This house museum is a former home of the descendants of Vicente Zaragoza Ortuño, a local shipowner and owner of the La Trasatlántica company. It is a two-story house from the turn of the century, with a porch and orchard, now a garden. The house can be visited with a guide; the lower floor is accessed via a ramp, while the upper floor is accessible only by stairs.
The sign still preserved on the main door, "Colón," belongs to the ship Colón, captained by Vicente Zaragoza y Ortuño (Benidorm, 1838-1899). He was a captain and owner of sailing ships. In his youth, he sailed on several brigantine schooners and two frigates, the "Primera de Alicante" and the "Barcelona."
He contributed to the organization of the well-known transatlantic steamship line E. Pi y Compañía, better known as Naviera Gallart. He oversaw the construction of several steamships in English shipyards, serving as the company's first Captain-Inspector.
Among the ships he commissioned in 1880 was the largest vessel in the Spanish merchant navy at the time, the "Rossmore," which was later named "Colón." This purchase was made in Liverpool, when Tomás Ortuño, a first cousin of Captain Zaragoza, was Consul General in that city.
In this pedestrian zone down, we find point 4 Central Market and point 5 Boca del Calvari Museum (almost opposite)
