Quart Towers (Torres de Quart)

Chapter 8/11 · València

The Quart Towers were one of the gates in the city's Christian wall, where the road to Quart de Poblet and Castile began. They are Valencian Gothic: master Pere Bonfill began them around 1441 and they were finished in 1460. From outside they are two cylindrical towers; from inside, as you can see from here, they open towards the city.

Look at the stone on the outer façade: the holes are marks left by cannon fire from the French army of Marshal Moncey, which attacked the city in 1808 during the Peninsular War. For centuries the towers were also a women's prison.

The wall was pulled down in 1865 so the city could grow, but these towers and the Serranos Towers were saved. Today you can climb to the top, and the view over the Carmen neighbourhood is spectacular.

We head back towards the centre along Carrer de Quart and Carrer de Cavallers, the old main Roman road, to a passage leading to the church of San Nicolás.

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