In this park there is an exhibition of photographs on the old "Trenet", the narrow gauge railway leading to different towns in the garden of Valencia. The exhibition is in the cafeteria, which was the old railway station Marxalenes.
On the south side of the museum are two large stairs. The had to add after the construction of the museum to meet fire regulations.
The garden had four fountains in the corners, of which today is only the Neptune. The Turia River flood of 1957 took the other three.
The stone bench backed iron surrounding the garden was placed in 1901.
The current bridge was built from 1518 to 1550. The former was known by Muslims under the name of Al-Qantara.
This bridge had two casalicios as those who now have the bridge of the Trinity. They were destroyed during the War of Independence. In 2012 pedestrian was made.
This avenue separates the district of Campanar Benicalap. Campanar name is thought to derive from camp (field) because when Jaime I donated these lands in the thirteenth century, there was no bell in place.
1700m TURIA GARDENS
- Turia Gardens
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In total the Garden of Turia is about 9 km. long, but some sections are poorly maintained.
This square was opened in 1970 to demolish the palace of the Counts of Faura. The palace was Gothic.
Under the square are the foundations of the Roman Circus of Valencia.
Despite the decor, the bathrooms are not Muslim era. This is a concession that King James II did to Pere de Vila-rasa to build Arab style baths and an oven. The bathrooms are always built next to an oven heat to take advantage of it.
This building is a work of 1908 by the architect Vicente Ferrer Perez, with Demetrio Ribes, is one of the best representatives of the influence of Viennese modernism (Secession) in Valencia. This current arrived in Valencia through a congress of architects held in Madrid in 1904, she attended the Viennese architect Otto Wagner. We must also highlight the influence of several publications on the Secession, who arrived in Valencia on 1900.
The building stands out for its innovative interior layout and geometric lines with touches of ceramic decoration. Behrens has influence, D'Aronco and Hoffmann. It is at the intersection of the streets Cirilo Amoros and Pizarro. It was restored in 2012.
Here the convent of the Puridad has been since 1853, by shooting down his former convent. It is in a building of gothic origin where before the brotherhood of S. Jaime was.
1600 BENIFERRI NEIGHBORHOOD. Congresses Palace of Norman Foster (1998)
- Beniferri Neighborhood
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The image had at first this building when it was built in 1998 as a beautiful object perched on a garden area, has radically changed to be surrounded by high buildings.
036 CARMEN NEIGHBORHOOD. Town hall of Valencia. Serranos Towers (14th century)
- Carmen Neighborhood
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Built in the late fourteenth century by the master Pere Balaguer, inspired by the door of the monastery of Poblet (Tarragona), although these are more monumental Valencia. They have a height of 33 m.