Silk Exchange Valencia Spain Metal Print

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Based on the number of visitors I met here, one would hardly know that the Silk Exchange (La Lonja) in Valencia Spain is one of the main monuments in the city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was built during Valencia’s golden age, the 15th century, when Valencia was at its economic and cultural peak. At this time Valencia was an important point of commerce in the Mediterranean area. Silk was one of the products fueling the economy and the Silk Exchange was the only building in Valencia devoted solely to mercantile transactions. The is the Contract Hall, where commercial deals were struck. The hall is divided into three aisles lengthways and five across, divided by the eight columns reaching up to the 17.4 m high ceiling. The spiral columns have been described as huge monuments, the ropes of a ship, or skeins of silk. “They fan out as they touch the vaulted ceiling, like Mediterranean palm-trees, and transform into the ribs of the vaults, once painted with gold-leaf stars.” T...

Protected with PIXSY About Joan Carroll: I am a Fort Worth Texas-based outdoor photographer who feels at home while on the road...in Texas, in the US, around the world. Although travel and photography were dual interests from a young age, the coming of the digital camera provided undreamed of opportunities and unleashed previously untapped creativity. My photographic goal is to travel the world in a curious yet respectful way, taking the time to see and understand the unique story of each place I visit. Wherever I go I want to walk every street, hike every trail, ride the bus or metro, climb every tower, walk around and through every monument, and then do it all over again when the light changes. In every place, light, mood, color, and...