Last Sunday, the Historic Center dressed in culture and tradition to inaugurate which is expected to be one of the most emblematic buildings of architectural ensemble of the city: the Great riurau of Arnauda.
A day party as the mayor pointed Heritage, Antonio Miragall, Revolved around the recently completed construction. After months of hard work and planning, the Catala family riurau shines in all its splendor. A large gable roof, made according to old traditional techniques Hurdles, wooden beams and tiles; a complex rehabilitation effort and achievement.
The event was the collaboration of different groups of Xàbia, such as colla Xirimitab's, the Grup de Danses Portitxol, the Band of the Artistic Musical Center and the Association of Housewives offered an appetizer for all attendees after the event.
Poetry, music and performances were the centerpiece of the celebration. Encarna Rosello and Xelo Llopis peaked riurau as building and its importance in scald passes. So they did, very literary form, local writer Pepa Guardiola and Carme Roser Miquel Cabrera. The music came from the hand of local musicians Joan Antoni Bou, Pere Cholbi, Miriam Llerena, Javier Miragall, Àlex Moragues and Kiko Moragues who played pieces of guitar, percussion and an adaptation of That tinguem sort Lluis Llach.
Until characterized as an actor Juan Bautista Catalá Gavilá, Mayor of Jávea in 1873, he intervened to announce the importance of riurau of Arnauda who was instrumental in the rise of trade and raisin muscat grapes during the years in which Catala Gavilá was munícipe.
The councilors of Tourism and Culture, Antonio Miragall y empar BoluferThey stressed the importance of preserving the remains of local history and above all, as in the case of riurau, provide them with a social function to channel their integration into the society of the time. Thus, young people and future generations can meet the historical and economic past that shaped much of the current local idiosyncrasies.
For its part, José Chulvi, offered the riurau to all the associations to carry out their activities so that it would return to be a useful place as it once was. He also highlighted the importance of space at the county level. 
