The Mercado de Colón was inaugurated in 1916. Being empty and in a state of ruin, its restoration was undertaken in 1997.

In 2003 it was inaugurated again. It was given a new use by turning it into a commercial and leisure center. His rehabilitation won the Europa Nostra award. In 2007 it was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest.

The Market Square is located in the old suburb of La Boatella. Jaime I granted a privilege in 1261 for a permanent market to be installed here.

The square was used to organize jousts and shows like those carried out by Alfonso the Magnanimous. It was also the place of executions since the beginning of the 15th century (the gallows was located here). It also served, from 1400 to 1859, to celebrate bullfights.

Before its stone construction there was a wooden bridge.

Here were the sculptures of San Luis Beltrán and Santo Tomás de Villanueva, which today are on the Trinidad bridge. Now there is a sculpture of Saint Joseph. This bridge was also called the Zaidía Bridge and the New Bridge.

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.

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