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Alicante’s Central Market is an eclectic building, with decorative features characteristic of early twentieth century Valencian Modernism. It is situated in one of the busiest avenues of Alicante city: Avenida Alfonso X El Sabio.

The building was designed in 1915 by the architect Francisco Fajardo Guardiola and completed by Juan Vidal Ramos in 1922. It is rectangular-shaped and occupies the irregular block in which it is situated. Its main brick facade has a big wide staircase. The rear façade gives onto 25 de Mayo Square, that has flower stalls and market bars.

The Pantheon of Quijano and the Plaza de Toros are very near Alicante’s Central Market. Please do not hesitate to contact us for any further information on these sites.

The Town Hall is an eighteenth century baroque civil architectural work built by the architect Lorenzo Chápuli on the site of the former City Hall. The main facade presents decorative features such as the Solomonic columns and two towers.

Elegant, red marble stairs lead to the Isabelline style Blue Room on the top floor, the Plenary Room and a chapel where masses can be celebrated.

The Town Hall has a minimalist-looking annex building, which houses the archaeological remains of the medieval city of Alicante on the ground floor. The structure of the building is made of cement and iron and can be viewed both from the inside and outside. The top floor of the annex building also includes a grand, avant-garde looking glazed terrace with views of Santa Barbara Castle.

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Alicante’s main theatre, the Teatro Principal, was built by the architect Emilio Jover, and inaugurated in 1847. There are no annex buildings. The main façade is neoclassical, made in exposed ashlar masonry, to which a six-column, double-height Doric portico crowned by a triangular pediment is attached.

The interior follows the theatre typology that prevailed at the time and is so-called Italian style: the hall has a horse-shoe shape and four floors, providing an adequate solution for the acoustic and visual perception of performances. This coliseum has undergone several renovations. Major renovations include: the works completed on 20 September 1876; those led by the architect Juan Vidal Ramos ending on 28 October 1941 – after a bomb fell on the stage during the Civil War – and, finally, the renovation that was completed in 1991.

Alicante’s Bullring is one of the oldest rings still in use in the Valencian Region. It was built in 1847, by the Alicante architect Emilio Jover, who also built Alicante’s Teatro Principal. Renovation works took place in 1884 led by the architect José Guardiola, who added a second floor to the building with stairs and independent accesses connected to the outer facade as well as several annexed dependencies. These additions considerably increased the ring’s capacity.

Alicante’s Bullring has a capacity of 15,000 spectators, a large horse yard, a big stable, a number of pens, pigpens, an infirmary and a chapel.