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BENISSUERA Population: 190 hab. Municipal area: 2,1 km2 Altitude: 200 m. Demonym: benissuerà, benissuerana Town Hall Phone no.: 96 229 30 31 Fax: 96 229 32 37 Web: www.benisuera.es E-mail: benissuera_alc@gva.es
MONUMENTS Church of San José Its construction dates from the second half of the eighteenth century. The building is structured in a single nave of three sections, covered with cannon turn and with chapels between the buttresses. It is a work of rural architecture, unean academic, of great formal and decorative simplicity. The church of San José de Benissuera belonged to the parish of San Pedro until 1535, when it was erected as an independent parish.
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Palace of the Bellvís of Benissuera Known as the Viscounts of San Germán, the complex occupies a plot of 4,897 m2. Its date is not known for certain, but probably outside the last quarter of the 16th century. Architecturally it shows a ground floor and two upper floors, flanked by two towers. The current aspect is that of a squareplan building with a fortress appearance. The roof is made of Arab sloping tile, the loading walls are masonry of ashlars.
