Photo: Silk Exchange Valencia
La Lonja de la Seda, the Silk Exchange of Valencia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the City of Valencia, Valencia in Spain, Europe.
La Lonja de la Seda (Silk Exchange) is one of the most interesting attractions in the city of Valencia, Valencia in Spain and is well worth a visit. Originally founded in 1469 as a market for oil the building was not finished until 1498.The architects, Johan Corbera, Pedro Compte and Juan Yvarra, based the design on a building in Palma de Mallorca and is a splendid example of Gothic architecture with stained-glass windows and spiral columns. More decorative work and construction continued until 1533.A Latin inscription on the walls of La Lonja states "I am a famous building that took fifteen years to build". The rich silk merchants of Valencia funded the construction and it was often called 'the merchants' house' or the 'silk market' and for this reason was also called the Silk Exchange.On December 7th 1996 La Lonja de la Seda in Valencia, Spain became an UNESCO World Heritage Site.La Lonja ... continue below the picture...
Silk Exchange Valencia
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Silk Exchange Valencia
... de la Seda, Silk Market of Valencia, Lonja of the Merchants, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 7 December 1996, City of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, Europe.
Technical Information:
I photographed this photo with the digital SLR camera model Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II, aperture of f/6.3, exposure time of 1/160 sec. on ISO 100, as always I used a original Canon Lens, the focus lenght for this picture was 30mm.
La Lonja de la Seda, the Silk Exchange of Valencia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the City of Valencia, Valencia in Spain, Europe.
