Sant Francesc, Valencia — Area Guide & Where to Stay

What are the main landmarks in Sant Francesc?

Stone runs from Roman to modern. The Roman thermae of Valencia sit at the bottom of the sequence, with the iglesia de San Juan de la Cruz and the Hospital de los Pobres Inocentes carrying the older institutional weight. Then the offices arrive.

The Post Office of Valencia, the Delegación de Hacienda building, the Telefonica Building, La Equitativa building and the Cros building form the later civic and commercial front. Culture fills the gaps, the Teatre Principal, the Museu Històric Municipal de València, the Fountain of the Three Nymphs, Passatge Ripalda and the Hotel Reina Victoria.

What is the history of Sant Francesc?

The barrio's own line dates from 1979. What stands inside it is much older: the Roman thermae of Valencia underlie the ground, and the Hospital de los Pobres Inocentes and the iglesia de San Juan de la Cruz carry the institutional past. Commerce rewrote the streets later.

The Hotel Reina Victoria, La Equitativa building, the Telefonica Building and the Cros building record that turn, and the Museu Històric Municipal de València keeps the city's own account of it. Sant Francesc is also written San Francisco, and the wider story stays with Valencia and the Comunitat Valenciana.

Where is Sant Francesc?

Sant Francesc, San Francisco in Spanish, is one of Valencia's barrios in the Comunitat Valenciana, its ground carrying the Roman thermae beneath later streets.