Lonja de la Seda
| The Valencia silk exchange | |
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UNESCO world heritage 
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| National territory: |
 Spain
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| Type: | Culture |
| Criteria : | i, iv |
| Reference No .: | 782 |
| UNESCO region : | Europe and North America |
| History of enrollment | |
| Enrollment: | 1996 (session 20) |
The Lonja de la Seda (Spanish) or Llotja de la Seda ( Valencian ), to German silk exchange , is located in the Spanish Valencia in the autonomous community of Valencia . It is one of the city's main attractions and a World Heritage Site . It is currently the seat of the Valencian Culture Academy and a frequent exhibition venue.
history
The Lonja was founded in 1469 as an oil market. The design comes from a similar building in Palma . The architects were Pere Compte , Juan Yvarra, Domingo Urtiaga and Johan Corbera. The first stones were delivered on February 15, 1483; This means that construction began on that day. So it took until 1533 for the building with its crenellated tower and the Gothic contract hall to be completed. During the following centuries the Lonja served as a silk exchange.
It is considered to be one of the most important secular Gothic buildings in Europe. It consists of four parts: the tower, the Consulat de la Mar room, the orange tree courtyard and the pillared room. The entire complex with built and undeveloped zones is over 2,000 m². Since 7 December 1996, the Lonja belongs to the UNESCO - World Heritage Site .
gallery
View of the facade
The contract hall
View from below in the contract hall
Coat of arms of the city of Valencia on the facade
Web links
Historic city centers:
Alcalá de Henares with university (1998) |
Ávila with churches outside the city wall (1985) |
Cáceres (1986) |
Cordoba with Mosque-Cathedral (1984) |
Cuenca (1996) |
Granada with Alhambra and Generalife Palace (1984) |
Salamanca (1988) |
San Cristóbal de La Laguna (1999) |
Santiago de Compostela (1985) |
Segovia with Aqueduct (1985) |
Toledo (1986)
Buildings:
Architecture of the Mudéjares in Aragón (1986) |
Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of Asturias (1985) |
Almadén Mine (2012) |
Escorial in Madrid (1984) |
Tower of Hercules (2009) |
Burgos Cathedral (1984) |
Cathedral , Alcázar and Archivo General de Indias in Seville (1987) |
Catalan Romanesque churches in the Vall de Boí (2000) |
Poblet Monastery (1991) |
Monasteries of San Millán de Yuso and San Millán de Suso (1997) |
Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe (1993) | Monumental Renaissance buildings by Úbeda and Baeza (2003) |
Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau in Barcelona (1997) |
Puente de Vizcaya (2006) |
Roman city walls of Lugo (2000) |
Valencia Silk Exchange (1996) |
Works by Antoni Gaudí (1984)
Archaeological sites:
Atapuerca (2000) |
Antequera Dolmen (2016) |
Rock art of the Mediterranean on the Iberian Peninsula (1998) |
Altamira Cave and Paleolithic Cave Paintings in Northern Spain (1985) |
Las Médulas (1997) |
Madīnat az-zahrāʾ (2018) |
Mérida (1993) |
Siega Verde * (2010) |
Tarraco (2000)
Cultural and natural landscapes:
Old beech forests and primeval beech forests of the Carpathian Mountains and other regions of Europe (2017, N) |
Aranjuez (2001, K) |
Ibiza (1999, K / N) |
Way of St. James (1993, K) |
Monte Perdido (1997, K / N) |
Doñana National Park (1994, N) |
Garajonay National Park (1986, N) |
Teide National Park (2007, N) |
Palm grove of Elche (2000, K) |
Serra de Tramuntana (2011, K)
* Expansion of the archaeological sites in Vale do Côa , Portugal;
Coordinates: 39 ° 28 ′ 28 " N , 0 ° 22 ′ 42" W.