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Gravina Museum of Fine Arts presents a number of painting and sculptures of Alicante from 16th century to 19th century.

Nicholas of Bari (15th-18th centuries), also built over a mosque.Monastery of Santa Faz (15th century), located 5 km outside the city, in Baroque style.Defence towers of the Huerta de Alicante (15th-18th centuries), built to defend against the Barbary pirates.

Today some 20 towers are still extant.Baroque Casa de La Asegurada (1685), the most ancient civil building in the city.(s.

The official population of Alicante in 2009 was 334,7570 inhabitants and 795,034 in the metropolitan area "Alicante-Elche". About 15% of the population is foreign, mostly those from Argentina, Ecuador, and Colombia who have arrived in the previous 10 years as immigrants.

There are also immigrants from other origins such as Romania, Russia, Ukraine and Morocco, many of which are under illegal alien status and therefore are not accounted for in official population figures.

She was elected for the post in an extraordinary plenary of the Alicante City Council on September 17, 2008, following resignation of Luis Dà­az Alperi.

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