Old Asylum and College of St. John the Baptist

Healthcare institution founded by Joan Baptista Romero Almenar, wealthy banker and Valencian silk merchant, which currently functions as a private and religious charitable-educational entity. The building, partially hidden behind high walls, shows a markedly classicist architecture and was designed by the architect Sebastià Monleón using two axes perpendicular to each other, with a chapel in the center and patios on both sides of it, landscaped and porticoed with cast iron pillars. The dimetrical façade, recently restored, is formed by three large bodies, placing in the central one the access door that is topped by a pediment with allegorical reliefs. It is currently home to the Catholic University.

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