Spanish City, Lost In Time and Forgotten

Alcoi is a major city in the Valencian region, yet many people ignore it in favour of the more popular locations like Alicante, Benidorm or Valencia itself. But this week we had to find out for ourselves what this once very wealthy city was all about and what we found shocked us.
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[@derrickfz]

Simply wow just wow

[@findingxanadulife]

Yep, pretty much what we said. 😬💜🤟

[@janettieh2140]

Fabulous. So interesting. I had no idea Alcoi had such a lot to see. Thank you!

[@findingxanadulife]

Neither did we. According to Google, Alcoy has over 20 bridges in total too. 🤷🏼‍♀️ We really enjoyed our visit. Thanks for watching. 💜 🤟

[@ginomonaco70]

I bought property in Javea to build my retirement home. Thanks for showing all these amazing areas close to Javea.

[@findingxanadulife]

Our pleasure Gino. 😬 Thanks for watching. 💜 🤟

[@JosephJackson-uf1iw]

Thanks for showing us some areas of Alcoy we haven't seen, we will have to go back. There is so much more to see. The tourist info office opposite the town hall is a mine of information. Off the main square a road goes down to various other museums one of which is the Bomberos museum which is excellent, there is also a Christmas museum we haven't visited yet. We thought the big steel trapdoor in the main square went to an underground car park! how wrong could we have been.

[@findingxanadulife]

Hi Joseph, We aimed to do the Bombero's museum, but ran out of time. We didn't know that there was a Christmas museum. We will have to plan to go again. There is also a fossil museum we will head to next time too. Thanks for clarifying that the trap door of the silk market does close. We just made assumptions. 🤣 We were just so overwhelmed with the architecture of the older part of the city. You would need a good 2-3 days to see it all. Thanks for watching Much love Alison and Darren 💜🤟

[@simontaylor744]

Great video again guys thanks! Now is 2nd Nov so I hope all going well with van life😊

[@findingxanadulife]

Hi Simon, Sadly not yet, yesterday was a bank holiday here, so we've been delayed another day. We collect her tomorrow. 🤞 Squatting life however, is very pleasant thanks to our friends. 😬 Much love Alison and Darren 💜🤟

[@ddoldag289]

Congratulations you two...we are homeless now as well. It is not easy but fun. We will be nomadic for a bit and then planted for a bit and then off to Moraira.

[@findingxanadulife]

Congratulations on your sale Don..! Enjoy your nomadic time. Keep us posted on your travels this side of the pond and hopefully we can cross paths somewhere. Much love and happy travels, Alison and Darren 💜 🤟

[@stevengold5181]

The holes in the wall look like putlog holes, used to support wooden scaffolding to build the structure

[@findingxanadulife]

Steve you are an absolute star..!⭐ Having now spoken to my best friend Google, that is exactly what they look like. Mystery solved. Thank-you..! 💜🤟

[@mml6666]

Today we saw your KZbin video of Alcoy. You didn't know what the holes in the walls of the city were for. Here's the explanation: In the exterior masonry of large medieval buildings, you often notice regularly arranged holes that many observers can't quite explain. These are recesses to accommodate the horizontal support beams for the scaffolding. Today, monuments are scaffolded from the ground with tubular steel scaffolding, which requires costs that are occasionally higher than those of the necessary repairs. In the Middle Ages, on the other hand, masonry was built from the ground up as high as the masons' arms could reach, then holes were cut out at the top and beams were pushed into the masonry on which the scaffolding boards rested. Diagonal braces created a truss construction that kept the cantilevered beam from breaking off or being pulled out of the scaffolding hole. If the horizontal cross beam was not only inserted all the way through the masonry, but also secured on the interior side by a mortise and tenon, the construction had such great strength that it could support four scaffolding levels, with the three upper beams only having to be in the scaffolding hole up to half the wall thickness. If the height of the arms was no longer sufficient for bricklaying, the scaffolding structure was pushed further upwards after the horizontal beams had been pulled out of the holes. Since these could no longer be reached, they were left open, which is not only the case with walls made of natural stone, but even more frequently with brick buildings. In later times, the open holes in the scaffolding were a nuisance and were therefore subsequently closed. Sorry for the long, but very detailed explanation 😉

[@findingxanadulife]

Fabulous explanation...! Thank you so much for taking the time to tell us..! Much love Alison and Darren 💜🤟

[@sonaliahairsalon657]

those holes are for scaffolding.

[@vicentdelatorre7537]

Merci pour ce beau reportage; Alcoi est une très belle ville que je connais assez bien, avant la guerre civile et pendant ce temps elle fut une ville industrielle dédicacée, entre autres choses, à l'industrie métallurgique ce qui la fit objet de bombardements par l'aviation italienne et allemande alliées de Franco.

[@findingxanadulife]

Merci de nous l'avoir dit Vicent. Cela explique parfaitement pourquoi Alcoy a été si lourdement bombardée. Nous sommes heureux qu’il reste tant de bâtiments magnifiques après un tel traumatisme. 💜🤟

[@justinianorigoberto7973]

Alcoi, apart from other things, is famous for the MOROS AND CHRISTIANS festival. AND FOR THE CAVALGA OF KINGS ON JANUARY 5. Greetings and looking forward to seeing you in your new home...

[@findingxanadulife]

Thank you Justiniano. We will have to try to catch one of those festivals in Alcoy in the future. We're glad that you will be joining us on our future adventures. Much love Alison and Darren 💜🤟

[@anacasanova7350]

Como Alcoy hay cientos de ciudades en España. Pero no son de guiris 😂. España tiene 50 provincias y en cada provincia 50 pueblos, ciudades, villas etc.etc.😊

[@findingxanadulife]

Esperamos ver muchos, muchos más en nuestros viajes. Feliz Navidad Ana.💜🤟