How to visit and what to see in the Fine Arts Museum (Valencia): schedules

You may not know that during your visit of the city of Valencia you have the opportunity to see one of the art galleries most important in Spain.

The most great art galleries in the world You find them in capitals like Madrid, Paris or London, and then the usual thing is to find museums that show collections of paintings dedicated to a specific author or topic.

But Valencia you find a gallery with a wide and varied collection, which if you are a fan of art painting, should become an essential visit.

This is the Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia, in which I advance you will be able to see works by Velazquez, Goya o Sorolla, among other prominent artists of the spanish painting, and Gothic, Italian and Flemish painting.

And also highlight that the Visiting the Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia is free.

History of the Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia

The museum as an institution has its origins in 1839, after the Disentailment, a process that facilitated the creation of a museum in Valencia to house artistic works seized from convents that had disappeared.

Although the museum was initially established in an old convent, after the Civil War, since the building was in ruins, the museum's collections, which had been preserved in Madrid, were installed in the current headquarters, the old Seminary College of Saint Pius V.

It will be very easy for you to recognize the museum headquarters Well, leaving the city center at Towers of the Serranos, on the other shore of the current Gardens of the Turia, you can see the large dome with blue glazed tiles of the temple that was attached to the aforementioned school.

The building of this old seminary It was built in the 18th century, and apart from the striking dome, you will be struck by the main façade in the door of Saint Pius V con a transition style from baroque to neoclassical.

And also highlights the courtyard of the old cloister, also decorated in blue tones.

What to see when visiting the Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia

You will enter the museum through the large round main hall located under the aforementioned dome.

Your visit should begin in the rooms dedicated to gothic painting of the so-called Valencian primitives from the 14th and 15th centuries, without a doubt, one of the most outstanding corners of the Valencian institution.

On this ground floor, in addition to samples of renaissance and baroque painting, you find one of the great attractions of Museum of Fine Arts, the rooms dedicated to the Valencian artist Joaquín Sorolla, of which you can see various works, especially portraits, which already justifies the visit.

It is also worth highlighting sacrament of the artist Juan de Juanes from the 16th century, a work in which holy chalice has its role.

I remind you that in the Valencia Cathedral said is preserved holy chalice, the cup used by Christ in the Last Supper, which arrived in the city in 1570, and the only one officially recognized by The Vatican.

The most famous work housed in this Valencian museum, a self-portrait of Velázquez, you find it on the second floor, in the room dedicated to artists of the Spanish Golden Age.

A Goya A room is dedicated to him, and on your walk through this second floor of the museum you will also be able to see works, among others, by Alonso Cano, Lucas Giordano, Murillo, Van Dyck o El Greek.

Another artist who has his own room is Dario de Regoyos, but I will tell you that one of the corners that caught my attention the most during the visit to the Valencian Museum of Fine Arts was the room dedicated to the so-called social painting, with some really curious and interesting works.

Finally, I will tell you that in this museum you can also see sculptures, specifically, of Mariano Benlliure, in a pavilion dedicated to the Valencian artist.

Valencia Fine Arts Museum opening hours

The Visiting hours of the Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia They are, from Tuesday to Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 20 p.m., remaining closed on Mondays, as well as on January 1 and December 25.

As I have already mentioned, the Admission is free.

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