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This room, long called "the palm room", has four tall and thin columns. It is accessed through a pointed portal flanked by two pointed windows that overlook the cloister. It has 12 meters on each side and the light from the outside enters it through five elongated windows. The complex is surrounded by a stone bench that was rebuilt in the 1950s.

In it the old religious community met to make decisions or acts of special relevance such as the making of habits.

In the tomb attached to the wall lie the remains of the II and III lords of Bétera (Ramón Boil, father and son). The first (Ramón Boil Dies) was called "The Old Governor".

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This hospital is the first in Spain to apply the model that emerged in northern Italy, with a central space from where all the wards were controlled and two infirmaries where patients could be separated by sex and ailments. Of the two infirmaries, only the one that has been transformed into a public library remains standing today. The other was demolished in 1974 and loose pieces remain in the gardens (columns, capitals, etc.).

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In this street is the building that was the Hospital of Poor Priests, whose purpose was to give assistance to the needy priests of the city. The building is configured around an arcaded cloister with ceramic panels. The year of its foundation seems to have been 1356.

In one of its rooms, San Luis Beltrán died in 1581.

In 2003, after a reform, it recovered its residential function, now serving as a center for the elderly.

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Benicalap Park was inaugurated in 1983 and is located where there used to be some orange groves.

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The musician José Iturbi was born on this street.

The Xerea cinema was also located there, which in the 70s of the 20th century became a reference for all movie lovers.

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The Avenida del Reino de Valencia separates the Ruzafa neighborhood from the Ensanche. This avenue has had different names: Victoria Eugenia, April 14, José Antonio and Antiguo Reino de Valencia.

On the right you can see the building of the School of Craftsmen, from 1868.

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The warm room is the largest and is divided into three parts separated by columns. It has an octagonal dome on, with starry skylights in the central part.

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In its corners, on top of some concrete blocks, it has four abstract sculptures. It also has four ramps that connect it to the bed of the old Turia river, now converted into a garden.

The bridge was to be reflected in a round pond that was never built.

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The current bridge was built from 1518 to 1550. The old one was known to Muslims as Al-Qantara.

This bridge had two "casalicios" like the ones that now have the Trinidad bridge. They were destroyed during the War of Independence.

In 2012 it became pedestrianized.

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This street runs parallel to that of La Paz, although it has a more sinuous layout as it is older. It is so called because it led to the Sea Gate of the fourteenth century wall.

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In general, the modernist influence is manifested in the stucco decoration and in the tiles.

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The park also has a pond surrounded by a pergola. Inside the pond there is a temple that is accessed by a walkway.