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This museum opened It opened its doors in 1839 thanks to donations made by the teachers and students of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Carlos and by the funds received after the ecclesiastical confiscations that took place between the years 1835. and 1837, since both acquisitions form the core of the museum. At first, the institution's headquarters were located in the Convento del Carmen Calzado but during the Spanish Civil War it was delayed so at the end of the war the collection was moved to the Colegio Seminario de San Pío V, current headquarters of the Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia. Currently the artistic journey begins with the Valencian Primitives, works within the Gothic and Renaissance currents typical of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries with artists such as Alcanyís, Nicolau, Jacomart and Reixach. Of the later schools and centuries, Pintoricchio, Andrea del Sarto, Van Dyck, Murillo, Velázquez, El Greco, Ribalta, Ribera, Espinosa, Vicente López, Sorolla, Pinazo, Antonio Muñoz Degraín and Cecilio Pla< stand out. /span>

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Monday and December 25 and January 1.

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The Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia is located in theSan Pío V Seminario College which was built between The years 1683 and 1744 according to the design of the architect Juan Bautista Pérez Castiel. This building has served as the headquarters of the Military Academy of Cadets, the Casa de Beneficencia, an army warehouse and a Military Hospital until it became the place to exhibit the works ofthe second largest art gallery in Spain; wavebetween the 15th and 19th centuries and the most important in the Valencian Community. The collection includes artists such as Velázquez, Goya and Sorolla, as well as drawings, engravings, sculptures, archaeological pieces, architectural fragments, furniture, photographs and decorative arts.

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