Valencia. Palace of Justice (Palacio de Justicia)

In the middle of the 18th century, Valencia became a major transit point for the movement of overseas goods inland. In 1758, on the main road leading to the port by decree of Charles III, the construction of the Royal customs house begins (on the map).

The building was built for almost half a century, architects Felipe Rubio, Antonio Gilaberta and Thomas Miner took part in the work on it, the Palace was completed in 1802, but the fiscal institution was not in it for too long.

In 1828, the customs office moved closer to the port, and the building housed a tobacco factory. In 1914, the factory gave way to the Palace of Justice, while the interior was reconstructed in neoclassical style.

The pediment of the Palace is crowned by a sculpture of Charles III surrounded by two Virtues by Ignacio Vergara.