Algorfa: the Neo-Gothic chapel and Plaza de España

The chapel often used to represent Algorfa is not the parish church in the town square. Telling these two places apart is the starting point for a short visit: one belongs to a group of buildings associated with the former marquises, while the other stands in the everyday town centre.

The chapel’s two-colour stonework

The Neo-Gothic building dates from 1910 and stands on a small hill near the town. Look for the two colours of stone from the local quarry. Beside it are the former palace of the marquises of Rojas and an old olive mill.

Our suggestion is to consider these buildings together, thinking about the relationship between a residence, a place of worship and agricultural work. We do not assume their interiors are open: a municipal heritage description is not a visiting timetable.

The church in the square

The Virgen del Carmen parish church stands in Plaza de España. The council highlights its carved stone altar. Use its full name when locating it on a map: a search for just «Algorfa church» may confuse it with the hilltop chapel.

The municipal history records Charles IV’s grant of the Alfonsine privilege to the marquises of Algorfa in 1790. This helps explain their role without suggesting that every building dates from that year. For this visit, treat the square and the chapel complex as separate stops; there is no supposed coastal route or suggested shortcut across farmland.