Casa Artigues, owned by a prominent local family of pharmacists, is an 18th century building set in the heart of Xátiva's old quarter. The building has three outstanding heritage features, namely the eclectic style porticoed main entrance door that blends Modernism and Neo-Gothic, the famous ceramic wall tableau depicting distinguished figures in the city, and the Modernist shelves, the only ones of their kind in Xátiva.
The Ermita de Santa Ana (Saint Anne's Chapel), in the municipality of La Llosa in Xàtiva, was built in the mid-16th century in the Flamboyant Gothic style. It was funded by the Borgia family and preserves the coats of arms of Xàtiva and València.
This fortified tower is one of the last witnesses of Gandia's old Medieval wall. The Torreón del Pino is one of the last remaining sections of Gandia's second wall, built in the 17th century. It was commissioned by Duke Francisco de Borgia in 1543. The tower was built on a circular layout and its purpose was mainly defensive. It's in Calle San Rafael, from where you can get a good idea of the enormous fortified monument.
The Antigua Universidad, otherwise known as the Escuelas Pías, is one of the most important buildings in the Historic centre of Gandía and can be found in a square at the end of Gandía's Calle Mayor, the city's busiest shopping street. The Escuelas Pías building started life as the first university to be set up in Gandía and the world's first Jesuit university.
The José Luis March house-workshop in the Carmen district in the historic centre of Valencia, is located in the setting of the 11th century Arab wall.
The 18th century Casa del Bou in Albalat de la Ribera is the oldest private house in the town. It owes its name to the head of a bull that presides over the main entrance inside. The building is notable not only for its historical value (it is one of the few stately homes preserved in the town) but also for its architectural and technical value: it is a compact rural house with floors parallel to the façade and a transverse axis centred in the floor.
The Vinalesa factory was the greatest attempt to modernise and improve the methods used for the spinning and twisting of silk in 18th century Valencia. Its construction resulted from the privilege granted in 1769 to the French technician Guillermo Reboull, in order to apply in it the most innovative methods that Jacques Vaucanson had introduced in France. The initiative was financed by Josep Lapayese, a French merchant established in Valencia, who finally assumed the management of the company.
The creation of the Seminary College of Corpus Christi is directly related to the great effort of renewal and reform of the Catholic Church driven forward by the celebration of the very important Council of Trent. Once Juan de Ribera was appointed archbishop of Valencia, he applied himself to promoting the new conciliar provisions, which were not accepted by all, on the bases established with great effort, by his predecessor, the holy Archbishop Tomás de Villanueva.
The Velluters neighbourhood owes its name to the principal occupation of its residents: the silk trade (velluter in Valencian), and the high concentration of silk looms located in it.
The College of High Silk Art is located in a building acquired by the Gremi de Velluters in 1494. This guild corporation, which brought together the velvet weavers of the city of Valencia, was constituted on 16 February 1479. It soon would become the most important guild corporation in the city and its members played a very prominent role in the revolt of the Brotherhoods.