If you come to visit Gandia, you can’t miss the most representative building in the city: The Ducal palace
It was home to the duques of Gandia and was the birthplace of Francisco of Borja in 1510 and where he lived as the IV Duque of Gandia, it still conserves his room untouched along with his mor...
If you come to visit Gandia, you can’t miss the most representative building in the city: The Ducal palace
It was home to the duques of Gandia and was the birthplace of Francisco of Borja in 1510 and where he lived as the IV Duque of Gandia, it still conserves his room untouched along with his mortuary mask that was made at the time.
This building is testimony to the history of the Safor capital from practically its origins. It was prince Pere de Ribaorça who having received the Town of Gandia by his father Jaume II in 1323. He chose this place for his residence as it was the highest point in the town. This was the start of what later became the Ducal Palace.
It has been constructed, enlarged and restored over seven centuries, so we find vestiges of the original Gothic palace of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, Renaissance contributions of the XVI, Baroque transformations of the seventeenth and eighteenth and neo-Gothic reconstructions of the nineteenth and twentieth .
After almost a century of pillage and abandonment, in 1889 it was acquired in public auction by the Society of Jesus. In recent years, with the support of foundations and public institutions, a huge task of conservation and recovery of this heritage has been carried out.
During the summer months, the Ducal Palace trasnforms in to the culturl center of the town with an extensive & varied offer of activities. You can check the schedule and take virtual tour.