Central Market & Silk Exchange
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Description
The modernist market and Gothic Lonja are the commercial soul of historic Valencia.
Audio guide
You arrive at Plaza del Mercado. On one side, the Central Market, a modernist cathedral of iron, glass and ceramics opened in 1928. Inside, over a thousand stalls greet you with the scent of fresh fish, huerta oranges and cured ham. On the other side, the Silk Exchange — Gothic, UNESCO World Heritage — with its spiral columns evoking a palm grove. Here, for centuries, Valencian merchants signed contracts reaching Flanders and the Maghreb. Look one way, then the other: living commerce and historic commerce, separated by a single square.