Santos Juanes Church

Why visit it

• It is one of the most important Baroque ensembles in Spain.

• It has recovered frescoes, stuccoes and sculptures that disappeared for almost a century.

• It offers an innovative immersive show unique in the country.

• It is located right in the historic centre, next to the Central Market and the Silk Exchange.

After five years of meticulous restoration, the Church of Santos Juanes shines again as one of the great jewels of Valencia’s heritage. Declared a National Historic-Artistic Monument, this temple—located between the Silk Exchange and the Central Market—regains its spiritual, artistic and architectural strength thanks to the support of the Hortensia Herrero Foundation.

A journey through eight centuries of history

The visitor discovers a building that brings together Gothic past, Baroque splendour and contemporary technology.
The architectural restoration has returned harmony to its façades, gargoyles and pointed windows, recovering the historical reading of the whole. Inside, the intervention has rescued the frescoes by Antonio Palomino, damaged during the Civil War, as well as the stuccoes and sculptural elements of the Lombard masters Bertesi and Aliprandi, which now shine with a restored material richness.

The interior: light, colour and emotion

The 350 m² of restored frescoes, gilded stuccoes, lunettes and the recovered vault turn the nave into a display of Baroque beauty unique in Valencia. The intervention, based on decades of research, combines traditional techniques with cutting-edge methods such as biocleaning, laser and carbon fibre supports.

Every glance reveals a fragment of history: the digital reconstructions of the lost paintings, the iconographic narrative dedicated to the Santos Juanes, and the majesty of the Baroque decorative programme.

Art and technology to experience the temple in a new way

As a finale, the church incorporates Barroc Immersive, an enveloping videomapping that transforms the vault and walls into a universe of light and sound. The 15-minute show traces the history of the temple, from the fires that marked it to the zenith of Valencian Baroque, accompanied by historical music by Comes and Cabanilles along with contemporary compositions created specifically for the experience.

It is a pioneering proposal in Spain and a unique way to experience Santos Juanes as a living space where heritage merges with innovation.