‹ Back

Carmen Sellés visits the works carried out so far for the recovery of the enclave, located in the core of the urban centre of the municipality

 

The Provincial Council of Alicante has allocated 400,000 euros to the third phase of the recovery and enhancement works of the Public Baths of the Roman Municipality of La Vila Joiosa , within the framework of its aid program for the conservation and enhancement of the architectural heritage of the province.

 

The works of this new action, which began on February 1 and will be completed in six months, focus on the protection by covering the site , where the remains of the hot springs are located, and are included in the second call for proposals of the plan launched by the Architecture Area for municipalities with less than 75,000 inhabitants, endowed with nine million euros. The Provincial Council has financed more than 35% of this third phase , whose total budget amounts to 1,115,000 euros.

 

The representative of the Architecture Area, Carmen Sellés , visited the site this morning together with the mayor of the town, Marcos Zaragoza, the director of the Architecture Area, Rafael Pérez , and other municipal technicians. There she explained that until next June work will be carried out on the construction of this cover to allow the unearthing of the remains of the architectural structures with full guarantee of conservation.

 

Once the state of the recovery work already carried out was verified in situ, Sellés expressed his satisfaction with the development of the works and recalled that, following the line of action of the Provincial Council, “the final objective is the consolidation and museumization of the enclave to put it at the service and enjoyment of society, generating a public, energizing and cultural space, which connects two important arteries of the city.

 

The provincial institution, through the Architecture Area , began technical and economic support for this historical legacy in 2019 with the drafting of the Master Plan, which contemplates a total of six phases for the musealization and urban integration of the Allon hot springs. Subsequently, in 2022, a subsidy of 200,000 euros was granted for the execution of the first two phases of the project , on the one hand, the cleaning and adaptation of the surfaces and, on the other, a prior archaeological action through surveys and tastings.

 

In this sense, the provincial head of Architecture has stated that " the Provincial Council maintains its municipal promotion and cooperation program for the recovery of architectural heritage and, in this case, both for its historical value and its location, the La Vila hot springs Joiosa are one of the most unique projects in our line of aid ,” explained Sellés.

 

This second injection of the provincial institution aimed at the reform, restoration, rehabilitation or major repair of buildings, constructions and architectural remains of municipal ownership that are considered Assets of Cultural Interest (BIC), Assets of Local Relevance (BRL) or are of recognized historical interest, it has also distributed aid for other buildings or enclaves in the region such as the Hort de Colón House Museum in Benidorm , the Roman Villa in L'Albir   or the Polop Castle .