Cristo Rey Square, Cantavieja

Architectural complex of rectangular shape. It is arcaded on three sides, each with its own style and dimensions. On the side of the church are three large and slender pointed arches, which serve as an outer atrium to the church with plank pavement. Six semicircular arches support the great hall of the town hall. On the other side of the porches, in front of the church, they are pointed, lowered, very reduced and less graceful than those of the temple. The whole complex was plastered with lime until the stone underneath was recovered in the 1972 restoration. It was restored by the "Servicio de Ciudades de Interés Histórico-Artístico" of the Dirección General de Arquitectura (Ministry of Housing). The author of the restoration project and director of the work was the architect Mr. Francisco Pons Sorolla, grandson of the painter Joaquín Sorolla. The father of the famous painter was born in Cantavieja in 1833 and his name was Joaquín Sorolla Gascón.