This market was designed by Julio Bellot Senent and is built on a site of about 4,800 m. Its factory is made of cement. Despite being a closed market, the construction of stalls facing the outside gives it an open-air market aspect. One of these stalls is a toy sales and repair shop, Star Toys.
The gardens, in addition to the statues, are adorned with various vases. They also have a rose garden.
The Alameda is already mentioned in writings from 1530 as a place for walking and recreation, then called El Prado. In the years 1643-1645 Rodrigo Ponce de León, viceroy of Valencia, ordered the planting of two rows of poplars, due to which it was called Alameda.
The Fountain of the Four Seasons, in the image, dates from 1861. Previously it had been in the Orchard of Canon Pontons, in Patraix.
This bridge communicated the city with the Camí de la Mar (current Avda. Del Puerto), hence its name. It was built during the years 1592-1596. During the Republic, the ramps were replaced by stairs (according to a project by Javier Goerlich) and communication with the port began to be made through the Aragón bridge.
Together with the Serranos bridge, pedestrianized in 2012, they are the two pedestrian bridges that the city of Valencia has.
This church has its origin in the 13th century and received the name of Santa Catalina in honor of the Infanta Catalina, daughter of Jaime I. In the 16th century it was covered with Renaissance decorative elements and will still have another reform in the 18th century, in the that the old bell tower was demolished.
On the left, painted in a reddish tone, is the narrowest facade in Spain with its 107 cm.
The blinded arches that are seen to the right belonged to the Lonja del Mustasaf or Almotacén, of Arab origin destined to control the weights and measures of the market. This institution had its headquarters here from 1372 to 1594.
Until 2020, there was a unique store in the city in one corner of the square: the Hija de Blas Luna hardware store. In it they were sold from metallic cloth, to any tool for the field; it looked more like a rural store.
A little further on, on the same sidewalk, was a movie projector repair shop.
On this avenue there are several hotels, the Congress Palace and the Casino de Valencia. In addition, the new Valencia C. F. stadium is being built.
The Hemispheric is situated between two rectangular ponds. It is also Planetarium and Laserium.