Rectangular in structure, these gardens have a sports complex inside. They also have various playgrounds and a swimming pool.
1700h TURIA GARDENS. VI section
- Turia Gardens
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Section VI of the Jardín del Turia runs from the San José bridge to the Trinidad bridge and has an area of 129,320 m2.
In 1981, the first democratic city council contracted the Advancement of the Special Plan for the Interior Reform of Old bed of the Turia to Ricardo Bofill's architecture workshop.
109b LA SEO NEIGHBORHOOD. Manises Square. Marqués de la Scala Palace (16-18th century)
- La Seo Neighborhood
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This palace was extended in the 18th century with another house located on the right. At the moment it is also the headquarters, like Baylia, of the Valencia Provincial Council.
The patio, with a square plan, transforms the upper part into an octagonal gallery with pendentives. On the main floor it has a gallery of pointed arches lowered as a balcony and with fine columns.
028a CARMEN NEIGHBORHOOD. The New Portal Square. Convent of San Jose and Santa Teresa (16th-17th century)
- Carmen Neighborhood
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This convent corresponds to the schemes of the order of the Discalced Carmelites established by Santa Teresa. The interior was intervened in the 18th century.
The convent was bought to make it a luxury hotel and is currently empty. The tiles were torn off and are currently in the Museum of Fine Arts in Valencia.
This station, the work of the architect Demetrio Ribes, was designed in 1906 for the Compañía de Ferrocarriles del Norte. It is one of the buildings inspired by Viennese modernism (Viennese Secession) that we can see in Valencia. It was inaugurated in 1917.
The painting on the arch of the Portal de Valldigna is a reproduction of an original Gothic one and represents Jaime II founding the Royal Monastery of Santa María de la Valldigna.
This square, which is next to that of San Nicolás, receives its name from an oven that was in it. It is not the current oven, which has been in existence since 1802; There must have been an older one, because in 1692 the square was already called that.
In this square was the palace of Mosén Sorell. This palace was named after Bernat Martí Sorell Aguiló, who died at the beginning of the 16th century. The palace was built in the mid-15th century and was one of the most important medieval palaces in Valencia. It was demolished in 1882, after a fire suffered in 1878. Some pieces were scattered, such as the access door to the palace, which is in a gallery in Reggio Emilia (Italy), and a chapel, which is in the Louvre Museum from Paris.
Benicalap Park has a relaxation area designed in a certain Arabic style.
The market was built, in part, on the grounds of the old Marqués de Campo gas factory.
This square was formerly called de la Almoina, because the so-called Casa de la Almoina (alms) was found here, where the poor were assisted since 1303. The house was demolished at the end of the 19th century.
Now the square is named after the founder of Valentia.