Llotja de la Seda Audio Guide
Explore Llotja de la Seda with Stanza's GPS-triggered offline audio guide.
About the Tour
A civil building in Valencia, Spain, showcasing late Valencian Gothic architecture. It historically functioned as a market hall for silk trading.
What you will hear
Plaza del Mercado: The Grand Facade
Establishing the UNESCO status and the 15th-century Golden Age context from the main square. Includes the grand exterior view.
The Merchant's Fortress
The exterior of the Llotja resembles a formidable medieval castle, with stone battlements and crenellations designed to project an image of absolute security and strength.
The Portal of Sins
The main entrance featuring carvings of human vices, contrasting with the religious figures above. Focuses on the transition from the secular market to the 'paradise' inside.
The Virgin and Child
Perched centrally above the main gate, the sculpture of the Virgin and Child acted as a silent moral guardian for every merchant who passed underneath.
The Portal of Sins
The main entrance is famously known as the Portal of Sins due to the startlingly explicit stone carvings that flank the doors, depicting various human vices.
The Trading Hall: A Forest of Stone
The heart of the building where silk contracts were signed. Focuses on the overall architecture and the symbolic 'paradise of commerce'.
The Trading Hall
The Sala de Contractació is the breathtaking heart of the Llotja, where the grand scale of the architecture was meant to mirror the vastness of the silk trade.
The Helicoidal Columns
Focuses on the eight 11-meter-tall twisted columns, a masterpiece of Pere Compte's engineering that represent stone palm trees.
The Twisted Columns
Eight free-standing helicoidal columns rise like stone palm trees, supporting the massive vault and turning the trading hall into a symbolic paradise.
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