At the crossroads of this street with Ripalda is one of the few bomb shelters from the Civil War that still exist in Valencia.
The square takes its name from a poplar tree that existed from the Middle Ages to the 18th century. Currently there is an olive tree planted.
Under the square, a muslim cemetery from the 11th century was found.
It is called like this because the convent and the church of Carmen (Carmelitas Calzados) are located here. When the Museum of Painting was installed, after the confiscation of the 19th century, it was called for a time the Plaza del Museo.
In the garden located to the right of the Carmen church was located the Aguilar palace, in Gothic style, also called from the Barones de Alacuás and which was demolished in 1946. In this garden is the so-called Fuente de los Niños, made by Mariano Benlliure.
008a CARMEN NEIGHBORHOOD. Carmen Square. Church of the Carmen. Façade of the 17th century
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This church was part of the Convent of Carmen. The cover is a good representation of the facade-altarpiece, in which Gaspar de Sent Martí, Juan Bautista Viñes and José Bonet participated.
The building on the right is the 18th century Pineda Palace. For much of the 20th century it was a Marist school and later a ladies' residence, remaining empty at the end of the 70s. In 1992 it was restored and today it is the headquarters of the Menéndez y Pelayo International University.
The monument in the center of the square is dedicated to the painter Joan de Joanes.
The name of the street dates from 1873, because the Provincial Museum of Painting was located here at that time, whose works have been found since 1942 in the Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia (San Pío V).
For a time the School of Fine Arts was also here.
The Centro del Carmen was created when the headquarters of the School of BB.AA. de San Carlos and the headquarters of the School of Arts and Crafts, were abandoned in 1986; and a restoration started in 1989. The restoration turned the old convent of Carmen into an exhibition space.
Between the 13th and 14th centuries the construction of the refectory and the chapter hall of this convent of Carmen began, with the arrival of Carmelites from France.
The Gothic cloister is already from the 14th century.
In 1882 this cloister was covered and the refectory and the chapter house were prepared for the new museum functions and the School of Fine Arts. And, as of 1994, the divisions and the roof of the Gothic cloister will be eliminated, thus recovering its original architecture.
The Renaissance cloister is already from the 16th century.
Except for the church, from 1838 on, the rest of the convent will be used as a Museum and School of Fine Arts.
Starting in 1946, the museum moved to its current location in the old San Pío V school. From that date, until 1983, the premises were occupied solely by the San Carlos School of Fine Arts and the School of Arts and Crafts. .
This street is named after Mrs. de Jordà (Doña Jordana) who apparently had a shop on the street. Na (Doña) is an archaism of the language.
The houses in the image were designed by Carlos Spain in 1850. They were for residential and agricultural use, and were one of the first workers' housing constructions in Valencia. They were rehabilitated in the years 1993-1995.