Wire mesh to protect pedestrians in the tunnel of the castle

After a 30 kilo stone fell from the top of the tunnel of the castle last February, and after the studies carried out in the area to establish the necessary actions to guarantee safety, the works are advancing at a good pace and it is expected that the pass will be reopened to the public in the month of August.

Operators are standing triple torsion mesh capable of supporting more than 3.000 kilos per square meter, which will join cable network in the most dangerous parts of the tunnel.

The technician in charge of the work said they have also found curiosities like cans of soda or a driver's license filtered from the castle by existing cracks.

After its creation during the Civil War, when the tunnel was created with dynamite, the stone that covers it, limestone from the Upper Cretaceous, has been affected by water leaks that it has suffered over the years, leaving an 72% of the total tunnel with danger of landslides.

The story of the "Virgin of the tunnel"

Since the tunnel was redesigned with DéniaFutur project, who have used the step have seen, among the rocks of the dome of Round the Walls, a small virgin.

When visiting safety work, the architect of that project, Pablo Cabrera, explained that the Vigen appeared when they tore down the old walls of the tunnel, and the workers themselves placed it on a rock on the side of the tunnel with candles. Soon, without knowing how or by whom the Virgin appeared at the top of the dome, and there will remain, now protected by mesh that will secure the vault.