto from Teruel The company alsoinvested heavily in opening and preparing the mines and inbuilding the depot and the quay

Early Buildings: Old Hospital

Work on the quay and the mineral ore crushing workshopsbrought in a huge number of workers By 1907 over 400workers were based on the factory site The rst workerssettled in country houses and in the old part of the town,then, as services and infrastructures were set up, a stabletown centre was developed

If you stand on the crossroads of Av. del Mediterrani andCarrer Luís Cendoya, you will see the Old Hospital in frontof you This complex consists of two three-storey buildingsmeasuring ve hundred square metres each The rst, to

the South, was for ofces and living accommodation andthe second was the hospital The purpose of this hospitalwas to provide treatment for work-related accidents in thefactory; it had some fty beds and the most advanced andup-to-date equipment Its building style is reminiscent of19th century English industrial towns

In 1949 a new Sanatorium was built and the Old Hospitalwas phased out

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First Crisis: World War

With the First World War, mineral exports and sales wentinto decline The crisis was extremely severe, but the needfor mineral ore meant that after a short time, activity in-

creased once again, reaching normal levels Following se-veral strike attempts, workers’ pay was increased

In 1916, the quay came into operation for commercialtransport, mainly for oranges As a result of the demandfor iron from countries at war, the Compañía Siderúrgicadel Mediterráneo was founded in Bilbao in 1917 for the ma-nufacture of iron and steel

General Workshops

In 1918, work started on this building known as the “In-dustrial Cathedral” because of its appearance By 1924,over 700 workers and tters were based in the GeneralWorkshops, repairing engines and doing boiler and foundrywork From the outside, it is an impressive building consis-ting of four sections, two central ones of the same heightand 225 metres across, and two lateral sections 15 metres

wide and a little lower than the other two This differencein level was used to include a row of windows letting lightthrough to the central sections It is currently a major cultural space where various theatreand musical events are held during the Sagunt a Escenafestival that takes place in the summer months It is alsoused throughout the year for a range of exhibitions, con-ferences, etc

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Furnace No. 2

Building work on this Furnace designed by the engineerFrank C Roberts started in 1922, at a time when 1,800

workers were employed in the plant However, it did notbegin to operate until 1926, when it produced its rst batchof steel It was part of a complex consisting of three steelblast furnaces, a coke oven and a steel rolling workshopThey manufactured over 100,000 tons of steel every yearYou can still see the remains of its four 27 metre high sto-ves which provided enough air to ignite the coal fuel Thestructure consists of a tank at the top, gangways, a loadingbay and the crucible for the molten iron This Furnace wasnally shut down in 1984

Materials and Spare Parts Workshop

In Carrer Fundición you can see one of the most signicantCompañía Siderúrgica del Mediterráneo factory buildings,the Materials and Spare Parts Workshop, dating from1927 Its basic function was to load and unload the mate-rials required for the production process A series of com-

mercial width train lines ran through the warehouse andthere was a huge crane inside that was capable of liftingup to ten tons

The Great Crisis

In 1929, steel and iron making prices fell and the UnitedStates withdrew investment funding from European indus-try The crisis began to make itself felt with a reduction in

working hours and a drop in production, culminating in theshutdown of the rst furnace Lower production resulted inworkers losing their jobs In 1932 the second furnace wasshut down, together with the other coke ovens 900 wor-kers lost their jobs in 1933, unleashing a chain of serious re-percussions Demonstrations, workers’ movements, unrestand consequent repression led to a highly volatile situationin Puerto de Sagunto Parallel to these events, a town plan-ning project was underway

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Nuestra Señora de Begoña Church

Continue along Avinguda 9 d’Octubre and you will come tothe church of Nuestra Señora de Begoña, a Neo-Baroque-style building with three naves built in 1927 Because of theCompany’s precarious nancial situation, no high qualitymaterials were used and both the inside and the outsideare made from reinforced concrete During the Civil War,it suffered damage from bombing raids aimed at the fac-

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Economato

Close to the church is the Economato, which would laterbecome the Producers’ Cooperative This building servedthe purpose of Company Store, stocking everyday goodsand food for workers and bosses It would later become aworkers’ meeting and leisure centre

La Gerencia complex

The La Gerencia complex is next to the Company Store anddates from 1921 It is a masonry and stonework building withgood quality materials employed inside The building housedthe company’s General Ofce and was also the managementheadquarters of several companies based in Puerto de Sa-

gunto during the Steelworks boom, such as CSM (CompañíaSiderúrgica del Mediterráneo), AHV (Altos Hornos de Vizca-ya) and AHM (Altos Hornos del Mediterráneo)

Following the Civil War it became the Casino, a place of en-tertainment for company employees Currently it is a caféwith a garden area alongside the Garden Town, a residentialarea for management staff that was built in an attempt toseparate the engineers’ district from that of the workers

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Barrio Obrero

Continue along Avinguda 9 d’Octubre until you reach the

Barrio Obrero, or workers’ district, a maze of streets wherethe rst houses were built for both blue-collar and white-collar workers of the Compañía Siderúrgica del Mediterrá-neo steelworks The 115 terraced bungalows are all alike andmeasure 130m2

The steelworks, with no workers, no technicians and barelyany equipment, was taken over by the company Altos Hor-nos de Vizcaya, S A in 1940

During and After the Civil War:From misery to the development of a major town

The Spanish Civil War was particularly harsh in this part ofthe country In 1936, Puerto de Sagunto organised a massivemarch in support of the Republic Throughout the war, thefactory site suffered hundreds of bomb hits, rendering themachinery virtually unusable and bringing the production

process to a halt In 1938, 46 bombers and 30 ghter planesattacked both the civilian population and the steelworks,dropping over ve hundred bombs Puerto de Sagunto thusbecame one of the strongest bastions of protest in supportof the Republic in Spain This commitment would result indire consequences during the civil war years

Altos Hornos de Vizcaya Sanatorium

The Altos Hornos de Vizcaya Sanatorium was one of the keyfeatures of the company’s welfare activities It consisted ofa two-storey building, functional in style and surrounded bygardens It was intended to care for work-related accidentsin the steelworks and the mining company In 1949, its facili-ties were state-of-the-art, with operating theatres equippedwith the latest machinery, a maternity suite, physiotherapyroom and a wide range of specialist medical care

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María Inmaculada Convent

One of the buildings that survived the attacks during theCivil War was the María Inmaculada Convent, dating from1928 Hidden away in Carrer San José, behind AvingudaCamp de Morvedre, it was the rst school for the daug-hters of company workers Once the Civil War was over, itsmanagement was transferred to the nuns It has two mainstoreys and an upper oor and is built around a porticoedcloister There are 17 classrooms, dormitories, a chapel anddomestic quarters

Nuestra Señora de Begoña School

The Nuestra Señora de Begoña school is in Avinguda Campde Morvedre The building owes its existence to AHV (Al-tos Hornos de Vizcaya) company training policy, teachingboth children and adults The school’s facilities include ahall and a parish church

Final Crisis

The last attempt to strengthen Sagunto as an industrialtown was made by the Spanish Government in 1965, whichput forward a project for an integrated steelworks plant inthe town However, Puerto de Sagunto subsequently beca-me a victim of the world steel crisis in 1974 Workers werered, there were demonstrations and marches, plants wereclosed or converted In the early eighties, the regeneration

of the steel industry and the subsequent closure of theAltos Hornos factory led to Sagunto being declared a Areaof Preferential Industrial Development, a move that ena-bled its manufacturing base to diversify Currently, ParcSagunt is the latest technology and industry complex tobe developed, promoted by the SEPI (Sociedad Estatalde Participaciones Industriales) and the Valencia regionalgovernment Spread over 10 million square metres, it is setto be the largest of its kind in Europe

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A CYCLE ROUTE ALONGTHE SAGUNTO COASTLINE

You are invited to take a bicycle ride around Sagunto toenjoy its beautiful and extensive beaches, its industrialheritage and views over traditional agricultural land Wehope you have a pleasant trip along a natural causewayrunning parallel to the Mediterranean sea

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The Mediterranean coastand Sagunto’s beaches

The ride starts at the Tourist Ofce and goes North alongAv del Mediterrani On this rst stretch you can enjoyviews of the beach while you cycle along the promenadeat Playa Puerto de Sagunto A few metres into the rideyou come to the mouth of the river Palancia This river

has its source in the Sierra El Toro in Castellón and travelsalong 85 kilometres before reaching the sea between thetowns of Canet and Sagunto This natural area will soonhave facilities for recreational and educational activities,thus improving its environmental image

Beaches

After enjoying this nature spot, your tour passes through

the neighbouring town of Canet along its beach promena-de, keep on until you come to one of Sagunto’s most impor-tant natural resources, the beaches of Almardá, Corintoand Malvarrosa Their line of natural sand dunes make the-se three beaches some of the most important environmen-tal treasures in the Valencia region The dunes, of greatenvironmental value owing to their size and the plants thatgrow on them, are accompanied by sandy beaches andclear seas providing excellent bathing

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The next environmental resource on the route is the Envi-ronmental Education Centre Continue along the Corral delBatlle (Avinguda Palmera) until you reach the C-320, thering road around Puerto de Sagunto, which has a modernbicycle lane

Continue along the CV-320, crossing a number of roun-dabouts, until you reach the CV-309, where you take thebicycle lane and follow the signs to the Environmental Edu-cation Centre

The Environmental Education Centre is based in a oldcountry house, of the kind found typically on the Medite-rranean coastal plain The house, named l’Alqueria dels

Frares, dates from the 17th century and preserves many ofits original architectural features, including the water tank,which holds over 100,000 litres, the centre courtyard, thewell, drinking trough, laundry sink and wood oven Insideyou can take part in some of the many activities organisedby the Centre, view renewable energy equipment on the te-rrace and enjoy the Valencia region’s historic orchard andmarket garden, with its collection of fruit trees, vegetablesand plants


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The Marjal dels Moros wetlands

Next to the Environmental Education Centre is one of themost interesting areas of wetland on the Mediterraneancoast Over 300 hectares of a combination of wetlands,farming and springs where the cries of migrating birdsoat on the sea breeze coming from the nearby shoreThis wetland area is home to Limonium dufourii, a kind ofsea lavender found only on the Valencian coast Close tothe beach and following the coast path that separates thewetlands from the sea, a line of natural dunes, consistingof a mixture of sand and pebbles, provides a habitat for

indigenous plants

Continue along the path parallel to the sea for about 3 kmuntil you reach Grau Vell (the old port)

Grau Vell

This was where goods were loaded onto ships from Romantimes In 1459, King Juan II authorised it be used once

again as a quay and almost one hundred years later, theCortes de Monzón decreed that building work should beginon its coastal defences The port’s main function was todefend the coast between the Cabo Canet tower, which nolonger stands, and the tower at the nearby town of El PuigThis stronghold consists of several buildings, the most im-portant of which include the stores, the battery and thetower

This archaeological site is considered by the scienticcommunity as one of the most signicant on the West coa-st of the Mediterranean Its characteristics and good stateof preservation have enabled it to be studied and a largenumber of pottery, glass and metal artefacts have beenfound, including coins minted in the Roman town of Arse-Saguntum In the land surrounding the Grau Vell you cansee the excavations carried out over the last few years inwhat was Sagunto’s Roman port

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Visiting the surrounding area

Fuente de Quart: water still gushes from the old spring,known as the “Font de Quart”, to irrigate agricultural land

in the “Les Valls” area The fertile soil depends on thisspring, which forms a large pool at its source

How to get there Take the N-340 towards Castellón, thentake the turning signposted to Quartell and pass throughthe village towards Quart, following the signs for the Fuen-te

Santo Espíritu: The Santo Espíritu monastery was foun-ded in the early 15th century The surrounding area is oneof the best-known recreational areas in the sierra, and iswell-equipped with open-air cooking facilities, tables anddrinking water fountains

How to get there Take the A-23, then take the turning sig-nposted to Gilet Once you have passed through the villa-ge, take the road on the left signposted to the monastery

The Sierra Calderona: This mountain range runs along the

bed of the river Palancia and covers most of the Camp deMorvedre area On its eastern side is Monte Picayo, an im-pressive peak jutting out onto the coastal plain

Deeper into the sierra is the Garbí, one of the best-knownsights in the Community of Valencia Its impressive cliffsgive fantastic views over the surrounding countryside andits slopes are home to a wonderful example of Mediterra-nean woodland

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Tourist Info SaguntoPlaça Cronista Chabret s/n- Sagunto96 265 58 59

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Tourist Info Sagunto beachAvda del Mediterrani, 67- Puerto de Sagunto96 269 04 02

Casa de Cultura “Capellán Pallarés”Caballers, 10-Sagunto96 266 42 21

Cronista Chabret Library

Plaça Cronista Chabret, 20 – Sagunto96 266 45 21

Civic Centre LibraryJardines Antiguo Sanatorio – Puerto de Sagunto96 267 45 68

Joaquín Rodrigo AuditoriumPlaça Cronista Chabret, 6 – Sagunto96 266 45 68

Municipal Cultural CentreCarrer Progrés, 9 – Puerto de Sagunto96 267 91 11

TRANSPORT

Radio TaxiTaxi Ranks in Sagunto:Carrer de l’Estació, s/nTaxi Ranks in Puerto de Sagunto:Plaça Primer de MaigHospitalPlaça Ramón de la Sota96 268 09 99

RENFE (Trains)Carrer de l’Estació, s/n- Saguntowwwrenfees96 266 07 28

AVSA (Buses)Calle Trabajo, 2 – Puerto de Sagunto96 267 14 16wwwavsaes

USEFUL SERVICES

Town HallCarrer Autonomía, 2 – Sagunto96 265 58 58

Local Police StationAv Fausto Carruana s/n(Sagunto-Puerto road)96 265 58 84Emergencies 092

National PoliceCarrer Progrés, 35 – Puerto de Sagunto96 267 00 91Emergencies: 091

HospitalAvd Ramón y Cajal s/n96 265 94 00

Sagunto Health CentreAv Sants de la Pedra, 8196 266 10 57

Puerto de Sagunto Health CentreCarrer Periodista Azzati, s/n

96 266 07 05

Correos y Telégrafos (Post Ofce) SaguntoPlaça Cronista Chabret s/n96 267 12 84

Correos y Telégrafos (Post Ofce) Puerto de SaguntoCarrer Camp de Morvedre, 2796 267 12 84

Sports Pavilion

Av Fausto Carruana s/n(Sagunto-Puerto road)96 265 58 79



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