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  • Exhibition of sculptures and paintings in the Museu Catedral Valencia, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. In the centre are the Apostle statues, 14th century, by Nicolas de Autun, from the Puerta de los Apostoles. The museum houses a collection of Gothic, Renaissance and Mannerist sculptures and paintings, including works by Maella, Goya and Juan de Juanes. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Doubting of St Thomas, tempera painting on board, 15th century, by Gonzalo Perez, or Goncal Peris Sarria, 1380-1451, in the Museu Catedral Valencia, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The museum houses a collection of Gothic, Renaissance and Mannerist sculptures and paintings, including works by Maella, Goya and Juan de Juanes. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Descent from the Cross, 1560, Spanish Renaissance painting by Juan de Juanes, 1475-1579, in the Museu Catedral Valencia, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The museum houses a collection of Gothic, Renaissance and Mannerist sculptures and paintings, including works by Maella, Goya and Juan de Juanes. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lamentation, tempera and oil painting on board, 1490-1500, by Nicolas Falco, originally from the Ermita del Calvario Alto de Xativa, in the Museu Catedral Valencia, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The museum houses a collection of Gothic, Renaissance and Mannerist sculptures and paintings, including works by Maella, Goya and Juan de Juanes. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apostle statues, 14th century, by Nicolas de Autun, from the Puerta de los Apostoles, in the Museu Catedral Valencia, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The portal includes St Sixtus II, St Lawrence, 10 apostles, St Valero and St Vincent Martyr. The museum houses a collection of Gothic, Renaissance and Mannerist sculptures and paintings, including works by Maella, Goya and Juan de Juanes. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Exhibition of sculptures and paintings in the Museu Catedral Valencia, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. In the centre are the Apostle statues, 14th century, by Nicolas de Autun, from the Puerta de los Apostoles. The museum houses a collection of Gothic, Renaissance and Mannerist sculptures and paintings, including works by Maella, Goya and Juan de Juanes. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apostle statues, 14th century, by Nicolas de Autun, from the Puerta de los Apostoles, in the Museu Catedral Valencia, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The portal includes St Sixtus II, St Lawrence, 10 apostles, St Valero and St Vincent Martyr. The museum houses a collection of Gothic, Renaissance and Mannerist sculptures and paintings, including works by Maella, Goya and Juan de Juanes. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Martyrdom of Saints Bernardo, Maria and Gracia, detail, tempura on panel, 1419, by Antonio Peris, in the Museu Catedral Valencia, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The museum houses a collection of Gothic, Renaissance and Mannerist sculptures and paintings, including works by Maella, Goya and Juan de Juanes. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Martyrdom of Saints Bernardo, Maria and Gracia, tempura on panel, 1419, by Antonio Peris, in the Museu Catedral Valencia, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The museum houses a collection of Gothic, Renaissance and Mannerist sculptures and paintings, including works by Maella, Goya and Juan de Juanes. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eucharist, Christ with the chalice of wine and bread of the sacrament, painting, in the Museu Catedral Valencia, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The museum houses a collection of Gothic, Renaissance and Mannerist sculptures and paintings, including works by Maella, Goya and Juan de Juanes. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Angel Guardian of the Kingdom of Valencia, 1560, by Juan de Juanes, 1475-1579, in Spanish Renaissance style, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The angel is holding a sword and a royal crown. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nativity, fresco, in the Holy Chalice Chapel or Capilla del Santo Caliz, built under Bishop Vidal de Blanes 1365-69, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rose window with Star of David design incorporating equilateral triangles representing the holy trinity, and inverted triangles representing paths of access to God, in the Puerta de los Apostoles in the Metropolitan Cathedral–Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. This rose window was almost completely rebuilt in the 1960s. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Pope Alexander VI, born Rodrigo de Borja or Rodrigo Borgia, 1586, oil painting on leather, by Juan de Juanes, c. 1507-79, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • San Francisco de Borja before the corpse of Empress Elizabeth, painting, 1787, by Mariano Salvador Maella, 1739-1819, in the Capilla de San Francisco de Borja, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • San Francisco de Borja, painting, 1788, by Francisco de Goya, 1746-1828, depicting the saint as a Jesuit priest helping an unrepentant dying man surrounded by demons ready to take his soul, in the Capilla de San Francisco de Borja, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • San Francisco de Borja before the corpse of Empress Elizabeth, painting, 1787, by Mariano Salvador Maella, 1739-1819, in the Capilla de San Francisco de Borja, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • San Francisco de Borja before the corpse of Empress Elizabeth, detail, painting, 1787, by Mariano Salvador Maella, 1739-1819, in the Capilla de San Francisco de Borja, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Alfonso de Borja y Cavanilles, 1378-1458, later Pope Calixto III, 1586, oil painting on leather, by Juan de Juanes, c. 1507-79, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Headquarters of the Bank of Valencia, or Banco de Valencia, founded 1900, which became CaixaBank in 2013, Valencia, Spain. The flatiron-style building was designed in 1935 using marble, brick and limestone, decorated with ceramic tiles in a Modernist influence. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, or Santa Maria cathedral, on the Placa de la Mare de Deu, in the La Seu district of the Ciutat Vella or Old Town of Valencia, Spain. The square is named after the patron saint of Valencia, Mare de Deu dels Desemparats, or Our Lady of the Forsaken. On the left is the Basilica de la Mare de Deu dels Desemparats, built 1652-67 in baroque style. On the right is the Casa Vestuario, built 1800 by Jose Garcia as a meeting place for the Magistrates of the Tribunal de las Aguas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Concert of angels, frescoes in the semi-dome ceiling of the choir, originally built in Gothic style in the 13th century but remodeled in the 17th century in Baroque style by the Valencian architect Juan Perez Castiel, in the Metropolitan Cathedral–Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The choir contains an altarpiece of 6 Renaissance paintings, many sculptural works and a semi-dome with frescoes. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Concert of angels, frescoes in the semi-dome ceiling of the choir, originally built in Gothic style in the 13th century but remodeled in the 17th century in Baroque style by the Valencian architect Juan Perez Castiel, in the Metropolitan Cathedral–Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The choir contains an altarpiece of 6 Renaissance paintings, many sculptural works and a semi-dome with frescoes. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Holy Chalice Chapel or Capilla del Santo Caliz, built under Bishop Vidal de Blanes 1365-69, said to house the chalice used at the Last Supper, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The alabaster altarpiece houses the red agate cup, 1st century AD, on a medieval golden stem with handles. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Holy Chalice Chapel or Capilla del Santo Caliz, built under Bishop Vidal de Blanes 1365-69, said to house the chalice used at the Last Supper, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The alabaster altarpiece houses the red agate cup, 1st century AD, on a medieval golden stem with handles. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Keystone with painted scene of Christ blessing the Virgin, in the vaulted ceiling of the Holy Chalice Chapel or Capilla del Santo Caliz, built under Bishop Vidal de Blanes 1365-69, said to house the chalice used at the Last Supper, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Capilla de San Francisco de Borja, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. Above the altar is San Francisco de Borja<br />
before the corpse of Empress Elizabeth, painting, 1787, by Mariano Salvador Maella, 1739-1819. On the left is San Francisco de Borja, painting, 1788, by Francisco de Goya, 1746-1828, depicting the saint saying goodbye to his relatives in Gandia, and on the right, another painting of 1788 by Goya of the saint as a Jesuit priest helping an unrepentant dying man. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave of the Metropolitan Cathedral–Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The choir contains an altarpiece of 6 Renaissance paintings, many sculptural works and a semi-dome with frescoes. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Placa de la Mare de Deu in the evening, in the La Seu district of the Ciutat Vella or Old Town of Valencia, Spain. The square is named after the patron saint of Valencia, Mare de Deu dels Desemparats, or Our Lady of the Forsaken. In the centre is the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, or Santa Maria cathedral. On the left is the Basilica de la Mare de Deu dels Desemparats, built 1652-67 in baroque style. On the right is the Casa Vestuario, built 1800 by Jose Garcia as a meeting place for the Magistrates of the Tribunal de las Aguas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Virgen del Buen Parto, or Virgin of Good Childbirth, 1465, by Jose Castellnou, statue in alabaster and gold in Late Gothic style, believed to grant safe childbirth to women who walk 9 times around the cathedral, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Holy Chalice or Santo Caliz, said to be the chalice used at the Last Supper, in the Holy Chalice Chapel or Capilla del Santo Caliz, built under Bishop Vidal de Blanes 1365-69, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The red agate cup, 1st century AD, on a medieval golden stem with handles, is housed in a glass case in an alabaster altarpiece. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • San Francisco de Borja, painting, detail, 1788, by Francisco de Goya, 1746-1828, depicting the saint saying goodbye to his relatives in his palace in Gandia to join Jesus, in the Capilla de San Francisco de Borja, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted ceiling of the Holy Chalice Chapel, with its star pattern rib vaulting, built under Bishop Vidal de Blanes 1365-69, said to house the chalice used at the Last Supper, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Holy Chalice Chapel, built under Bishop Vidal de Blanes 1365-69, said to house the chalice used at the Last Supper, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Holy Chalice Chapel, built under Bishop Vidal de Blanes 1365-69, said to house the chalice used at the Last Supper, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Doubting Thomas, portrait of St Thomas with the Virgin, painted 15th century by Andres Marzal de Sax, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Transit of the Virgin or Death of the Virgin, gilded polychrome wood, c. 1490 by Alejo de Vahia, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin of Sorrows, painted 16th century in Spanish Renaissance style by the Llanos School, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ecce Homo, painted 19th century by Mariano Salvador Maella, 1739-1819, a copy of a painting by Juan de Juanes, 1475-1579, in Spanish Renaissance style, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. Christ is injured, bound and wears a crown of thorns before his crucifixion. The angel is holding a sword and a royal crown. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • North facade of the transept of the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, showing pilasters with Corinthian capitals and a vaulted ceiling. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portico depicting the Resurrection of Christ, sculpted by Gregorio de Biguerny c. 1550 in Spanish Renaissance style, in alabaster, after drawings by Yanez de la Almedina, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgen del Coro or Virgin Enthroned, 18th century alabaster sculpture by Joan de Castellnou, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The Virgin is crowned and seated on a throne holding a lily and the Christ child, who raises his hand in blessing. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel
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  • Detail of Christ supported by angels, from a Portico depicting the Resurrection of Christ, sculpted by Gregorio de Biguerny c. 1550 in Spanish Renaissance style, in alabaster, after drawings by Yanez de la Almedina, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Frescoes of a concert of angels in the semi-dome ceiling of the choir, originally built in Gothic style in the 13th century but remodeled in the 17th century in Baroque style by the Valencian architect Juan Perez Castiel, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The choir contains an altarpiece of 6 Renaissance paintings, many sculptural works and a semi-dome with frescoes. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • East side aisle of the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, showing pilasters with Corinthian capitals and a vaulted ceiling. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Choir, originally built in Gothic style in the 13th century but remodeled in the 17th century in Baroque style by the Valencian architect Juan Perez Castiel, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The choir contains an altarpiece of 6 Renaissance paintings, many sculptural works and a semi-dome with frescoes. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Descent from the Cross, 1560, by Juan de Juanes, 1475-1579, in Spanish Renaissance style, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rooftops of the city of Valencia, with the bell tower of the Metropolitan Cathedral–Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, in the Ciutat Vella or Old Town of Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Placa de la Mare de Deu in the evening, in the La Seu district of the Ciutat Vella or Old Town of Valencia, Spain. The square is named after the patron saint of Valencia, Mare de Deu dels Desemparats, or Our Lady of the Forsaken. In the centre is the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, or Santa Maria cathedral. On the left is the Basilica de la Mare de Deu dels Desemparats, built 1652-67 in baroque style. On the right is the Casa Vestuario, built 1800 by Jose Garcia as a meeting place for the Magistrates of the Tribunal de las Aguas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Placa de la Mare de Deu, in the La Seu district of the Ciutat Vella or Old Town of Valencia, Spain. The square is named after the patron saint of Valencia, Mare de Deu dels Desemparats, or Our Lady of the Forsaken. In the centre is the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, or Santa Maria cathedral. On the left is the Basilica de la Mare de Deu dels Desemparats, built 1652-67 in baroque style. On the right is the Casa Vestuario, built 1800 by Jose Garcia as a meeting place for the Magistrates of the Tribunal de las Aguas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Choir, originally built in Gothic style in the 13th century but remodeled in the 17th century in Baroque style by the Valencian architect Juan Perez Castiel, in the Metropolitan Cathedral–Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The choir contains an altarpiece of 6 Renaissance paintings, many sculptural works and a semi-dome with frescoes. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Concert of angels, frescoes in the semi-dome ceiling of the choir, originally built in Gothic style in the 13th century but remodeled in the 17th century in Baroque style by the Valencian architect Juan Perez Castiel, in the Metropolitan Cathedral–Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The choir contains an altarpiece of 6 Renaissance paintings, many sculptural works and a semi-dome with frescoes. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Capilla de San Francisco de Borja, a side chapel off the nave of the Metropolitan Cathedral–Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. In the chapel is a painting of San Francisco de Borja before the body of Empress Isabel, 1787, by Mariano Salvador Maella, 1739-1819. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Holy Chalice or Santo Caliz, said to be the chalice used at the Last Supper, in the Holy Chalice Chapel or Capilla del Santo Caliz, built under Bishop Vidal de Blanes 1365-69, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The red agate cup, 1st century AD, on a medieval golden stem with handles, is housed in a glass case in an alabaster altarpiece. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • San Francisco de Borja, painting, detail, 1788, by Francisco de Goya, 1746-1828, depicting the saint as a Jesuit priest helping an unrepentant dying man, in the Capilla de San Francisco de Borja, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • San Francisco de Borja, painting, 1788, by Francisco de Goya, 1746-1828, depicting the saint saying goodbye to his relatives in his palace in Gandia to join Jesus, in the Capilla de San Francisco de Borja, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Our Lady of the Forsaken, patroness of Valencia, in the Real Basilica de nuestra Senora de los Desamparados de Valencia, a Baroque church designed by Diego Martinez Ponce de Urrana and built 1652-67, in Valencia, Spain. The 15th century Gothic statue is covered in robes and jewels and the 2 innocents at her feet were added in the 18th century. The statue stands on a mechanical device which slowly revolves. On the Festival of Our Lady in May, the statue is paraded around the town. The confraternity of the Mare de Deu dels Innocents i Desemparats was founded in the 15th century to help the mentally ill and to bury their bodies. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Our Lady of the Forsaken, patroness of Valencia, in the Real Basilica de nuestra Senora de los Desamparados de Valencia, a Baroque church designed by Diego Martinez Ponce de Urrana and built 1652-67, in Valencia, Spain. The 15th century Gothic statue is covered in robes and jewels and the 2 innocents at her feet were added in the 18th century. The statue stands on a mechanical device which slowly revolves. On the Festival of Our Lady in May, the statue is paraded around the town. The confraternity of the Mare de Deu dels Innocents i Desemparats was founded in the 15th century to help the mentally ill and to bury their bodies. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the fresco by Antonio Palomino, 1653-1726, in the cupola of the Real Basilica de nuestra Senora de los Desamparados de Valencia, a Baroque church designed by Diego Martinez Ponce de Urrana and built 1652-67 and dedicated to Our Lady of the Forsaken, patroness of Valencia, in Valencia, Spain. The trompe l'oeil effect of the fresco leads us up into heaven, where the Virgin intercedes for the innocent before the Trinity. The confraternity of the Mare de Deu dels Innocents i Desemparats was founded in the 15th century to help the mentally ill and to bury their bodies. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco by Antonio Palomino, 1653-1726, in the cupola of the Real Basilica de nuestra Senora de los Desamparados de Valencia, a Baroque church designed by Diego Martinez Ponce de Urrana and built 1652-67 and dedicated to Our Lady of the Forsaken, patroness of Valencia, in Valencia, Spain. The trompe l'oeil effect of the fresco leads us up into heaven, where the Virgin intercedes for the innocent before the Trinity. The confraternity of the Mare de Deu dels Innocents i Desemparats was founded in the 15th century to help the mentally ill and to bury their bodies. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Transit of the Virgin or Death of the Virgin, gilded polychrome wood, c. 1490 by Alejo de Vahia, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail from Descent from the Cross, 1560, by Juan de Juanes, 1475-1579, in Spanish Renaissance style, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Atypical Valencia, a shop selling work by artists and designers illustrating the city of Valencia, in the Mercat Central, or Central Market, built 1914–28 in Valencian Art Nouveau style by Alexandre Soler March, Francesc Guardia Vidal and Enrique Viedma Vidal, on the Placa Ciutat de Bruges, Valencia, Spain. This is the largest fresh produce market in Europe, with 1200 stalls. The building is made from iron, wood, ceramics and polychrome tiles, with stained glass panels at various levels allowing light to flow into the structure. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Atypical Valencia, a shop selling work by artists and designers illustrating the city of Valencia, in the Mercat Central, or Central Market, built 1914–28 in Valencian Art Nouveau style by Alexandre Soler March, Francesc Guardia Vidal and Enrique Viedma Vidal, on the Placa Ciutat de Bruges, Valencia, Spain. This is the largest fresh produce market in Europe, with 1200 stalls. The building is made from iron, wood, ceramics and polychrome tiles, with stained glass panels at various levels allowing light to flow into the structure. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the fresco by Antonio Palomino, 1653-1726, in the cupola of the Real Basilica de nuestra Senora de los Desamparados de Valencia, a Baroque church designed by Diego Martinez Ponce de Urrana and built 1652-67 and dedicated to Our Lady of the Forsaken, patroness of Valencia, in Valencia, Spain. The trompe l'oeil effect of the fresco leads us up into heaven, where the Virgin intercedes for the innocent before the Trinity. The confraternity of the Mare de Deu dels Innocents i Desemparats was founded in the 15th century to help the mentally ill and to bury their bodies. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Personification of the City of Valencia kneeling in front of Jaime II, with figure in white representing the Christian faith, a politico-religious allegorical painting, 1866, by Salustiano Asenjo, on the ceiling of the ballroom, in the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Facade and main entrance, 1745, sculpted in alabaster by Ignacio Vergara Gimeno, designed by Hipolito Rovira, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. The entrance portal includes sculpted atlantes representing 2 Valencian rivers, the Turia and Jucar, with buckets of water for the Aguas marquises, also a crocodile, a quiver of arrows, ivy, a snake, a reclining lion, and a palm tree. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bar at La Fabrica de Hielo, or the Ice Factory, a creative space on Playa del Cabanyal, in Valencia, Spain. The Auxiliary Navy of Valencia offered this derelict building for conversion in 2014 as part of the Cabanyal Plan, a redevelopment scheme to revitalise the area. The building now hosts exhibitions, markets, workshops and live music events. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bar at La Fabrica de Hielo, or the Ice Factory, a creative space on Playa del Cabanyal, in Valencia, Spain. The Auxiliary Navy of Valencia offered this derelict building for conversion in 2014 as part of the Cabanyal Plan, a redevelopment scheme to revitalise the area. The building now hosts exhibitions, markets, workshops and live music events. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, an opera house and performing arts centre, opened 2005, in the evening, in the City of Arts and Sciences, in Valencia, Spain. The building contains a main hall, a master hall, an auditorium and the Martin y Soler theatre, and holds operas, theatre performances and music concerts. The City of Arts and Sciences is a large cultural attraction in a drained riverbed in Valencia, designed by Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela and built 1996-2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Museu de les Ciencies Principe Felipe, a science museum resembling the skeleton of a whale, opened 2000 (left), and (right), L'Hemisferic, or the Eye of Knowledge, an IMAX Cinema, planetarium and laserium, opened 1998, in the City of Arts and Sciences, in Valencia, Spain. Behind is the Assut de l'Or bridge, opened 2008. The City of Arts and Sciences is a large cultural attraction in a drained riverbed in Valencia, designed by Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela and built 1996-2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • L'Hemisferic, or the Eye of Knowledge, an IMAX Cinema, planetarium and laserium, opened 1998, in the evening, in the City of Arts and Sciences, in Valencia, Spain. Behind is the Museu de les Ciencies Principe Felipe, a science museum resembling the skeleton of a whale, opened 2000 (left), and (right), L'Umbracle, a landscaped walkway and sculpture garden, opened 2001. The City of Arts and Sciences is a large cultural attraction in a drained riverbed in Valencia, designed by Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela and built 1996-2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • L'Hemisferic, or the Eye of Knowledge, an IMAX Cinema, planetarium and laserium, opened 1998, in the City of Arts and Sciences, in Valencia, Spain. Behind is the Museu de les Ciencies Principe Felipe, a science museum resembling the skeleton of a whale, opened 2000, and the Assut de l'Or bridge, opened 2008. The City of Arts and Sciences is a large cultural attraction in a drained riverbed in Valencia, designed by Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela and built 1996-2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Museu de les Ciencies Principe Felipe, a science museum resembling the skeleton of a whale, opened 2000 (left), and (right), L'Hemisferic, or the Eye of Knowledge, an IMAX Cinema, planetarium and laserium, opened 1998, in the City of Arts and Sciences, in Valencia, Spain. Behind is the Assut de l'Or bridge, opened 2008. The City of Arts and Sciences is a large cultural attraction in a drained riverbed in Valencia, designed by Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela and built 1996-2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Southern section of the Montolivet Bridge, designed by Santiago Calatrava and opened 2007, between the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia and L'Hemisferic, in the City of Arts and Sciences, in Valencia, Spain. The City of Arts and Sciences is a large cultural attraction in a drained riverbed in Valencia, designed by Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela and built 1996-2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • L'Hemisferic, or the Eye of Knowledge, an IMAX Cinema, planetarium and laserium, opened 1998, in the City of Arts and Sciences, in Valencia, Spain. The City of Arts and Sciences is a large cultural attraction in a drained riverbed in Valencia, designed by Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela and built 1996-2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • L'Hemisferic, or the Eye of Knowledge, an IMAX cinema, planetarium and laserium, opened 1998 (left), and (right), the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, an opera house and performing arts centre, opened 2005, in the City of Arts and Sciences, in Valencia, Spain. The City of Arts and Sciences is a large cultural attraction in a drained riverbed in Valencia, designed by Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela and built 1996-2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Teatro de Marionetas Cabanyal, La Estrella, a historic children's puppet theatre established in 1995, in the Cabanyal district of Valencia, Spain. As well as the theatre, the building houses a Puppet Museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • L'Hemisferic, or the Eye of Knowledge, an IMAX Cinema, planetarium and laserium, opened 1998, in the evening, in the City of Arts and Sciences, in Valencia, Spain. Behind is the Museu de les Ciencies Principe Felipe, a science museum resembling the skeleton of a whale, opened 2000, and the Assut de l'Or bridge, opened 2008. On the right is L'Umbracle, a landscaped walkway and sculpture garden, opened 2001. The City of Arts and Sciences is a large cultural attraction in a drained riverbed in Valencia, designed by Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela and built 1996-2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Trading Hall or Hall of the Columns at La Lonja de la Seda or the Silk Exchange, Valencia, Spain. The hall, with its vaulted ceiling and spiral columns, shows the might of Valencia as a trading city in the 15th and 16th centuries. Built 1482-1533 by Pere Compte, Johan Yvarra, Johan Corbera and Domingo Urtiaga, the Silk Exchange is a masterpiece of late Gothic architecture. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Mosaic Room (formerly a cafe) decorated with trencadis mosaics made from broken shards of ceramics and frescoes on ceramic by the Valencian painter Gregorio Munoz Duenas, with scenes of Valencia's Lake (La Albufera) and its orchard, in the North Station (Estacion del Norte in Spanish or Estacio del Nord in Valencian), built 1906-17 in modernist Viennese Secession style by Demetrio Ribes, Valencia, Spain. The building was listed on the Spanish heritage register as a Bien de Interes Cultural in 1987. The station is named after the CCHNE, the railway company that constructed it and opened it in 1917, which was later nationalised and renamed as RENFE and later as Adif, the company that currently owns and runs it. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Trading Hall or Hall of the Columns at La Lonja de la Seda or the Silk Exchange, Valencia, Spain. The hall, with its vaulted ceiling and spiral columns, shows the might of Valencia as a trading city in the 15th and 16th centuries. Built 1482-1533 by Pere Compte, Johan Yvarra, Johan Corbera and Domingo Urtiaga, the Silk Exchange is a masterpiece of late Gothic architecture. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Trading Hall or Hall of the Columns at La Lonja de la Seda or the Silk Exchange, Valencia, Spain. The hall, with its vaulted ceiling and spiral columns, shows the might of Valencia as a trading city in the 15th and 16th centuries. Built 1482-1533 by Pere Compte, Johan Yvarra, Johan Corbera and Domingo Urtiaga, the Silk Exchange is a masterpiece of late Gothic architecture. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Majolica plate with fish sgraffito decoration, 1951-54, by Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, in the Museo Nacional de Ceramica y Artes Suntuarias Gonzalez Marti, or National Museum of Ceramics and Decorative Arts, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. Majolica is a tin-glazed earthen ware produced from the 15th century onwards. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen - Further clearances required for reproduction (artist's copyright)
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  • Bowl, 11th century with painted decoration of a deer, in Madinat al Zahra style, in the Museo Nacional de Ceramica y Artes Suntuarias Gonzalez Marti, or National Museum of Ceramics and Decorative Arts, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. Majolica is a tin-glazed earthen ware produced from the 15th century onwards. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bowl, 11th century with painted decoration of woman drinking, in Madinat al Zahra style, in the Museo Nacional de Ceramica y Artes Suntuarias Gonzalez Marti, or National Museum of Ceramics and Decorative Arts, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. Majolica is a tin-glazed earthen ware produced from the 15th century onwards. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Putti, painted and gilded stucco decoration in the ballroom, in the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted stone door surround of a chapel with angel holding a phylactery and acanthus leaves, in the Sala de Contratacion or Trading Hall, at the Llotja de la Seda or Lonja de la Seda, the Silk Exchange, a Gothic building designed by Pere Compte and built 1482-1548 in Valencia, Spain. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted stone decoration showing a winged female figure with a dragon suckling her from outside the main door separating the terrace from the Trading Hall or Hall of the Columns at La Lonja de la Seda or the Silk Exchange, Valencia, Spain. Built 1482-1533 by Pere Compte, Johan Yvarra, Johan Corbera and Domingo Urtiaga, the Silk Exchange is a masterpiece of late Gothic architecture. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted stone decoration of 2 figures, on the intrados or lower curve of the arch of the main door separating the terrace from the Sala de Contratacion or Trading Hall, at the Llotja de la Seda or Lonja de la Seda, the Silk Exchange, a Gothic building designed by Pere Compte and built 1482-1548 in Valencia, Spain. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Martyrdom of St Peter of Verona in 1252, fresco, detail, from the ceiling of the nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The frescoes depict the lives of St Nicholas and St Peter of Verona, with virtues and allegories. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Peter of Verona preaching and converting his listeners, fresco, detail, from the ceiling of the nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The frescoes depict the lives of St Nicholas and St Peter of Verona, with virtues and allegories. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Saints, angels and putti, fresco, detail, from the ceiling of the nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The frescoes depict the lives of St Nicholas and St Peter of Verona, with virtues and allegories. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Peter of Verona receiving his Dominican habit from St Dominic de Guzman in the Convent of St Nicolas in Bologna in 1221, fresco, detail, from the ceiling of the nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The frescoes depict the lives of St Nicholas and St Peter of Verona, with virtues and allegories. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Peter of Verona blessing a mute child, fresco, detail, from the ceiling of the nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The frescoes depict the lives of St Nicholas and St Peter of Verona, with virtues and allegories. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Frescoes and sculptures of putti and acanthus leaves, detail, from the ceiling of the nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The frescoes depict the lives of St Nicholas and St Peter of Verona, with virtues and allegories. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Peter of Verona as a child teaching the faith to his heretic uncle, fresco, detail, from the ceiling of the nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The frescoes depict the lives of St Nicholas and St Peter of Verona, with virtues and allegories. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Miracle of the 3 daughters, with St Nicholas of Bari saving them from prostitution, fresco, detail, from the ceiling of the nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The frescoes depict the lives of St Nicholas and St Peter of Verona, with virtues and allegories. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Nicholas performing a miracle by resurrecting a young child, fresco, detail, from the ceiling of the nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The frescoes depict the lives of St Nicholas and St Peter of Verona, with virtues and allegories. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Nicholas arguing with Arius at the Council of Nicaea, fresco, detail, from the ceiling of the nave of the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, with rib vaulted baroque interior designed 1690-93 and decorated by Juan Perez Castiel, and frescoes by Antonio Palomino and completed by Dionis Vidal, in Valencia, Spain. The frescoes depict the lives of St Nicholas and St Peter of Verona, with virtues and allegories. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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