Valencia City of Arts and Sciences Tourist Guide Valencia

The Puente del Mar gets it’s name from being the natural way to the Grao or port, where the city’s goods arrived.
It was originally constructed of wood and but was destroyed in the flood of 1487. It was rebuilt in a factory but was destroyed again by the flood of 1589, having to be rebuilt again as it served as a link with the very busy road from the port during the sixteenth century.
The reconstruction was carried out at the request of the Board of Murs i Valls between1596 – 1597 this time using ashlar stone. The rebuild design consisted of 10 lowered [...]