House of Spiritual Exercises of La Purísima Historical milestone · Alaquàs, L'Horta Sud, Valencia Image of Alaquàs, not of the place itself. Modernist brick building raised at the beginning of the twentieth century as a house of spiritual retreats. During the Civil War it was fitted out as a women's prison and later recovered welfare and cultural uses for the municipality. 1904-1906 Photo: Enrique Íñiguez Rodríguez (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in Alaquàs