The temple known as San Juan del Hospital is a building built in the 13th century on a plot belonging to a Muslim emir that was donated by James I of Aragon to the Military Order of the Knights Hospitaller of Saint John of Jerusalem after the conquest of the city by Christian troops, hence its name, and which today combines the Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque styles, due to the transformations that the building underwent. in later times. This complex was declared A Site of Local Relevance and National Historical Artistic Monument.
Currently only It preserves the church - initially the complex had a hospital, a residence and a cemetery for the knights of the Order - preceded by a patio where the oldest architectural remains and the tower are preserved. bell tower built in the 17th century. Through the side door of the church formed by a semicircular arch with an alfiz, we can access the nave of the temple composed of a pointed barrel vault with transverse arches that rest on corbels. . In this space we find a polygonal head covered by ribbed vaults and the side chapels, highlighting that of Santa Bárbara, where the remains of Constanza Augusta, Empress of Greece, are found, next to it. that King James I gave shelter in Valencia, lodging her in the Palacio del Real until his death and which brought with him therelics of Santa Bárbara that are today in the temple. span>
Tuesday at 11:00, Friday at 5:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.
Other nearby points of interest are the Bañ ;os del Almirante and the Parish of Santo Tomás Apóstol.