Plaza Redonda (Round Square)

Chapter 5/11 · València

This hidden square is Plaza Redonda, the Round Square. It was built in 1840 by the architect Salvador Escrig, on a spot people called «el Clot», the hollow, next to the market. It is a ring of four-storey houses with four entrances, and you cannot see it from outside until you walk in.

For generations it was the place to buy lace, buttons, trimmings and embroidery thread, and there are still haberdashery and souvenir shops. There is a fountain in the middle.

Notice how the ring of houses shuts out the noise of the streets: it is one of the most photographed corners of the city, especially from the centre, looking up.

We leave by Carrer del Síndic and Carrer del Trench to Plaza del Mercado, and walk around along Carrer de Palafox to the south side of the Central Market.

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