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The patriarch
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Every day from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
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Other nearby points of interest are the Turia Garden and the Church of San Juan del Hospital.
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Highights
Currently, the visit to the Patriarch consists of access to the Renaissance cloister, the church, the Communion chapel, the library, different cells and classrooms and other rooms located in the rear areas of the building. The walls of this complex host an exhibition of works of art by the best artists of all time with samples of Caravaggio, El Greco, Van Der Weyden, Jan Gossaert, Juan Sariñ ena, Francisco Ribalta, Gregorio Bausá, El Greco or Luis de Morales Benlliure or Pinazo, in addition to other objects of great artistic value such as books, documents, textiles, pieces of metalwork and the original manuscript of the posthumous work of Sir Thomas More, among others. Outside we can see large masonry walls and a small bell tower.
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The Architectural Complex known as the Patriarca or Royal College of Corpus Christi was built between the years 1586 and 1610 with the aim of housing a school, a seminary and a church to train future priests according to the spirit and provisions of the Council of Trent. This property and its collections were declared National Monument in 1962 and Asset of Cultural Interest in 2007 and in addition, it has the curiosity of having It served as a warehouse for many of the works of the Prado Museum during the Civil War - normally only the Serranos Towers are mentioned.
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