Silk Road

Dades bàsiques

On this route we review the rich historical and heritage legacy left by the silk trade in Valencia. Between the fourteenth and eighteenth centuries this was a very important city in the production of textiles, the most powerful industry in this period.

Since 2015, Valencia has been part of a programme of UNESCO and the World Tourism Organization for the dissemination of the cultural heritage of the Silk Road. This is the name given to trade itineraries for goods that, apart from silk, also included ceramics and other products arriving from China to Europe.

Silkworm breeding was incorporated by the Arabs into the Iberian Peninsula during the eighth century. This is how the Valencian orchard was filled with mulberry trees centuries before the orange tree dethroned them. Later, the Genoese brought the newest production techniques to Valencia and silk artisans settled in the Velluters neighbourhood, where weaving was manufactured.