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It was built over the site of the former Visigothic cathedral, which under the Moors had been turned into a mosque. Valencian Gothic is the predominant architectural style of the cathedral, although it also contains Romanesque, French Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical elements. The cathedral contains numerous 15th-century paintings ...
www.valencia.es. Valencia ( Spanish: [baˈlenθja] ⓘ, officially in Valencian: València [vaˈlensia]) [a] is the capital of the province and autonomous community of the same name in Spain. It is the third-most populated municipality in the country, with 807,693 inhabitants within the administrative boundaries of the municipality (2023) [1 ...
The City of Arts and Sciences ( Valencian: Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències [siwˈtad de les ˈaɾts i les siˈɛnsi.es]; Spanish: Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias [θjuˈðað ðe las ˈaɾtes i las ˈθjenθjas]) is a cultural and architectural complex in the city of Valencia, Spain. It is the most important modern tourist destination in ...
Wander galleries and landmarks. Valencia is home to an eclectic mix of landmarks. The Gothic cathedral guards the Holy Grail that purportedly Jesus sipped from during the Last Supper, while the ...
The history of Valencia, one of the oldest cities in Spain, begins over 2100 years ago with its founding as a Roman colony under the name "Valentia Edetanorum" on the site of a former Iberian town, [1] by the river Turia in the province of Edetania. [2] The Roman consul Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus transferred about 2,000 veteran soldiers ...
Designated. 3 June 1931. Reference no. (R.I.) - 51 - 0000968 - 00000. The Lonja de la Seda or Llotja de la Seda ( Valencian pronunciation: [ˈʎɔdʒa ðe la ˈseða], English "Silk Exchange") is a late Valencian Gothic -style civil building in Valencia, Spain. It is a principal tourist attraction in the city. The Silk Exchange in Valencia.
The Valencia Chalice in its chapel in Valencia Cathedral The Holy Chalice (Spanish: Santo Cáliz ) is an agate cup preserved in the Cathedral of Valencia . The chalice is commonly credited as being the actual Holy Grail used by Jesus during the Last Supper [6] and is preserved in a chapel consecrated to it, where it still attracts the faithful ...
Plaza de la Reina (Plaça de la Reina in Valencian and Queen's Square in English) is a central plaza in Valencia, Spain. It brings together, among others, Calle de la Paz, Calle del Mar, Calle del Cabilleros, Calle de los Bordadores, Calle de Santa Catalina, and Calle de Santo Vincente Mártir. The plaza includes the baroque door of the Irons ...