{"id":1893,"date":"2016-09-27T17:29:03","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T15:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2016.benimacletconta.com\/torreta-miramar\/?lang=en"},"modified":"2016-11-30T11:17:57","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T10:17:57","slug":"torreta-miramar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/en\/torreta-miramar\/","title":{"rendered":"Alquer\u00eda Torreta Miramar (the Sea view Tower Farmhouse)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_half-b75c891232f39d01a8d00e2a0e674074\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_half-b75c891232f39d01a8d00e2a0e674074{\nborder-width:1px;\nborder-color:#83a846;\nborder-style:solid;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:20px 20px 20px 20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_one_half-b75c891232f39d01a8d00e2a0e674074 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div '   ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>Alquer\u00eda Torreta Miramar (the Sea view Tower Farmhouse)<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Date:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Address: Carrer de la Torreta de Miramar<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Architects:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/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-3  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_hr  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '   ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_image-29735e7f18b1e463594107219f73a84e\">\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-29735e7f18b1e463594107219f73a84e .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\nfont-size:11px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-av_image-29735e7f18b1e463594107219f73a84e av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-4  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '  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\/02\/Torreta-Miramar-BenimacletConta-1024x768.jpg\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Torreta-Miramar-BenimacletConta-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Torreta-Miramar-BenimacletConta-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Torreta-Miramar-BenimacletConta-100x75.jpg 100w, http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Torreta-Miramar-BenimacletConta-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Torreta-Miramar-BenimacletConta-200x150.jpg 200w, http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Torreta-Miramar-BenimacletConta-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Torreta-Miramar-BenimacletConta-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Torreta-Miramar-BenimacletConta-900x675.jpg 900w, http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Torreta-Miramar-BenimacletConta.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" class='avia_image' ><img class='wp-image-2881 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2881 avia_image' src=\"http:\/\/benimacletconta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Torreta-Miramar-BenimacletConta-1024x768.jpg\" alt='' title='Torreta Miramar - 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He wrote that it was situated <em>\u201cin the old Farin\u00f3s road, number 7. It is called Miramar (sea view) because of the slender and square tower that emerges from the two- sided roof; this tower is finished off with a pointed tiled spire with coloured edges; on each side there are two superimposed windows. This farmhouse is quite simple with an arch door and two rows of eight windows each on the main fa\u00e7ade. The most remarkable thing about it is the adaptation that has been made on the east side, converting it into a typical eighteenth century fa\u00e7ade with its clay acroterium, with its wooden lacework lookout, with a staircase and with a fence surrounding a garden full of palm trees and eucalyptus. It is a curious transformation, over the centuries, of the coexistence in the same building of farmers and landowners\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"exp-col-content-holder\">\n<p><a class=\"expand-cnt-link\" href=\"http:\/\/2016.benimacletconta.com\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1891&amp;action=edit&amp;lang=es#\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"hidden-content\">\n<p class=\"hiddenContentp\">Teresa, the daughter of the last person who lived there, Jose Antonio Medina, tells us what it was like to live in this house, which looked like a small palace. Thanks to her, we have been able to reconstruct a part of the history of this now lost building. As Almenar y Vives wrote, it had a tower from where you could see the sea really well, and that was the reason for its name. Teresa says, however, that it was situated on the other side of New Alboraya Road (the present Emilio Bar\u00f3 street) instead of in Farin\u00f3s road. Teresa also remembers that it was one of the few constructions of the area and that the situation was privileged, surrounded by orchards: <em>\u201cIt was a small place with old buildings. Quite close to the house there was a mill, on top of an irrigation ditch, with an arch and a small bridge that looked Roman.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jos\u00e9 rented the house from some upper class ladies that he met walking by the Alameda Park around 1930. At that time, the rent paid for a farmhouse like this one was quite small. It was a very large building where two families were living in different parts.<\/p>\n<p>Teresa\u2019s family entered through the main entrance and the caretakers through a side door. Both families were tenants. Inside the building the two parts were connected by a door. The caretaker family was in charge of taking care of the building and lived off of the land that belonged to it. The Laguarda Carsi family were the last inhabitants of this farmhouse. Apart from working the land, the caretaker\u2019s sons also had silkworms as an economical complement, which was typical of Valencian agriculture at that time.<\/p>\n<p>It was a very big house. The roof was made of Moorish tiles and finished with the tower. To climb the tower, there was a wooden spiral staircase. In the entrance there was also a staircase leading to several rooms. The floor of the building was made of bricks forming mosaics. On the top floor there were eleven rooms. The main room was situated above the entrance hall and had a big balcony crowned by canopies of Arab-style carved wood. The rounded entrance door had a big arch and inside the house there was another arch that divided the hall into two spaces. There was also a big yard with a kitchen, an Arabic well and a fireplace. Moreover, there was a Moorish oven where the bread and the sweets were baked. Up on the wall there was a shelf full of ancient dishes and ceramic pieces. As Teresa remembers it, towards the end the house needed repairs because it was very old. The date of construction is unknown, but it is clear that, even if its origin is not Arabic, it is a heritage from that culture.<\/p>\n<p>The house had a lush garden with big palm trees, plane trees, fruit trees, etc. Every day there were painters there, trying to catch the beauty of the place on canvas. The owners would go there to spend the day and enjoy the quiet and calm.<\/p>\n<p>Jose started up a poultry farm for his personal gain, and he also had other animals for private use. The owners of the property left this whole legacy to the Teresian nuns on the condition that they would rehabilitate it as a school. But, due to the fact that farming was considered an unpleasant business that caused bad smells, the nuns asked the pope for permission to sell the property and to use the money earned to build the promised school somewhere else.<\/p>\n<p>While it is true that they could have removed the farm functions and left the building in place because of its value as heritage, sadly, what happened, just like with other symbols of Valencian culture, was something different.<\/p>\n<p>In 1970, Jose and his family were notified that they were going to be evicted. Jose uttered a sentence that would be repeated in the history of Benimaclet: <em>\u201cNo way, over my dead body!\u201d<\/em> The eviction was set for the 31st of March, and coincidentally two days before that, Jose died without seeing what the future held in store for his cherished home.<\/p>\n<p>It did not take long before the building was demolished, since it soon suffered plunder and theft. Jose\u2019s family received a scant economic compensation from the city council.<\/p>\n<p>In this way, in 1971 Benimaclet lost a farmhouse that was unique in its beauty and singularity. 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