This square is dedicated to the Count of Buñol, a noble title also held by the Marquis of Albaida. On one side of the square is the palace of the Marquises of Malferit, where there is a museum of tin soldiers.
This square is dedicated to the Count of Buñol, a noble title also held by the Marquis of Albaida. On one side of the square is the palace of the Marquises of Malferit, where there is a museum of tin soldiers.
This museum soon became one of the most important contemporary art museums in Spain and the world. Apart from its temporary exhibitions, it has permanent works by Julio González, Ignacio Pinazo, Miquel Navarro, Joan Cardells and numerous 20th century avant-garde artists. It also has an interesting photographic background (Robert Capa, Renau, Man Ray, etc.).
In its basement, in the so-called Room of the Wall, a section of the Christian wall from the 14th century is preserved.
Here was the door, of the Christian wall, called Portal Nou; that they were identical towers to those of Quart, but smaller. The Napoleonic army entered here in 1812, under the command of Marshal Suchet.
This convent corresponds to the schemes of the order of the Discalced Carmelites established by Santa Teresa. The interior was intervened in the 18th century.
The convent was bought to make it a luxury hotel and is currently empty. The tiles were torn off and are currently in the Museum of Fine Arts in Valencia.
Before its stone construction there was a wooden bridge.
Here were the sculptures of San Luis Beltrán and Santo Tomás de Villanueva, which today are on the Trinidad bridge. Now there is a sculpture of Saint Joseph. This bridge was also called the Zaidía Bridge and the New Bridge.
This was the home of José Benlliure Gil and his family. It is interesting for being the sample of a typical Valencian bourgeois house from the end of the 19th century, with its small garden and the study in the background.
The building dates from 1880 and was acquired by José Benlliure and Gil on their return from Rome in 1912. The house was renovated and Benlliure equipped it with furniture brought from Italy, which are currently preserved in the building.
José Benlliure y Gil died in this house in 1937, at the age of 82.
In the house there are not only works by the Benlliure family, there are also works by Sorolla, Muñoz Degraín and other artists of the time.
Through the door at the end of the hall you enter the garden.
The garden was designed, by José Benlliure himself, in the style of the private gardens of the time, with cypresses, pines, orange trees, lemon trees, laurels, jasmine, myrtles, etc.
The garden land had formerly been occupied by the orchard of the Carmen convent.
At the end of the garden there is a small marble fountain with a ceramic bottom.