La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia World Heritage Site

Official name

La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia | UNESCO

Country

Spain | Map

Continent

Europe

Location

Province and Autonomous Community of Valencia
39.4744° Lat, 0.3784° Lon | Map

Code

782

Time Zone

Europe/Madrid (CEST, +0200)

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Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 1996. Built between 1482 and 1533, this group of buildings was originally used for trading in silk (hence its name, the Silk Exchange) and it has always been a centre for commerce. It is a masterpiece of late Gothic architecture. The grandiose Sala de Contratación (Contract or Trading Hall), in particular, illustrates the power and wealth of a major Mediterranean mercantile city in the 15th and 16th centuries.