The Palacio de los Catalán de Valeriola is located in Plaza de Nules in Valencia. It is a building corresponding to the civil Gothic of the Crown of Aragon, built on houses of Islamic origin in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

It has subsequently been renovated on several occasions. Its current appearance corresponds to the neoclassical reconstruction of the eighteenth century, although its last integral rehabilitation is from 2006.

It is also known as the Palau dels Escofet, which was the last family to own. His coat of arms is the one that can be seen on the cover, on the lintel of the door, made in cantería.

It has a central interior courtyard outdoors, with cobblestone floor, typical of Valencian Gothic palaces, which is actually a neo-Gothic element of a reform of the nineteenth century on the original Gothic floor.

This courtyard fulfilled the function of organizing the building and providing privacy to its inhabitants. Here we find two angled staircases decorated with a zigzag moulding of Gothic tradition.

In fact, only some elements of its Gothic construction are preserved, such as the aforementioned stairs and the arches that delimit the courtyard.

The palace functioned at the end of the sixteenth century as the headquarters of the so-called Academy of Nocturnes, a literary circle founded in 1591 by Bernardo Guillem Català de Valeriola and frequented by Guillem de Castro. It also hosted the Royal Economic Society of Friends of the Country during the second half of the twentieth century.

Today it is the headquarters of the Vice-Presidency and Ministry of Equality and Inclusive Policies.

Declared a Historic-Artistic Monument and an Asset of Cultural Interest.


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Plaza de Nules, 2
46003 Valencia