The works of this Great Way began in 1927. This new avenue was not completely opened until 1940.
The avenue runs from the old riverbed to the intersection of Ángel Guimerá street, having its continuation in the Great Way de Ramón y Cajal.
The church of San Sebastián was that of the convent of the same name and was built in the 16th century, demolishing and building another in its place in the 18th century. The bell tower was finished already at the beginning of the 20th century. Inside it has a tiled plinth that runs through the entire temple and dates from 1742.
The small square where the church is located was renovated in 2019.
This street, dedicated to the Valencian playwright Guillem de Castro, author of Las mocedades del Cid, follows the route of the old walls of Valencia and in it are the Quart towers.
This small garden has approximately 4,000 square meters and its theme is the story of the fable of the Hesperides, starring Hercules.
The mythological scene of Hercules triumphant with the golden apples and the metamorphosis of the nymphs transformed into trees, is the narrative base of this garden.
The garden has about 50 varieties of citrus. In it a small fountain that reflects the image of Aphrodite, goddess protector of the gardens.
This garden has a pergola with acanthus, ivy and bougainvillea, which continues until the exit.
The Botanical Garden of Valencia has its beginning in the sixteenth century, in the so-called Hort de Simples (Garden of Simples), with the planting of medicinal plants by the University of Valencia. But it was already in the eighteenth century, with the ideas of the Enlightenment and the support of the Royal Economic Society of Friends of the Country, when it had the decisive impulse and more scientific criteria.
As early as 1733, there was talk at the University of Valencia of creating a garden that should facilitate the city. But it will not be until 1757 when the rector Lores directly proposes the creation of a botanical garden near the Alameda. In 1778 the city approved it, but it would take twenty more years for it to become a reality.
In 1767, Gregorio Mayans had already claimed a garden that was the responsibility of a professor of botany, but that did not neglect the plantations of interest to medicine.
In 1786 the University of Valencia approved the Chair of Botany, independent of that of Medicine. This establishes the need to create a botanical garden.