Stock Exchange (Lonja de la Seda de Valencia) description and photos - Spain: Valencia (city) (Topic)

Exchange (Lonja de la Seda de Valencia) description and photos - Spain: Valencia (city). Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Lonja de la Seda de Valencia.

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The Lonja de la Seda Stock Exchange is located in the old quarter of Valencia, on the market square. It is a complex of buildings that was originally used for trade. Built between 1482 and 1548, this complex is a true architectural masterpiece in the late Gothic style. This period was characterized by a real flourishing of trade for Valencia. It was during this period that Valencia became one of the largest trading cities on the Mediterranean coast.

By the middle of the 15th century, trade in the city reached such proportions that the government decided to build new retail space that could meet the growing needs of the city. The acquisition of the land necessary for this purpose was carried out only by 1482, then the construction of a new trade facility began.

The design and construction was carried out by the architect Pedro Compte, who designed the Cathedral of Valencia. Joan Ivarra, Joan Corbera, Miguel de Magagna and Domingo de Urtiaga worked with him on the creation of a new shopping complex.

In the plan, the exchange building, the total area of which is 2000 sq. m., has a rectangular shape. The massive facades of the stock exchange with battlements crowned with royal crowns, narrow, soaring windows, beautiful bas-reliefs make it look like a majestic medieval tower.

The famous Valencia Stock Exchange includes the Main Tower, which housed the prison where thieves were kept, the Consular Corps, where the first Valencia Commercial Tribunal sat, Orange courtyard and a spacious Trading floor. The trading hall, divided by columns, is richly decorated: its floor is lined with marble, the inscriptions in Latin flaunts on the walls, and the windows are decorated with statues of gargoyles. The ceiling is decorated with the image of the four shields of the Aragonese crown.

Since 1996 Valencia Stock Exchange has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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