The works of the Gran Vía began in 1927. This new avenue is not fully opened until 1940.
The avenue runs from the old riverbed to the intersection of the street Angel Guimera, taking its continuation in the Gran Vía Ramón y Cajal.
The church of San Sebastian was the convent of the same name and was built in the sixteenth century, fell down and another being built in its place in the eighteenth century. The bell tower was already completed in the early twentieth century. Inside it has a tiled plinth that runs around the temple, dating from 1742.
This square was reformed in 2019.
This street, dedicated to the Valencian playwright author of The mocedades del Cid, follows the route of the ancient walls of Valencia and in it are the towers of Quart.
This small garden has about 4,000 square meters and its theme is the story of the fable of the Hesperides, starring Hercules.
The mythological scene of Hercules triumphant golden apples and metamorphosis of the nymphs turned into trees, is the narrative basis 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.
The garden has a pergola with acanthus, ivy and bougainvillea, which extends to the exit.
The Botanical Garden of Valencia has its beginning in the sixteenth century, in the so-called Hort 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 he had the decisive impulse and scientific criteria.
Already in 1733, there was talk at the University of Valencia to create a garden that would facilitate the city. But it was not until 1757 when the rector Lords directly propose the creation of a botanical garden next to the Alameda. In 1778 it approved by the city, but it will take twenty more years to make it reality.
In 1767, Gregorio Mayans had already claimed a garden that was the responsibility of a professor of botany, but not to neglect plantations interest for medicine.
In 1786 the University of Valencia approves the Department of Botany, independent of Medicine. This eliminates the need to create a botanical garden set.