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Pilar de la Horadada
The newest municipality in Alicante province, independent from Orihuela since 1986, on farmland the Romans crossed and Barbary raids once threatened.
The Campo de la Horadada
A tower, a road and a late independence
For centuries this was the far southern edge of Orihuela, dry farmland crossed by the Vía Augusta and watched from a coastal tower built in 1591.
After a long campaign the Campo de la Horadada became its own municipality in 1986. It now runs from an inland market-garden town down to five kilometres of open Mediterranean coast.
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Pilar de la Horadada: the Campo, the tower and the youngest town in Alicante
The Vía Augusta and Thiar, the 1591 watchtower, the 1986 separation from Orihuela and the market-garden coast.
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