The Church of the Assumption:

• Situation: Plaça de la Constitució. (Constitution Square)
  
  
• Opening hours: At the time of religious services and other church activities
  
  
• Style: Measured baroque (18th c.)
  
  
• Historical note:
  It rises on the spot where the old Sant Roc hermit stood, the hospital and a few houses. It was severely damaged during the Napoleonic or War of the French (19th c.), the Independence War and it was rebuilt in 1939.

The Church of Sant Antoni

• Situation:Plaça del Convent (Convent Square)
  
  
• Opening hours:At the time of religious services and other church activities
  
  
• Present day state: Its present day state is due to remodelling carried out in the 18th century.

Structure and interest:
It belongs to an architectonic collection made up by the Convent of Saint Anthony of Padova, a Franciscan foundation dated in the 16th c., which was built later on (first half 17th c) and includes the 17th c. square. This collection was severely damaged in the War of Succession, in the War of French and the Spanish Civil War.
The façade is of Doric order with a venerated niche containing a modern sculpture of Saint Anthony of Padova. This church has a Latin cross plan, inscribed in a rectangle, with a nave and 8 aisle chapels. The elevation is set with Doric order pilasters on pedestals. Inside the church, we must point out a great enamelled cross with Bible scenes presiding over the high altar.

Convent and Church of Our Lady of Loreto or of the Augustinian Nuns

• Situation: Loreto Street
  
  
• Opening hours: At the time of religious services and other church activities.

Structure and interest:
The convent is a foundation of discalced Augustinian cloistered nuns (1564).

At the time the church was inaugurated Dénia was a marquisate, being the Marquis of Dénia, Mr. Francisco Sandoval y Rojas, also Duke of Lerma and a favourite of King Phillip III of Spain. The King, the Duke of Lerma and other outstanding personalities of the nobility and the church of that day and age attended the convent’s inauguration celebrations.

The architectonic collection includes the church, cloister and the cloister’s southern wing.
You can reach the later period small church (1691) when religious services are being held.

The exterior is austere and measured. Only two façades break its monotony. The main one is on Sant Narcís Street and the side one is in Loreto Street. It has a Latin cross plan inscribed in a rectangle with chapels which have no communication with each other and a wide transept with a dome over pendentives. It is covered with a barrel vault with lunettes and the chapels have a truncated dome. The elevation is made up of Doric pilasters, which were rebuilt after 1939. The altarpiece of the Santíssima Sang (Most Holy Blood) is in the high altar. There is also a contemporary sculpture of Our Lady of Sorrows, sculpted in melis pinewood in early 1941.

CHURCH OF SANT MATEU (SAINT MATHEW THE APOSTLE)

• Situation: Avinguda de l’Oest, La Xara, Dénia (Western Avenue)
  
  
• Opening hours: At the time of religious services and other church activities
  
  
• Interest: The church is the first public construction carried out in La Xara. Building began in 1877 and ended 5 years later, in 1881.

The building has exterior charge walls, with sandstone joined by mortar. Inside, the space is divided in 3 naves, separated by sandstone pillars, making up a number of beautiful arches, which support the two sided roof cover. Outside, in Pilar Street, four buttresses point out and defend the lines of the pillars.

The abbey was finished in 1902 and it has an entrance door and very interesting windows, one of the finest pieces of work of master stonemasons. Later on, the bell tower was inaugurated in 1927.

In the 1950s the church was reformed and gained its present day aspect. The high altar was finished in 1955, the roof was changed and it was discovered that the pillars and arches, then whitewashed, were in sandstone; therefore, the lime was cleaned in order to show the beauty of the tuff stone.