Casa Real(Alzira)

The Royal House or “Casa de la Olivera”, according to historians, was the place where King Jaume I, founder of the Kingdom of Valencia, died in 1276, after taking the habits of Saint Bernard and having abdicated to his son Pedro I of Valencia and III of Aragón. He died in 1276, after taking the habits of Saint Bernard and having abdicated in his son Pedro I of Valencia and III of Aragon.
Alzira and the figure of King Jaume I have always been closely linked, as one of the monarch's favourite royal villas was the island of Júcar, Alzira.
The building was a fortified enclosure that jutted out over the wall where the monarch stayed during his regular visits to Alzira and of which barely three walls remain, two of them of large dimensions which, situated opposite each other and perpendicular to the wall, were to mark the limits of the royal residence.
Jaume I had it built in the mid-12th century. This house has been declared an Asset of Cultural Interest (BIC). Archaeological remains of the keep have been found, and during the course of the study of the wall tastings, some Gothic wall paintings were also discovered, which could correspond to the decoration of the building attached to the fortress and, therefore, belonging to the group of medieval dwellings that made up the fortress.
In the same street, the Renaissance façade of the former convent of Agustinas, founded in the 16th century, which also has the BIC designation and is located opposite the Casa Real, still survives. The cloister remains, as well as the nave and façade of the church, which has the heraldic coat of arms of the city (BIC) integrated into the Renaissance façade.

La Casa Real o Casa de la Olivera, según apuntan los historiadores, fue el lugar donde el rey Jaime I, fundador del Reino de Valencia. Falleció en 1276, después de tomar los hábitos de San Bernardo y de haber abdicado en su hijo Pedro I de Valencia y III de Aragón.

Alzira y la figura del rey Jaume I siempre han estado íntimamente ligadas, ya que una de las villas reales favoritas del monarca era la isla del Júcar, Alzira.

El edificio era un recinto fortificado que sobresalía por encima de la muralla en el que se alojaba el monarca durante sus habituales visitas a Alzira y del que apenas quedan tres muros, dos de ellos de grandes dimensiones que, situados uno frente a otro y en perpendicular a la muralla, debían señalar los límites de la residencia real.

Jaime I lo mandó construir a mediados del siglo XII. Esta casa está declarada BIC (bien de interés cultural). Se han encontrado restos arqueológicos del torreón y durante el transcurso del estudio de catas murarías se descubrieron también unas pinturas murales góticas, que podrían corresponder a la decoración del inmueble adosado a la fortaleza y, por tanto, perteneciente al conjunto de viviendas medievales que la configuraban.

En la misma calle pervive la fachada renacentista del antiguo convento de Agustinas, fundado en el siglo XVI, que también cuenta con la declaración BIC y que se sitúa enfrente de la Casa Real. Subsisten el claustro, y de la Iglesia nave y fachada, que presenta el escudo heráldico de la ciudad (BIC) integrado en la portada renacentista.