History

After the fall of the Roman Empire and during the Middle Ages the area known as the Port of Cap de l'Alijub lost its population, due mainly to plunder by pirates and corsairs who established on the Island of Santa Pola (known today as Tabarca Island).

The watchtowers and the castle fortress were built in the 16th Century and once the island was fortified and the pirates expulsed. This gave rise, in the 18th Century, to a new village, which took the name of Santa Pola.