In this square there was a building by Demetrio Ribes inspired by the Chicago School, it was the building Warehouses Ernesto Ferrer, demolished in 1977.
The square was formerly called San Jorge.
The Plaza Redonda has had different names: El Clot (the hole), New, Circular, de la Regencia, del Cid and Redonda. In the 2012 reform, a metallic circular ring was placed around the fountain, with the different names that the square had had.
216 LA XEREA NEIGHBORHOOD. Patriarch Square. Sculpture by Miguel Navarro
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In this square are the church of the Patriarch and the old Literary University of Valencia, today the La Nau Cultural Center.
Miquel Navarro's sculpture was provisionally installed.
All the plant species planted in this walk resist the environment that affects the beaches of the Gulf of Valencia.
A bike path runs along the entire Promenade Maritime.
This square is dedicated to Juan Lorenzo de Vilarrasa, governor of the Kingdom of Valencia north of Xixona from 1528. In his position Vilarrasa assisted the viceroys in maintaining public order.
218a LA XEREA NEIGHBORHOOD.Street of Poet Querol. Palace of Marquis Dos Aguas (18th century)
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Although older, the current configuration of this palace responds to the interventions of the 18th century. Hipólito Rovira, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo took part in the renovation. Between 1969-1971 there was an extension of the palace in the same style, and in the years 1991-1998 restoration and consolidation works were carried out due to its condition.
It is the headquarters of the González Martí National Museum of Ceramics and Sumptuary Arts.
Section VIII of the Turia Garden runs from the Real bridge to the Exposition bridge and its 75,600 m2 were thought, initially, as a popular plantation (tree festival).
The south portal of the church, the one that faces the street of the Abadía de San Martín, is from the 18th century and has a relief attributed to Ignacio Vergara.
Behind this deteriorated square you can see, on a site, a piece of the Muslim wall of Valencia integrated into the houses.
Here was the famous "Posada del Ángel", which has been known since 1701, and which was demolished after the flood of 1957.
The Botanical Garden of Valencia has been enriched with trees from the five continents, some reaching a great height.
506a SAN FRANCISCO NEIGHBORHOOD. Sorolla Painter Street. Earls Peñalba Palace (18th century)
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This rococo palace was partially occupied, the mid-twentieth century, by the College of Architects. In 1971 it was acquired by Banco Urquijo. It currently houses the Banco de Sabadell.
This Virgin of the Rosary, on the facade of the church overlooking the Market Square, was made by the Italian Jacobo Bertessi of Cremona in 1702.