This market was designed by Francisco Mora Berenguer. It consists of a rectangular metal framework on cast iron pillars and two monumental brick facades. Its surface is delimited by a fence.
It was opened in 1916. Being empty and in a state of ruin, its restoration was undertaken in 1997.
508 SAN FRANCISCO NEIGHBORHOOD. St. Martin Church (14th-18th century)
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This church was founded in the seventeenth century, which still retains the original Gothic belongs to the XIV-XV centuries when it was rebuilt.
The district currently has a large Asian colony, with its shops and bars.
In it it is also the provincial office of the National Institute of Social Security in Bailen Street.
In this street is the Archbishop's Palace, hence the name of the street.
The Botanical Garden of Valencia has over 3,000 plant species.
This square was opened in 1878 tearing down several blocks of buildings. At first it was much smaller and had a triangular shape. The square took its present aspect in the reform of 1970, when an underground car park was built.
The building is in the background on the left, next to the tower of St. Martin, is the Sánchez Casa de León (1896), which along with the old warehouses Island of Cuba (1895), located in front and not seen in the photo, they form an ideal home for street San Vicente frame. Both buildings were built by architect Lucas Garcia Cardona.
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.
From 1283, the kings of the Crown of Aragon could no longer impose new taxes without the approval of the Valencian Parliament.
This square, which is next to the St. Nicholas, is named for an oven that was in it. Not the current furnace, which is from 1802; there must have been an older, because in 1692 the square and was his name.
2400d MARCHALENES NEIGHBORHOOD. Marchalenes Park (14th-21th centrury) Library
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The layout of the park was made on old orchard land and preserves some buildings linked to agricultural work of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, as the farmstead Barrinto (pictured), now converted into a public library. It also integrates an old oil factory.
It highlights its lobby, with wooden beamed ceiling and revoltones covered with trencadís (sliced tiles). The lockers are made of wood and glass inlaid with trencadís. The walls are also covered with wood and ceramics. In Demetrio Ribes was a constant breaking down the barriers between artist and craftsman.