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Llotja de la Seda

València, Spain

Llotja de la Seda

This UNESCO landmark is considered to be one of the most significant secular Gothic buildings in Europe. It was built between 1482 and 1533 on the site of an earlier oil exchange. The Llotja consists of four distinct parts: the ''Sala de Contractació'' (Trading Hall), also known as the ''Saló Column

ari'' (Hall of Columns); the ''Sala Consulado del Mar'' with its magnificent ceiling; the unfinished ''Torre'' (tower) with its debtor prison (currently closed to visitors), and the ''Pati dels Tarongers'' (Patio of Oranges). Additionally, some of the Gothic gargoyles are quite naughty.

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