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Walking towards the station of the North and the Bullring, we find a singular building in the Marquess of Sotelo street , known popularly like House the Chavo (a former spanish coin of little value).
In the popularly well-known "House of the Chavo", that at the present time is an office of the Social Security, it calls specially the attention the bell tower located in the superior part of the building.
Opposit the Station of the North, another building characteristic of the Valencian architecture of century principles, "The Union and the Phoenix" building.
Detail of the cupola and the allegorical figures that crown the building property of "The Union and the Phoenix", an important insurance agency of our country.
View of the main railway station of Valencia, the Station of the North.
It is a modernist building, framed in the current "Viennese Secession".
It was inaugurated in 1917 and emphasize his mosaics in ceilings, grounds and walls.
Next to the station, the bullring of Valencia, built in 1860.
Detail of the main entrance of the station.
It began to be constructed in 1909 and was inaugurated in 1917.
It constitutes one of the best samples of Valencian Modernism.
View of the joint station-bullring.
The station is a modernist building that began to be constructed in 1909 and was inaugurated in 1917.
The bullring is a neoclassic building, with 4 symmetrical galleries and 384 arcs.
It was constructed between 1850 and 1860 and it has capacity for 17,000 spectators.
The main bullfighting takes place during fallas and the July Fair.
New view of the bullring.
In Passage Dr Serra, next to the bullring, is the "Bullfighting Museum", founded on 1929, is specialized in the investigation and promotion of all the aspects related to tauromaquia.
