Alicante · Vega Baja
Almoradí
Destroyed by the 1829 earthquake and rebuilt on a wide orthogonal grid, Almoradí is the market and artichoke town near the centre of the Vega Baja.
A town rebuilt for safety
The grid after the earthquake
The 1829 Vega Baja earthquake left barely a building standing in Almoradí. The engineer José Agustín de Larramendi laid out a new town of wide straight streets around a central square.
That calm grid still frames daily life, from the ficus-shaded Plaza de la Constitución and the Church of San Andrés to the Saturday market and the artichoke huerta beyond.
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Almoradí: a rebuilt town at the heart of the Vega Baja
The 1829 earthquake, Larramendi's grid, San Andrés and the water court behind the artichoke huerta.
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