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The construction of the Patio de los Silos

Burjassot, L'Horta Nord, Valencia

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The construction of the Patio de los Silos

Historical milestone · Burjassot, L'Horta Nord, Valencia

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The city of Valencia began digging here the underground stores where it kept its wheat reserve against bad harvests; new ones continued to be opened until 1806 and there came to be forty-seven, of which forty-one are preserved today. They were built experimentally in 1573, under the stonemason Sancho de Camino, on a limestone hillock near Burjassot whose composition allowed the grain to be well preserved. The complex was officially inaugurated in 1806, under Charles IV, already equipped with storerooms, a well and a paved terrace. Its hemispherical stone lids, called pilós, are arranged over a courtyard with a trapezoidal perimeter of about seventy-five metres on a side. The silos were abandoned in 1931 and today are a hallmark of Burjassot's identity.

1573

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