Valencia & Albufera
Valencia connects a Gothic merchant city, lively market and food traditions, the repurposed Turia riverbed, contemporary cultural architecture, maritime neighborhoods and Albufera's protected lagoon-and-dune landscape.
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Valencia's Silk Exchange turns mercantile ambition into architecture.
UNESCO records that La Lonja de la Seda was built between 1482 and 1533 for the silk trade and continued to serve commercial functions. Its grand Sala de Contratación and late Gothic design express the power and wealth of a major Mediterranean merchant city in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Set beside today's Central Market, it gives travelers a strong historic anchor before they follow Valencia into the Turia Garden, contemporary cultural district, waterfront neighborhoods or Albufera landscape.
Story source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre · La Lonja de la Seda de ValenciaKnow the gateway behind the destination.
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