Molino d'en Xina

Monuments | Algaida

The name of this building comes from the nickname of the first family that owned it. In old documents the more specific name of Molino de Toni China appears, but in the present century only the nickname has come down to us. The date of its construction corresponds to the year 1738, as it is written on the threshold of the door of access to the tower, of the portal of carp, and also engraved in the lower band of the landing of the millstones, so that there are no doubts. Its primitive structure is formed by four naves of barrel vault, parallel to each other and perpendicular to the street of the Ribera. The left lateral nave (in the lower part of the drawing) is narrower next to the street; later it widens almost twice as much. The tower is located, off-center, in the third nave farthest from the urban core.