{"id":1586,"date":"2014-01-23T11:48:29","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T10:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2016.benimacletconta.com\/rutas\/el-centro-historico\/?lang=en"},"modified":"2017-01-11T11:41:33","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T10:41:33","slug":"el-centro-historico","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/rutas\/el-centro-historico\/","title":{"rendered":"The historical centre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_full-9497bbf8bff73ea4c6992cc17fa9ec36\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_full-9497bbf8bff73ea4c6992cc17fa9ec36{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_one_full-9497bbf8bff73ea4c6992cc17fa9ec36 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '   ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-8d257744041a00516521ee131cd8409b\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-8d257744041a00516521ee131cd8409b{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-8d257744041a00516521ee131cd8409b .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-8d257744041a00516521ee131cd8409b .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-8d257744041a00516521ee131cd8409b av-special-heading-h4 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><h4 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >The historical centre<\/h4><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_half-9497bbf8bff73ea4c6992cc17fa9ec36\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_half-9497bbf8bff73ea4c6992cc17fa9ec36{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_one_half-9497bbf8bff73ea4c6992cc17fa9ec36 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_half  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding column-top-margin'   ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Here we have tried to discover the most characteristic places in what we consider to be the traditional part of Benimaclet, the village of Benimaclet, the place where it all began, when the founder Maclet, according to the legend, settled in his alquer\u00eda (farm) on this fertile land.<\/p>\n<p>To that end we start out from the Benimaclet Square itself, from the church, <a title=\"Parroquia de la Asunci\u00f3n de Nuestra Se\u00f1ora\" href=\"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/iglesia-de-la-asuncion\/\" target=\"_blank\">IGLESIA DE LA ASUNCI\u00d3N<\/a>. By its side, behind the fountain, we find one of the best known leisure places, the GLOP, on the ground floor of a building used now for housing, but that according to some was the Town Hall of the village of Benimaclet centuries ago.<\/p>\n<p>To the right of it, in Benicolet Street, we can remember the coal shop, <a title=\"La Carboner\u00eda\" href=\"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/carboneria\/\" target=\"_blank\">LA CARBONERIA<\/a>, that used to be situated there, and we may add that the street used to be called \u201cde Micha galla\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_half-9c1d454dc06f7247226bc4e8f931daae\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_half-9c1d454dc06f7247226bc4e8f931daae{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_one_half-9c1d454dc06f7247226bc4e8f931daae av_one_half  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding column-top-margin'   ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_image-1512301066c5c3a9f5c3430887e6fe90\">\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-1512301066c5c3a9f5c3430887e6fe90 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-av_image-1512301066c5c3a9f5c3430887e6fe90 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-5  el_before_av_button  avia-builder-el-first '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><a href=\"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MAPA-RUTA-01-CENTROweb-1030x580.jpg\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MAPA-RUTA-01-CENTROweb-1030x580.jpg 1030w, http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MAPA-RUTA-01-CENTROweb-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MAPA-RUTA-01-CENTROweb-768x433.jpg 768w, http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MAPA-RUTA-01-CENTROweb-705x397.jpg 705w, http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MAPA-RUTA-01-CENTROweb-450x254.jpg 450w, http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MAPA-RUTA-01-CENTROweb.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" class='avia_image' ><img class='wp-image-3713 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-3713 avia_image' src=\"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MAPA-RUTA-01-CENTROweb-495x400.jpg\" alt='' title='MAPA-RUTA-01-CENTROweb'  height=\"400\" width=\"495\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap avia-button-center  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_image  avia-builder-el-last ' ><a href='http:\/\/http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/BenimacletConta_Ruta01.pdf' class='avia-button av-av_button-9b903167bbe2b08463c36913c7553009 avia-icon_select-yes-left-icon avia-size-small avia-position-center avia-color-theme-color' target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class='avia_button_icon avia_button_icon_left' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue82d' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >Download Ruta<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_full-9497bbf8bff73ea4c6992cc17fa9ec36\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_full-9497bbf8bff73ea4c6992cc17fa9ec36{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_one_full-9497bbf8bff73ea4c6992cc17fa9ec36 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_comments_list  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding column-top-margin'   ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>This is where the market of the square used to be, <a title=\"Mercado Plaza\" href=\"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/mercado-plaza\/\" target=\"_blank\">MERCADO de la PLAZA<\/a>. Today the \u201clittle market\u201d, the mercadillo, which rotates through the city and comes to Benimaclet on Fridays, has replaced it.<\/p>\n<p>Still on the square, but looking towards Murta Street, we find on our right the social service centre, <a title=\"Centro de Servicios Sociales\" href=\"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/centro-de-servicios-sociales\/\" target=\"_blank\">CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES<\/a>, built in 1999, on the site of the old market building that was never used.<\/p>\n<p>We may note that it was right here that the old soap factory, <a title=\"Jaboner\u00eda\" href=\"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/jaboneria\/\" target=\"_blank\">LA JABONERIA<\/a>, was located. Its grand dimensions closed off the square, creating a narrow street that can be seen today as a dead end alley between the centre and the next-door buildings.<\/p>\n<p>If we continue a bit further, we will find Santos Street to our left. This is where the summer cinema, <a title=\"Cine de verano\" href=\"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/cine-de-verano\/\" target=\"_blank\">CINE DE VERANO<\/a>, used to be, in the spot where today we find the popular meeting place <strong>LLAR CULTURAL DE BENIMACLET.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Returning to Murta Street and walking towards the sea, you will find the plaque of the soap factory, <a title=\"Jaboner\u00eda\" href=\"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/jaboneria\/\" target=\"_blank\">LA JABONERIA.<\/a> The use it made of caustic soda continues to pose problems for the buildings that stand on one part of the space it used to occupy.<\/p>\n<p>A bit further on, at the corner of Mistral Street, stands one of the most representative buildings of the neighbourhood, <a title=\"Casa de Trencad\u00eds\" href=\"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/casa-de-trencadis\/\" target=\"_blank\">CASAS DE TRENCAD\u00cdS.<\/a> It is famous because of its special ceramic fa\u00e7ade; in honour of Gaud\u00ed, as well as the fact that Almod\u00f3var shot some scenes of his film \u201cLa mala educaci\u00f3n\u201d (\u201cBad Education\u201d) here.<\/p>\n<p>We turn right on Mistral Street and come to the corner of Enrique Navarro Street, where we find the water tower, <a title=\"Dep\u00f3sito de agua\" href=\"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/deposito-de-agua\/\" target=\"_blank\">DEP\u00d3SITO DE AGUA<\/a>, which served a group of one family houses with small gardens in front of them and that we can still see a few metres further on and also in Hermanos Villalonga Street. They were built for railway workers of that time.<\/p>\n<p>We now walk west along Enrique Navarro Street, one of the most commercial and populated streets of the neighbourhood, until we reach the intersection with Bar\u00f3n de San Petrillo Street. This has been the principal artery of Benimaclet throughout history, since it was the original connection with the city of Valencia.<\/p>\n<p>At this intersection we can see the music school, <a title=\"Centro Instructivo Musical (CIM)\" href=\"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/centro-instructivo-musical-cim\/\" target=\"_blank\">CENTRO INSTRUCTIVO MUSICAL<\/a>, recently renovated. It is a meeting place and a place for musical and cultural activities with deep roots in the neighbourhood, and it is still very active, enlivened now by new contents.<\/p>\n<p>We walk on towards the tram tracks and come to where the <a title=\"Barracas de Tramoyeres \/ Ambulatorio a\u00f1os 70\" href=\"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/barracas-de-tramoyeres\/\" target=\"_blank\">BARRACAS DE TRAMOYERES<\/a> used to stand at the corner of Reverendo Rafael Tramoyeres Street. They no longer exist.<\/p>\n<p>Then we turn back to the previous intersection, where the Parish Foundation, PATRONATO PARROQUIAL, used to be. It has also disappeared, but it used to be a place of various activities.<\/p>\n<p>We walk west along Leonor Jovani Street and pass the spot of the long lost <a title=\"Cine Ideal\" href=\"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/cine-ideal\/\" target=\"_blank\">CINE IDEAL<\/a>, that was later used as a discotheque in the now distant 1980\u00b4s. Just behind this cinema, in the Reverendo Rafael Tramoyeres Street, there was another cinema in the 1970s, the <a title=\"Cine Mavis\" href=\"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/cine-mavis\/\" target=\"_blank\">CINE MAVIS.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now we come to Emilio Bar\u00f3 Street, turn right and continue along this important commercial and traffic artery until we reach the place of the cooperative, <a title=\"La Cooperativa\" href=\"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/la-cooperativa\/\" target=\"_blank\">LA COOPERATIVA.<\/a> This building still functions as such.<\/p>\n<p>We continue in the direction of Alboraya and turn right on M\u00fasico Belando Street until we cross Bar\u00f3n de San Petrillo again. The girls school, <a title=\"Escuela de ni\u00f1as Carmen Crespo\" href=\"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/escuela-de-carmen-crespo\/\" target=\"_blank\">ESCUELA DE CARMEN CRESPO,<\/a> used to be here. It was a place where neighbourhood girls received their elementary knowledge. Walking along this street, we go back to the oldest part of the neighbourhood, its original streets that are today partially pedestrianized. Here one can enjoy the typical fragrances and atmosphere of the most authentic Benimaclet, a neighbourhood that smells of burning wood, narrow streets and beautiful village houses, many of them restored.<\/p>\n<p>Many have also been modernized or replaced, using criteria of maximum respect for the historical area. The next two examples give proof of that: In La Rambla Street we find an example of a recent building, the <a title=\"Casa AYM\" href=\"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/casa-aym\/\" target=\"_blank\">CASA AYM<\/a>, an one family house, connected to an architectural study that includes a cultural space next door, the <strong>MULTI CULTURAL PROJECT ARQUITECTURA<\/strong>. Walking along this street, arriving at the monumental palm tree with 12 branches, we turn right into Alegret Street to see another interesting replacement: The <a title=\"Coworking Acontrapeu\" href=\"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/coworking-benimaclet\/\" target=\"_blank\">COWORKING ACONTRAPEU<\/a> is a new building that functions as a study of architecture and co-working.<\/p>\n<p>Next, we come to Masquefa Street. At the corner of Puzol and on one of its white walls, we find the famous sign that reminds us permanently of the fact that Benimaclet was and continues to be a village with its own characteristics and strong feelings of belonging. It is still common to hear residents say, \u201cI am going to Valencia to&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At this point, we take the narrow Cristo de la Providencia street and pass the day-care centre, GUARDERIA AISO, the name of which today is <a title=\"Guarder\u00eda A.I.S.O. \/ Escola Infantil Bressol\" href=\"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/guarderia-aiso\/\" target=\"_blank\">ESCOLA BRESSOL<\/a>. It is a cooperative school with a strong social purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Back in Bar\u00f3n de San Petrillo Street we come upon one of the most significant spots of the neighbourhood, the house known as <a title=\"Casa Pepa Nicolau\" href=\"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/casa-pepa-nicolau\/\" target=\"_blank\">CASA DE PEPA NICOLAU<\/a>, where this artist lives and where famous Valencian cultural personalities of about a century ago liked to get together, among them Blasco Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez, Joaqu\u00edn Sorolla and Mariano Benlliure. The owner likes to tell how even today their comments seem to echo inside.<\/p>\n<p>To finish our walk, we return along Bar\u00f3n de San Petrillo and turn into Nuestra Sra. de la Asunci\u00f3n Street to come back to the square and the Chocolate-Makers shop, <a title=\"Tienda de la Chocolatera\" href=\"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/alqueria-la-chocolatera\/\" target=\"_blank\">TIENDA DE LA CHOCOLATERA<\/a>. This shop is very famous in the neighbourhood and it has a special history. The Poet Carles Salvador lived there for a few years while working in Benimaclet.<\/p>\n<p>So this is where we end this interesting route along the oldest streets of neighbourhood. We have discovered places that no longer exist, places that have been preserved and recently created places that show how the neighbourhood lives on, in constant development.<\/p>\n<p>Download this route in pdf format <a href=\"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/BenimacletConta_Ruta01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aqu\u00ed.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='av-buildercomment av-av_comments_list-56c66b2695468e12d3120bc7169a9873  av-blog-meta-html-info-disabled'><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1163,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1586"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1586"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2717,"href":"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1586\/revisions\/2717"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}