This long street is actually a piece of the famous Roman Via Augusta. Around 1850 the street was widened by 10 m. at 14 m. wide. Medieval buildings disappeared, in this section that goes from the Plaza de la Reina to the Plaza de la Ayuntamiento, and the street was filled with nineteenth-century buildings that have come down to us.

In 1882, a textile shop located in this street called Casa Conejos, was the first to have electric lighting in all of Valencia. In 1886 electric lighting was already installed throughout the city, however gas street lamps were still used for the streets.