La Presoneta and la Botera

At the start of Villaclosa Street we find the "lonja" (porticoed hall) of the town hall, its former main entrance, and la Presoneta. A space remodelled over the course of the 18th and 19th centuries that represented the main access to the old Arab-Christian castle of the town. La Presoneta was the tower that defended the town gate; details such as the arrow slits and the remains of the arch springer on its façade attest to its former defensive character. Standing at this now-vanished gate, with the town hall on our left, the old square on our right, and straight ahead, we find the street that continued in a straight line until reaching another defensive tower called "la Torreta".

Between the 17th and 19th centuries, this tower lost its defensive purpose and became the jail, particularly during the first Carlist War. Here the Carlist general Cabrera imprisoned three women who were wives of Liberals as a reprisal for the execution of his mother; two of them were shot at the Martinet locality (Valderrobres) and the other obtained her release through the pleas of her father, a Carlist officer from Beceite.

The name of Villaclosa Street means enclosed village. In Beceite it is known as la Botera neighbourhood.

Some of these houses face the Square, and in former times all the residents of the village had the right of way through them to access the Square.