The Valencia Palace of Justice is located on the street of the same name. It is the seat of the High Court of Justice of the Valencian Community.

This building was built by order of Carlos III between 1758 and 1802 as the Customs House. It was the work of architects Felipe Rubio, Antonio Gilabert and Tomás Miner, whose function was to filter and channel all the commerce that came from the sea. In the eighteenth century this trade made Valencia an economic power.

In 1828 the National Tobacco Factory was installed in this building and already in the s. XX began to be adapted to turn it into the headquarters of the Palace of Justice, with a slow reform by the architect Vicente Rodríguez.

The Palace of Justice occupies a large block of quadrangular houses. Its main door overlooks the Glorieta Gardens, while its side walls overlook the Parterre Gardens, located in Plaza Alfonso el Magnánimo, and Calle Colón. Behind it is Calle Cerdán Tallada.

The facades are composed of exposed tile walls distributed between stone pilasters with padded plinth. They also have balconies with straight and curved pediments.

Culminating its main façade we find a sculptural group whose protagonist is King Carlos III, the work of the sculptor Ignacio Vergara. At the feet of the monarch are two virtues, Prudence and Justice. Further down in the same central cover, Vergara made the coat of arms with the royal arms of Carlos III.

The balustrade cornice maintains a Baroque character, ornamented with gallons, torches and niches.

Inside there is an open porticoed courtyard with a rectangular floor plan. The spectacular imperial staircase stands out, in neoclassical style, in full harmony with those of the noble palaces of the eighteenth century, which divides the courtyard into two halves.

Listed as an Asset of Cultural Interest.


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Palace of Justice Street
46003 Valencia