The church was built in the 18th century in the old convent of Sant Roc. The interior of this church is a simple religious Baroque style with a single nave, barrel vaulted ceiling and side chapels linked by a cloistered gallery. It contains one of the few Baroque altarpieces preserved in Gandía. On the front of the building you can still see the marble coat of arms of the 5th Duke of Gandía as well as those of the Borgia and Centelles families.
The Palace was built in the 15th century and was the headquarters of the archdeacon of the Collegiate Church, a position that was always held a Canon from València Cathedral. Over the impressive arched entrance there is a coat of arms belonging to Calixtus III plus another two heraldic shields from the Borgia-Oms branch of the family, possibly belonging to Roderic or Cèsar Borgia, Archbishops of València.
This fortified tower is one of the last witnesses of Gandia's old Medieval wall. The Torreón del Pino is one of the last remaining sections of Gandia's second wall, built in the 17th century. It was commissioned by Duke Francisco de Borgia in 1543. The tower was built on a circular layout and its purpose was mainly defensive. It's in Calle San Rafael, from where you can get a good idea of the enormous fortified monument.
The building was listed as an Propertyof Cultural Interest in 1931 and is one of Gandia's most important cultural attractions. This Collegiate church was built between the 14th and 16th centuries in the Catalan-Aragonese Gothic style.
The Collegiate Basilica of Santa María is widely known as La Seu, although the city has never achieved its ambition of becoming a Bishopric. Together with the Castle, it is one of the city's most iconic buildings. It is listed as an Asset of Cultural Interest.
The Borgia family's Palacio Ducal in Gandía, listed as an Asset of Cultural Interest since 1964, is one of the most iconic civic buildings in València's historic heritage. Set in the heart of the historic city centre, alongside the Collegiate Church of Santa María and the City Hall, it has witnessed the changing history of the capital of La Safor practically since its foundation.
Iglesia de San Pedro (Saint Peter's Church) stands in the square named after it, in the old market quarter of the city of Xàtiva in the province of València. The church is thought to be one of the oldest in the city and for a long time, together with other churches, it was one of the city's three focal points for Christianity following the Christian conquest. It has been listed as an Asset of Cultural Interest since 1983.
The Antigua Universidad, otherwise known as the Escuelas Pías, is one of the most important buildings in the Historic centre of Gandía and can be found in a square at the end of Gandía's Calle Mayor, the city's busiest shopping street. The Escuelas Pías building started life as the first university to be set up in Gandía and the world's first Jesuit university.
On the coast of Valencia it is possible to experience entertaining dives and, as on this occasion, with a truly surprising abundance of natural life. The common characteristic of the seabed along this coast is the continual presence of sandy substrate which is sometimes dotted with rocky formations like islets or stony tonguelike outcrops which do not usually have variations in depth exceeding three or four metres.
From the point of view of diving, what characterises the seaboard of the province of Valencia is the predominance of sandy beaches, very suitable for bathing and with all the facilities the user might demand, but seemingly of little interest for diving. But this is only in appearance, as moving away from the coast the seabed is found to be abundantly rocky, with little change in level, but full of life in its countless coves, crevices and cracks.