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Cathedral
The Cathedral is a microcosm of the city's architectural history: the Puerta del Palau on Plaza de la Virgen is Romanesque; the dome, tower and Puerta de los Apóstoles are Gothic; the presbytery and main entrance on Plaza de la Reina are baroque; and there are a couple of Renaissance chapels inside.
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Lonja
Pop into the 15th-century Gothic Lonja, an early Valencian commodity exchange, now a Unesco World Heritage site, with its striking colonnaded hall.
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Mercado de Colón
The Mercado de Colón, also a market in its time and now occupied by boutiques and cafés, is a fine Modernista building.
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Miguelete Bell Tower
Left of the main portal of the Cathedral is the entrance to the Miguelete bell tower. Clamber up the 207 steps of its spiral staircase for great 360-degree city-and-skyline views.
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Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía
The Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía broods over the riverbed like a giant beetle, its shell shimmering with translucent mosaic tiles. With four auditoriums and seating for 4400, it's exceeded in capacity only by the Sydney Opera House.
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Torres de Serranos
Two imposing, twin-towered stone gates are all that remain of the old city walls. Once the main exit to Barcelona and the north, the well-preserved, 14th-century Torres de Serranos overlook the bed of the Río Turia.
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Torres de Serranos & Torres de Quart
Two imposing, twin-towered stone gates are all that remain of the old city walls. Once the main exit to Barcelona and the north, the well-preserved 14th-century Torres de Serranos overlook the bed of the Río Turia. Further west, the 15th-century Torres de Quart face towards Madrid. You can still see pockmarks dating from the 19th-century Napoleonic invasion.
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