Ex-Carmen Convent

The Carmen Convent is currently known in Valencia as Centro del Carmen and is also the headquarters of the Consortium of Museums of the Valencian Community.

Its original name suggests that initially its functions were different from the current ones, more linked to the cultural and artistic world.

The Convent of Carmen can be visited in the Calle Museu and has as its offer two main interests, that of the temporary exhibitions that awaits in its interior and that of the architecture of the original convent.

The exhibitions deal with very diverse subjects and many of them are temporary, so the repeated visit to the Convent of Carmen will offer us each time a new experience.

As for the convent as an infrastructure, its origin dates back to 1281, when the Carmelites chose Valencia as their place of residence.

The complex architectural transformation of the Carmen Convent over the centuries, makes this infrastructure exterior and interior an authentic journey through the evolution of Valencian architecture and, in general, of the Mediterranean architectural style, from 8 centuries ago to the present.

The visit to the Convent of Carmen can offer multiple experiences and artistic discoveries, but two in particular are of special relevance.

The first of these corresponds to the interior Gothic cloister, of which all visitors testify to the peace and tranquility it transmits, while it is used to move to the different rooms of the convent.

The other point of interest, especially referring to Valencian culture, is the visit to the sarcophagus of Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. The Valencian writer is not buried in him, but is an artistic work by Mariano Benlliure dating from 1935, with which he wanted to pay tribute to the literary contribution of the writer, with this sculpture that contains inscriptions of his work and dedications.

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