The Ermita de Sant Joan is the most famous of the “Ermitas de la Conquista” of the 15th century. It is a sample of the Gothic and Renaissance styles. Its central body is of Gothic style. It has a single rectangular nave, with a gabled roof supported by two Gothic pointed arches.
The access portal is formed by a semicircular arch and the main façade is crowned by a belfry, and the hermit’s house is currently used as a sacristy. It is attached to the original building and is the result of a reform of the original hermitage. It is noteworthy that it served as a refuge, in the seventeenth century, to the Brotherhood of “Negres”: Christianized African slaves.
Father Pare Pere, in honor of whom there is another hermitage that bears his name, meditated in this place.
Itinerary on foot:
We will start our walk from Diana street, placing us in the Parque Historiador Chabás, in the direction of the Montgó Natural Park. We will arrive at a crossroads where we find a level crossing, cross it and continue along the Camí de Sant Joan. We go round a traffic circle and take the second exit on our right, which is still Camí de Sant Joan. From this point, approximately 580 m., we will find a fork in the road where we see a central island with a large carob tree, we take the path on the right which is still the Camí de Sant Joan. We will continue for about 600 m. until we reach a crossroads, just in front of us we find an uphill path called Camí Vell de l’Ermita, in which we travel about 100 m. and we must turn off the road to the right called Camí Nou de l’Ermita. Continue for about 200 m. without leaving the asphalt road and, at the end of it, on our left we have the Hermitage. At this point, we can see beautiful views of Dénia and surroundings to the sea, which invite you to meditate.
