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===Architecture=== The ancient winding streets of the Barrio del Carmen contain buildings dating to [[Roman Empire|Roman]] and [[Al-Andalus|Arab]] times. The [[Saint Mary of Valencia Cathedral|Cathedral]] and its bell tower [[Miguelete Tower|El Miguelete]], built between the 13th and 15th centuries, are primarily of [[Valencian Gothic]] style but contains elements of [[baroque architecture|Baroque]] and [[Romanesque architecture]]. Beside the cathedral is the [[Basilica of Our Lady of the Forsaken]] ''(Basílica De La Mare de Déu dels Desamparats)''. The 15th-century ''Serrans'' and ''Quart'' towers are part of what was once the wall surrounding the city. [[UNESCO]] has recognised the Silk Exchange market ''([[Lonja de la Seda|La Llotja de la Seda]])'', erected in early Valencian Gothic style, as a [[World Heritage Site]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/782 |title=La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia |work=[[UNESCO World Heritage Centre]] |access-date=9 March 2011 |publisher=[[United Nations]] |archive-date=14 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514032507/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/782 |url-status=live}}</ref> The Central Market (''[[Mercado Central, Valencia|Mercat Central]]'') in [[Valencian Art Nouveau]] style, is one of the largest in Europe. The main railway station [[Estació del Nord (Valencia)|''Estació Del Nord'']] is built in [[Valencian Art Nouveau]] (a Spanish version of [[Art Nouveau]]) style. World-renowned Valencia-born architect [[Santiago Calatrava]] produced the futuristic City of Arts and Sciences ''([[Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències]])'', which contains an opera house/performing [[arts centre]], a [[science museum]], an [[IMAX]] cinema/planetarium, an oceanographic park and other structures such as a long covered walkway and restaurants. Calatrava is also responsible for the bridge named after him in the centre of the city. The [[Palau de la Música de València]] (Music Palace) is another noteworthy example of modern architecture in Valencia. <gallery mode="packed"> file:Plaça maededéu1.jpg|[[Valencia Cathedral]] File:València, pati del palau de l'Almirall.jpg|The gothic courtyard of the Palace of the Admiral of Aragon (''Palau de l'Almirall'') File:Convento de Santo Domingo, Valencia, España, 2014-06-29, DD 13.JPG|Convento de Santo Domingo (1300-1640) file:Lonja Techo Fisheye.jpg|[[Llotja de la Seda]] (Silk Exchange, interior) File:Mercado de Colón, Valencia, España, 2014-06-29, DD 09.JPG|[[Mercado de Colón|Mercat de Colon]] in [[Valencian Art Nouveau]] style Valencia,_palazzo_de_marchese_di_Dos_Aigües,_esterno_01.jpg|[[Palace of the Marqués de Dos Aguas]] file:Mercat façana5.jpg|[[Mercado Central, Valencia|Mercat Central]] (Central Market), in [[Valencian Art Nouveau]] style File:València, Paseo Real Basilica Nuestra Señora-PM 51920.jpg|One of the few arch-bridges that links the cathedral with neighboring buildings. This one built in 1666. File:WLM14ES - CONVENTO DE SAN MIGUEL DE LOS REYES DE VALENCIA 06122009 130023 00062 - .jpg|Monastery of San Miguel de los Reyes built between 1548 and 1763 File:Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, València, Valencia, Spain - panoramio (3).jpg|L'Hemisfèric ([[IMAX Dome]] cinema) and [[Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia]] file:El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe – Bilim ve Uzay Müzesi.jpg|[[Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe]] file:Ágora, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia, España, 2014-06-29, DD 58.JPG|[[Assut de l'Or Bridge]] and [[L'Àgora]] behind. </gallery> <gallery mode="packed" heights="150"> File:Santjoanhospital pati.jpg|Sant Joan de l'Hospital church built in 1316 (except for a Baroque chapel) File:Baños del Almirante 01.JPG|[[Mudéjar]] (Christian) baths Banys de l'Almirall (1313-1320) File:Qk-Antoni-Peris-detalle-06.jpg|The [[Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia]], is the museum with the second largest amount of paintings in Spain,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.elmundo.es/comunidad-valenciana/2014/10/22/5447a69e22601d56348b4582.html |title=La segunda pinacoteca de España cumple 175 años y mira al siglo XXI |newspaper=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]] |date=22 October 2014 |access-date=4 April 2019 |author=EFE |author-link=EFE |publisher=[[Unidad Editorial Información General]] S.L.U. |archive-date=4 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404195835/https://www.elmundo.es/comunidad-valenciana/2014/10/22/5447a69e22601d56348b4582.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2017/01/12/valencia/1484235074_394875.html |title=El San Pío V, segunda pinacoteca de España, culmina su ampliación |newspaper=[[El País]] |date=12 January 2017 |first=Cristina |last=Vázquez |access-date=4 April 2019 |publisher=[[Prisa]] |archive-date=4 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404171430/https://elpais.com/ccaa/2017/01/12/valencia/1484235074_394875.html |url-status=live}}</ref> after Prado Museum File:Patriarca dins.jpg|[[Real Colegio Seminario del Corpus Christi]] </gallery>
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