History of Busot

Its origin is Muslim , whose culture owes the construction of a castle from where the local glass , now defunct old and traditional industry began. From their ovens have survived some residues of pieces of Arab glass. The population was linked to Alicante from that , in 1252 , Alfonso X the Wise include in his term , when this city belonged to the Kingdom of Castile. Later, in 1298 it became part of the Kingdom of Valencia and , during the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella , became the property of Alfonso Martinez was definitely Vera.Busot independence from the city of Alicante in 1773.

 

The Busot's castle in day.

On the outskirts of the town are the remains of the old Moorish castle ( whose origin is estimated in the twelfth century ) , nowadays completely ruined