El Barco
El Barco (The Ship) is a residential apartment tower in Albufereta, Alicante, Spain. It is formally called Torre Vistamar de la Albufereta, meaning "Albufereta Sea View Tower".
El Barco was one of a cluster of buildings erected in the former village...
Lucentum
Lucentum is the name of the Roman predecessor of the city of Alicante, Spain. Particularly, it refers to the archaeological site in which the remains of this ancient settlement lie, at a place known as El Tossal de Manises, in the neighborhood of Albuf...
Roman Catholic Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante
The Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante (Latin: Oriolen(sis) – Lucentin(us)) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory located in the cities of Orihuela and Alicante in the Ecclesiastical province of Valencia in Spain. It was established as Diocese of Orih...
Port of Alicante
The 1990s marked possibly the greatest changes in the modern history of the port of Alicante. The Special Plan for the Port ('PEP' in Spanish) of 1992 allowed the port to plan an expansion towards the south, and made provisions for converting some of t...
Basilica of Santa Maria
The Basilica of Santa Maria is the oldest active church in Alicante, Spain. It was built in Valencian Gothic style between the 14th and 16th centuries over the remains of a mosque.
The basilica is composed from a single nave with six side chapels lo...
Concatedral de San Nicolás de Bari
La iglesia concatedral de San Nicolás de Bari es una de las sedes catedralicias de la diócesis de Orihuela-Alicante, junto con la Catedral del Salvador de Orihuela. Se encuentra situada en la plaza Abad Penalva de Alicante (España).
Fue edificada so...
Estudiotel Alicante
Estudiotel Alicante (also Riscal) is a skyscraper and hotel in Alicante, Spain. It is 117 metres (384 ft) high, with 35 floors. It is the tallest building in the city, ahead of El Barco in Albufereta at 111 metres (364 ft).
Gran Sol
Gran Sol (also Hotel Gran Sol, Hotel Tryp Gran Sol) is a skyscraper and hotel in Alicante, Spain. It is 97 meters tall and has 31 floors. It's a brand hotel Tryp Hotels belonging to the hotel group Sol Melia.
The hotel is the third tallest building ...
Alicante railway station
Alicante terminal (Valencian: Alacant terminal) is the central railway station of Alicante, Spain. Commonly referred locally as the RENFE station, the station is part of Adif system, and is a terminal station.
The station accommodates RENFE long-dis...
Iglesia arciprestal de Santa María
The Iglesia arciprestal de Santa María is a former Spanish church in Alcoy, province of Alicante. It was constructed in the 18th century at the convent of St. Augustine, which was built in the 13th century. In 1936, the building was demolished, losing ...
Alicante Museum of Contemporary Art
Alicante Museum of Contemporary Art is a municipal museum in Alicante, Spain. It exhibits 20th-century and contemporary art. Created in 1976 thanks to Eusebio Sempere, and reopened in 2011 after a major renovation, the museum now consists of three perm...
Archaeological Museum of Alicante
The Archaeological Museum of Alicante is an archaeological museum in Alicante, Spain. The museum won the European Museum of the Year Award in 2004, a few years after significant expansion and reallocation to renovated buildings of the antique hospital ...
Gravina Museum of Fine Arts
The museum is devoted to painting and sculpture of Alicante from the sixteenth century to the early decades of the twentieth century. In the museum there are nearly 500 works from funds of the provincial council, including a sculpture by Francisco Salz...
