The original tombstone from 1780 has recently been installed on the façade of the Navajas Town Hall building, along with an explanatory plaque.
The building that currently houses Navajas Town Hall was constructed, as indicated on the original plaque, with surplus public funds from the municipal accounts. The site was previously occupied by the old house of the Lord, where the Lord of Navajas, Count of Cirat and Villafranqueza, resided.
The black marble plaque that can be seen on the façade of the building that currently houses the offices of Navajas Town Council bears witness to the construction of what was then known as the Casa Capitular (Chapter House). The construction of this building appears to have been financed with the profits obtained from the agricultural exploitation of the land that was legally known as Propios Comunales, that is, belonging to all the residents, and which was mainly the land of the LLano that, years later, would be sold.
Following the discovery of the gravestone and its study, Vicente J. Villalba Martín and Juan Antonio Torres Gascón wrote two articles containing valuable information, which can be consulted in the section of our website dedicated to the Town Hall.
