The Palau de la Generalitat Valenciana is a late Gothic style building in Valencia, built in 1421. Located in the historic center of the city, between Calle Caballeros, Calle de la Batlia and Plaza de Manises, very close to Plaza de la Virgen.

Since that year the building was the House of the Diputación del General del Reino de Valencia. Then, from the middle of the eighteenth century it was the headquarters of the Royal Audience and since 1923 of the Provincial Council. Currently, it houses the Valencian regional government.

Construction began with the central body of the building, organized in three floors, with rectangular windows on the first floor, triple windows with columns on the main floor, where the meeting room was located, and a gallery in the upper area.

In 1518, the construction was extended with a large Renaissance tower, which overlooks the Plaza de la Virgen, mostly by Joan Corbera, which has classical pediments over the windows and Renaissance decoration. The upper balustrade is from the late sixteenth century, built in imitation of the Escorial.

The twin tower overlooking the Plaza de Manises is a copy of the original, made in 1952.

Of the interior it is worth highlighting its Gothic courtyard, originally uncovered and today covered with a glazed ceiling, and the Sala Nova de la torrassa, or Hall of Cortes, especially its coffered ceiling and the upper wooden gallery that surrounds it with mythological bas-reliefs. This room also presents frescoes by Joan Sarinyena and Vicent Requena, among others.

Throughout its history the palace has undergone several interventions, the most prominent in the Renaissance style. Due to its interior distribution and the low elements of its facades, it belongs to civil Gothic. It is one of the best examples of Valencian civil architecture of the Foral period.

Site of Cultural Interest. Declared a Historic-Artistic Monument in 1931.



Dades bàsiques

Horari:

Monday to Friday: from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (by appointment)

Preu:

Free admission

Direcció:

Knights, 2
46001 Valencia

Transport:

Bus: 2, 4, 5, 5B, 6, 8, 9, 11, 16, 26, 28, 29, 36, 70, 71 and 80

Més informació:
Telephone: 963 424 636