Pozos de Garrigós (Puente Square) are ancient structures excavated on the slopes of Benacantil used for water storage. Today they house Alicante Water Museum. On Villavieja Street we can find Porta Ferrissa (12th and 13th century) and the Palace of the Marqués del Bosc (end of Main Street). This palace was during the Civil War the headquarters of the Athenaeum, where poet Miguel Hernández gave a lecture on August 21, 1937.

 

Santa María Basilica is the oldest church in Alicante. It is a Gothic church, although the main facade is Baroque, built between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries on the remains of an older mosque. In this square we can also visit Alicante Museum of Contemporary Art (MACA). The museum is located in La Asegurada House, the oldest civil building in Alicante, originally built to serve as the city granary.