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Church of San Juan del Hospital

Church in the Seu-Xerea district, next to Calle Trinquete de Caballeros, which tradition holds to be the oldest church in the city. It was built after the conquest of 1238 on land that James I gave to the Order of the Knights Hospitaller of St John, who set up their headquarters here with a hospital, residence and cemetery. The church has a single nave with a pointed barrel vault and a five-sided polygonal apse with a rib vault, as well as side chapels with paintings and reliefs, among them that of Santa Bárbara and the funerary chapel of Arnau de Romaní. In the north courtyard, remains of the hospital's civil and religious architecture are preserved. The full visit includes the medieval cemetery, with arcosolia and small Gothic funerary chapels of the 13th and 14th centuries, and a stretch of the spina of the Roman circus of Valentia.

Things to do at Church of San Juan del Hospital: 3 missions

• Look at the single nave and its pointed vaultInside the church, look at the single nave with its pointed barrel vault and the five-sided polygonal apse with ribbed vaulting.
• See the stretch of the Roman circus spinaOn the full visit, find the stretch of central wall of the ancient Roman circus of Valentia that survives in the cemetery area.
• Walk through the arcosolia of the medieval cemeteryOn the guided visit, walk through the cemetery and look at the arcosolia and the small Gothic funerary chapels of the 13th and 14th centuries.

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Source: Web oficial - Visit València, Iglesia San Juan del Hospital