16 Aug, 2012

The building opposite, from the 15th century, obtained its current appearance with the works carried out in the 19th century. It belonged to the Dukes of Villahermosa during the 18th century, but in the middle of the 19th century it was bought by the Marquis del Campo. Later it was acquired by the counts of Berbedel, at the beginning of the 20th century. From 1814 to 1842 it had been the headquarters of the Captaincy General. It is finally acquired by the Valencia City Council in 1974.

The City Museum exhibits municipal art collections and a collection of weights and measures. It also holds temporary exhibitions.

16 Aug, 2012

The convent of La Puridad has been here since 1853, due to the demolition of its old convent. It is in a building of Gothic origin where the brotherhood of S. Jaime used to be.

14 Dec, 2015

The College of Piarists has a rectangular courtyard with a small belfry with three bells, and a clock. On the ground floor, the courtyard has semicircular arches. The whole of the school and convent was built between 1739 and 1742.

16 Aug, 2012

In this park, the central hill and the walkways that surround it stand out for their flowering. These walks have jacarandas and love trees.

The park is articulated with winding paths and small Mediterranean forests with pines, olive trees, cypresses, oaks and mulberry trees.

16 Aug, 2012

The layout of this park was made on old orchard land and maintains some buildings linked to agricultural work from the 15th and 16th centuries, such as the Alquería de Barrinto (in the photo), now converted into a public library. The library bears the name of the Joanot Martorell Public Library.

The park also integrates an old oil factory.

16 Aug, 2012

The origin of the town of Campanar was a group of farmhouses from the Muslim era. The old town of Campanar is made up of the Plaza de la Iglesia and the adjacent streets. It was an independent municipality from 1836 until its annexation to Valencia in 1897. It is currently surrounded by highways and tall buildings.

The church is from 1507, being renovated in the Baroque era. Its bell tower is from the 18th century.

16 Aug, 2012

This church has its origin in the 13th century and received the name of Santa Catalina in honor of the Infanta Catalina, daughter of Jaime I. In the 16th century it was covered with Renaissance decorative elements and will still have another reform in the 18th century, in the that the old bell tower was demolished.

On the left, painted in a reddish tone, is the narrowest facade in Spain with its 107 cm.

The blinded arches that are seen to the right belonged to the Lonja del Mustasaf or Almotacén, of Arab origin destined to control the weights and measures of the market. This institution had its headquarters here from 1372 to 1594.

16 Aug, 2012

The water of the lake flows from the Molí del Sol, which in the future will become a museum on the River Turia.

This park, despite its few years, is poorly maintained (stones from the walls that fall and are not repaired, dirty pond water, etc.).

16 Aug, 2012

Next to the church of the Company was the old Professed House, residence of Jesuit fathers, which was left empty with the expulsion of these in 1767. It was later used for several uses, one of them was as the Archive of the Kingdom, from 1810 to 1963.

16 Aug, 2012

This street is named after some public baths with that name that used to be on it. The name of the baths made reference to an armory that was in the area, where a type of shield called pavés was sold.

16 Aug, 2012

Este parque está adaptado a las nuevas tecnologías, ya que en toda su extensión tiene conexión Wi-Fi.

El parque limita con cuatro calles y por todas tiene entrada.

04 Oct, 2012

These towers owe their name to the fact that the road leading to the town of Quart de Poblet started from them, a town that belonged to the Tarragona monastery of Poblet.

They were also called towers of the lime, for being the place where the merchants of the lime paid the taxes to sell it in the city.