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La Cala Sights
Weare going to begin our route at the square of Canalejas, where
the town hall is located. Next to the town hall there is one of
the most typical streets of our old quarter el carrer dels gats
which is a sample of the town design of the old seafaring La Cala.
If we go up its stone steps we reach the Iglesia de San Jaime which
dates from the 18th century. It is precisely in 1740 when the Virgen
del Sufragio the patron saint of La Cala is found. At that time
the village fishermen acquired international prestige on being entrusted
the installation of almost all the trap netting of the Mediterranean.
From then to La Cala experiences a considerable growth and the
town begins to expand with the creation of new streets: Santa Faz,
Condestable Zaragoza, Alicante, etc…which from the current
picturesque old quarter of the town.
Continuing with our visit to the Old La Cala we are bound to reach
one of the most emblematic places of the town. El Mirador del Castillo
of La Cala. The fortress, which acted as defence against the incursions
of Algerian and Berber pirates in the 14th , 15th and 16th centuries
was built on the great rock which divides the two beaches. Later
on the Castle was abandoned, and now only the remains of its walls
are left lying on the rocks of the Mirador which is also known as
the Mediterranean balcony.
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