DESCRIPTION

In 1842 it was decided to demolish the portal of the square, also called the Raval, to widen it and the new town hall was also built. The old one, declared ruinous in 1839, was demolished, and following a plan by Juan Carbonell in 1828, a new one was made. The work was carried out by the master builder Francesc Oltra and its cost was 41,662 reales; the lime kiln was installed in Mostalla. Joaquín Antonio Cendra, the Mayorazgo, was mayor at the time. Later, in 1848 the plenary hall was built and in 1849 the porches.

In 1926 it was again in a dilapidated state and, therefore, in 1927 a new one was built. The old porticoes could not be kept and the entire building had to be demolished. However, there was a need to preserve the passage under the building that connected the Plaza de la Constitución (the name of the square at that time) and Plaza del Vallet. Thus, the ground floor was built with three arcades: the central one for the passage of carriages and the two side ones for the passage of people. The main offices were located on the first floor and the session room, the archive and the rooms for the concierge were located on the second floor. The reports and plans were the work of the engineers Gerardo Bañuls and Vicente Ubach, and the architect of the project was Juan Vidal Ramos from Alicante. The construction of the building was put up for public auction and was auctioned and awarded to the Pegolino bricklayer Salvador Orihuel Femenia.

In the 1990s the city hall was enlarged.

PORCHES. HOSTAL COMERCIO

In the middle of the twentieth century, in the Porxins there was the "Comercio" inn, which belonged to Emilieta, and next door, the Pascual Ibiza winery.

Where Banco Sabadell is today (Calle Mayor, 1) was the Hostal-Casa Greix (it was also a tobacconist), the bar of the "coixo", the barbershop of Màximo and the studio of the photographer Vicent Gilabert "Retra".

Where the Zorrilla bar is now was the Moreno bar.

Also in Calle Mayor was the Pianola (later it was an oven, now Capritx) and many shops of all kinds (espadrilles, haberdasheries, a bell ringer, sweets, etc).

In the Plaza was the gas pump.

Where Suma is there was the Pension la Vasca (owned by Rosa Sastre Alemany's parents, 40s-50s).