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Antigua casa d'Ausiàs March(Beniarjó)

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In 1377, Pere March, Lord of Beniarjó, Pardines, Vernissa and the surrounding area, began to build the Castell-Palau, or house of the Lordship, from an old existing hostel to reside and administer his possessions. With the works carried out in 1386, the building was completed.

It also housed the administrator, guardians and servants of the Lordship. The house follows the structures and distributions of the Valencian Gothic Palaces, with walls and pedestres loaded in the cantons, portals and finials. The walled building with four defensive towers in the cantons had a moat around it that took advantage of the part that fell on the river to complete itself.

A bridge over the moat that gave way to the gate of the wall and this to the barbican that surrounded the building, and gave the first entrance to the castle, inside, a room made of received, and in it, through another door was passed to a space that distributed the first floor and in it was a large arch that led to the courtyard in which was the ladder of access to the upper floor or noble that housed the chambers of the Lord. On the first floor there were the galleries, the magacines, the chambers of the servants, and also, the Chapel of Santa Maria and San Marcos for the religious service of the Christian inhabitants of the house, and endowed with a benefit for Pere March for the maintenance of the chapel.
Currently there are archaeological remains and to avoid the deterioration of the archaeological remains, what has been done is to protect them from the outside with a glass roof, which allows to observe it. Therefore, at present, the remains of the walls can be seen under protective glass.

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