Gabriel Miró Square

The Gabriel Miró Square, in Alicante

The Gabriel Miró Square is a pretty little square of Alicante, named in honour of the writer native of the town, famous for its fountain of the water carrier and its immense ficus trees. The Alicante audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this shaded square, one of the most charming of the town, dominated by a spectacular fig tree of the Moreton Bay with its vertiginous circumference.

The square of the water carrier

You arrive on the very pretty little Gabriel Miró Square, named in honour of the writer native of the town. You may hear the inhabitants call it plaza de Correos, in reference to the former building of the post and telegraph that stands on your left. Enter the heart of the little square and you will discover the fine fountain called of the Aguadora, the water carrier. The statue does not represent an anonymous figure, but a very real young girl, named Susana Llaneras Rico, who lived near the house of the sculptor and with whom the latter had fallen under the charm. The fountain replaced, in 1918, the water collector installed there since 1898, at the arrival of drinking water in Alicante, a major progress for the town. But the square impresses above all by its immense ficus trees, that you begin to know well in Alicante. You have here an incredible Ficus macrophylla, also called fig tree of the Moreton Bay, native of Australia. This tree has naturalised in New Zealand, in Hawaii, in California, in Florida and as far as the region of Valencia. In the humid forests that constitute its natural habitat, it can reach sixty metres high, and its roots, capable of climbing on other trunks to enclose them, earn it the nickname of strangler fig. The one on the square is a multi-trunk tree whose circumference, difficult to measure, exceeds twenty-four metres. A shaded square and a fountain full of charm, the Gabriel Miró Square is a fine stop of the discovery of Alicante.

What to see

Here you discover a pretty little shaded square, named in honour of the Alicante writer Gabriel Miró, also called plaza de Correos after the former building of the post; in its heart, the fountain of the Aguadora, the water carrier, that celebrates the arrival of drinking water in the town, and a spectacular fig tree of the Moreton Bay, native of Australia, whose circumference exceeds twenty-four metres. The Gabriel Miró Square is a corner of charm of Alicante. It is a fine stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Gabriel Miró Square lies in the heart of Alicante, near the former building of the post, reachable on foot. It is a public square freely accessible, shaded by great ficus trees and embellished with the fountain of the Aguadora, pleasant for a break. You discover it during a walk in the centre.

Who was Gabriel Miró, whose square bears the name in Alicante?

A writer native of Alicante, in honour of whom this pretty square was named; also called plaza de Correos after the former building of the post, it shelters the fountain of the Aguadora, the water carrier, that represents a very real young girl and celebrates the arrival of drinking water in the town, as well as a spectacular fig tree of the Moreton Bay with a circumference of more than twenty-four metres.

Where is the Gabriel Miró Square in Alicante?

In the heart of Alicante, near the former building of the post, in Spain.