Houses and Streets

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RENFE (Spanish Railway Company) (12, Tomás Navarro Street)

Luis Giménez Almela bought this house in 1942. His family connections made it possible for Algímia it would have a train station in 1898.

In principle, the planned stations were at the towns of Sagunt, Gilet, Sant Esperit, Albalat dels Tarongers, Estivella, Torres Torres , Alfara d’ Algímia , Àrguines (Venta Rochina ), Sot, Soneja and Sogorb (“Las Provincias “, February 13, 1894).

Algímia, being more populated than Torres Torres and Alfara, did not have a station planned. It may be that the reason was an official punishment to Algímia, which at the end of the 19th century was regarded as one of the most progressive and atheist towns, political and religious ideologies that were not well seen by the established power.

The maternal family of Francisco Giménez Almela, father of Luis, was related to the Marquises of Dos Aigües, with a very good personal relationship. In fact, Marquise María del Carmen Puigmoltó y Mayans, daughter of the counts of Torrefiel, was godmother to her son Luis in 1881.

This lady was married to Vicente Dasí i Lluesma, deputy in Corts and senator for life, from where the kinship came. His son, Pascual Dasí i Puigmoltó, viscount of Bètera, lawyer and deputy in Corts, was mayor of Valencia. He was married to Concepción Moreno i Campo, niece of the first Marquis de Campo, the richest and most influential bourgeois in Valencia, with many interests in the railway business.

Francisco Giménez Almela, his wife, Pilar Almela Manguillot and son Luis complained to their influential relatives. The station of Torres Torres was corrected where it is now, putting Algíma as the first name to be in within the boundaries of the municipality, and the station of Alfara disappeared.