124b LA SEO NEIGHBORHOOD. Queen Square. The Miguelete (14th-15th century)
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El Miguelete was originally separated from the cathedral, but an extension of it in the 15th century joined it to the bell tower.
The Reina Sofía Palace of the Arts dates from 2005 and is mainly used for opera performances.
Formerly this street was called Virgen María de Gracia. It is also known as "Calle de las Cestas" because of the many shops dedicated to the sale of wicker objects.
This square, dedicated to San Jaime (Santiago), preserves a piece of the muslim wall in the building on the right that is on the corner of Calle Caballeros.
Here was the church for whose construction Jaime I donated the land to the Knights of the Order of Santiago.
Sections IV and V have a total area of 142,500 m2 and include from the bridge of Las Glorias Valencianas to the bridge of San José.
Proposals for counter-planning, manifestos from professional associations and the procauce commission El llit és nostre i el volem verd (The riverbed is ours and we want it green), and also popular mobilizations, in the end they obtained the transfer to Valencia of the property of the old riverbed of the river, it was in 1976.
The Archbishop's Palace, on the right, was started in the 13th century, but there are very few remains from this time. The current building dates from the mid-20th century, as it was burned in 1936.
The Museum of Natural Sciences is located in a building built in the Jardines del Real. It is a museum that allows you to admire groups such as the Botet collection, previously exhibited in the Almudín, with its sample of fossils from South America.
The museum allows a journey through knowledge and natural history, taking special care of those contents that refer to the Valencian Community. There is from a reproduction of a prehistoric cave to a reconstruction of the study of Ramón y Cajal.
The Post Office and Telegraph building, the work of Miguel Ángel Navarro Pérez, repeats the same façade scheme as that of the Town Hall, located opposite. After the reform in 2004, the building recovered the communications tower, placing a reproduction of the original.
Valencia Cathedral was started in the 13th century, being the master builder Arnau Vidal. The small difference in height between the central nave and the lateral ones meant that it did not need flying buttresses to counteract the thrust of the vault, resulting somewhat squat, unlike most Gothic constructions, which tend towards the top.
The Door of the Apostles (in the photo), is already the fourteenth century and was made by Nicolás de Ancona in a style of clear French influence.
At this door, the Water Court meets every Thursday, an irrigation jury in charge of solving conflicts that may arise between the farmers of the of Irrigators community from the valencian garden.
From 1908 to 1991 the Almudín was used as a Paleontological Museum, housing the Rodrigo Botet collection, and from 1996 it is used as a public exhibition hall. The entrance porch dates back to the 16th century.
In 1936, at the beginning of the Civil War, the square already had its current appearance, as can be seen in the photos from that time. This in terms of the buildings, because the central platform built by Javier Goerlich did not disappear until the reform of 1961.
The square has had numerous names throughout its short history: San Francisco, Espartero, Isabel II, La Libertad, Emilio Castelar, El Caudillo, the Valencian Country and the City Council.
The square and the surrounding buildings have been declared a Historic-Artistic Site.
Both the Palace of the Arts and the related buildings are covered in white "trencadís" (cut tiles). Trencadís, both blue and white, is used throughout this City of Arts and Sciences. The "trencadís" had already been used in the Estación del Norte and in the Mercado de Colón.