Church of Sant Llorenç

Although it is not one of the most relevant, it is one of the old parishes of the time of the Reconquista, already mentioned as such in 1245. Of uncertain origin, its construction could have been carried out throughout the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, probably on the remains of an ancient Arab mosque. With a single nave parallel to the square, the primitive Gothic factory would be renovated internally between 1681 and 1684, being in the early twentieth century its exterior restored, having evidence that in 1916 Javier Goerlich León carried out a series of reforms on the side façade. The Baroque bell tower has a hexagonal floor plan, raised in 1746 by José Mínguez, who also worked on the bell tower of the parish of San Valero in the Ruzafa neighborhood. At present the access from the side façade, which faces the square, is the main one, although it also has a doorway to Franciscans street. Highlights inside the Baroque altarpiece of the main altar, one of the few in the city that survived in the contest of 36, would be begun in the seventeenth century being the work of Leonardo Capuz and continued by his disciple José Cuevas; It is of complicated and rich design, with its solomonic columns and its play of volumes to give differentiation of planes. From 1902 it ceased to be a parish, becoming the property of the Franciscan order, whose convent is located on the same block next to the church.

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