The construction, by the architect Joaquín María Belda Ibáñez, is arranged around several courtyards. Some of these patios are porticoed, with iron columns.
The building was restored by the architects Rafael Rivera and Mateo Signes, during the years 1993-1995, to turn it into a cultural center.
The old tiled baseboards of the patios were replaced by others made by the artist Carmen Calvo.
019 CARMEN NEIGHBORHOOD. Crown Street. Former Asylum of the Marqués del Campo (XIX century)
- Carmen Neighborhood
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This neo-Gothic building from 1884, by the architect José Camaña, is currently one of the headquarters of the Catholic University of Valencia San Vicente Mártir.
This street is named after a Franciscan convent that was in it and that was called the Crown of Christ. The convent was located where today is the Cultural Center of Beneficencia.
Dyers have settled in this street since the 14th century, taking advantage of the water from the nearby canal of Rovella to wash the fabrics.
The Cameta vegetable patch was located on this street, owned by the Count of Ripalda. The street took its name from the count.
In this square was the palace of Mosén Sorell. This palace was named after Bernat Martí Sorell Aguiló, who died at the beginning of the 16th century. The palace was built in the mid-15th century and was one of the most important medieval palaces in Valencia. It was demolished in 1882, after a fire suffered in 1878. Some pieces were scattered, such as the access door to the palace, which is in a gallery in Reggio Emilia (Italy), and a chapel, which is in the Louvre Museum from Paris.
022 CARMEN NEIGHBORHOOD. Marquis Caro Street. Old modernist façade of the cinemas Caro (1910)
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The work of the architect Vicente Ferrer Peris, also the author of the "Ferrer Building" on Cirilo Amorós Street, it is an interesting example of the influence of Viennese modernism in Valencia (Viennese Secession). Currently it is part of the entrance of a public school.
Here was the Casa Cofradía de los Corredores de Cuello, who published aloud the price of the things that were publicly auctioned.
This street, dedicated to Santo Tomás de Villanueva, starts from the Plaza de Mosén Sorell and crossing Calle Alta, reaches the Tree Square.
This street is named after José Landerer Climent, a geologist and astronomer who died in 1922. The Escalante Theater was located on it.