by the local architect Adelí Moll. The club belonged to members of the Cooperative Saint Francis Xavier, but the Town Council purchased the site in 2005 with the objective of rehabilitating its interior and restoring its facade. This building is of neoclassical style with elements of the rococo, and French baroque, which it may be due to the influence of returning benigemblers from the emigration from Algeria. In February 2010, the Town Council started the rehabilitation of the building with a budget of around 500,000 euros. The new "Sindicat" now has three floors, so this new building has more capacity and can better address the social and cultural needs of the whole town. The building is suitable for carrying on the one hand, exhibitions, conferences, seminars or classes for seniors, among other activities, and moreover, within the premises also can be conducted recreational dancing or physical fitness, etc. Also noteworthy are "the walls of the Ribàs", which protects the w0estern side of town from the flood waters built by stonemasons at least more than 115 years ago.Following the flood of 1890, which was one of the most severe, these walls, made by stonemasons, were completed at the beginning of the 20th century. The town owes Mr. Baldomero Vega de Seoane, the deputy that was able to come up with the money and project for the construction of these retaining walls. Mr. Baldomero Vega de Seoane was a deputy in the Provincial Council of Alicante/Alacant of the liberal party of Canalejas. Currently the main square of the town bears his name In this place you will also find he Ribàs Botanical Park, a park that was recently renovated in 2022. There are trees over 100 years old, and other species of special botanical interest. It is a Botanical Park that is a reference park of Mediterranean biodiversity for the entire interior of the Marina Alta region. It is located in a place of great ecological and environmental interest next to the Gorgos river. It should also be mentioned that this area is an LIC. Politics In the municipal elections of May 2011 the nationalist valencian party Bloc Nacionalista Valencià-Compromís won three seats in the town council with 36 percent of the votes, the socialist valencian party PSPV-PSOE won two seats with 33 percent of the votes, and the conservative party PPCV two seats with 29 percent of the votes. The candidate