Patriarch Museum
Patriarch Museum
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Seasoned traveller London
52 contributions
Jan 2020
The Patriarch is a gem, but you need a guided tour to understand the history and context, and to appreciate its treasures. One month in advance of our trip to Valencia, I followed the link from the Patriarch website to Ars Magna, and booked a tour in English with them. David was excellent, really knowledgeable and genuinely passionate about this fascinating place. You get an email confirmation, but you may wish to email or telephone the day before to reconfirm as we had a problem. Pointless to visit unguided as there is no audio, and signs are mainly absent.
Written January 19, 2020
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B N
Kingston upon Thames, UK247 contributions
Jul 2020 • Solo
It is a really small museum but extremely interesting ( at least for me ) the building was built in the 16th century and the court yard remained untouched since that time . It is very impressive. Nice paintings and an original handwriting from St Thomas More . There is a very nice gentleman at the entrance who is always ready to help and show the place . There is a little church with tapestry from the 15th century hanged on its walls and beautiful statues too.
Written July 16, 2020
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Martin B
Abingdon, UK3 contributions
Feb 2020
The Museum contains some wonderful religious paintings . Three by El Greco including his adoration of the shepherds is top notch. The museum, although not large, is very rewarding and well worth the visit. The chapel too is very atmospheric .
Written March 10, 2020
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permia
Ireland65,930 contributions
Feb 2022
It’s a superb campus of architectural and religious art treasures.
Placed around a lovely Renaissance Cloister with an impressive sculpture of a seated Juan de Ribera, the revered Chancellor of the Valencia University.
An exquisite Chapel can also be visited.
A treasure of religious masterpieces reside here and are the highlight of the exhibits. Many of the most famous and precious Old Master names have works on display.
Roger van der Weyden's Descent from the Cross and Ecce Homo by Jose de Ribera are amongst them. El Greco is represented by St Francis and Friar Leon Pondering on Death and Adoration of the Shepherds.
Chiaroscuro technique is starkly evident in two great Caravaggio works, Kiss of Judas and Crucifixion of St Peter.
Placed around a lovely Renaissance Cloister with an impressive sculpture of a seated Juan de Ribera, the revered Chancellor of the Valencia University.
An exquisite Chapel can also be visited.
A treasure of religious masterpieces reside here and are the highlight of the exhibits. Many of the most famous and precious Old Master names have works on display.
Roger van der Weyden's Descent from the Cross and Ecce Homo by Jose de Ribera are amongst them. El Greco is represented by St Francis and Friar Leon Pondering on Death and Adoration of the Shepherds.
Chiaroscuro technique is starkly evident in two great Caravaggio works, Kiss of Judas and Crucifixion of St Peter.
Written March 23, 2022
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MillanAAP
Madrid, Spain9,475 contributions
Apr 2024 • Family
For me, the best thing about the visit is the Renaissance courtyard because it is one of the best I have seen in my life. The building's chapel with its tapestries and frescoes is good. The pictorial collection is remarkable but what caught my attention the most was the reliquary with the last work of Thomas More.
Written April 25, 2024
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Alicia M
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Mar 2024 • Couples
The chapels and museums are worth the visit. Both the big chapel and small chapel are quite impressive. The small museum has quite good painting including El Greco, very old world map
Written March 24, 2024
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Brian y Linda
Els Poblets, Spain120 contributions
Jun 2019 • Couples
We are regular visitors to Valencia, living a hour away.This small gallery, chapel and church matches !any of the most famous sites in the city, beautiful place, stunning paintings and a wonderful feel to the place, having recently visited Rome it takes a lot to impress us, but this place does
Written June 25, 2019
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MikeKHyde
Hyde137 contributions
Jun 2018
The Museo del Patriarca is hidden away in the back streets of Valencia and needs a little effort to find, if you are not Spanish speaking.The only indication that you've got the right building is the word "Museo" on its' wall set about two feet above head-height with an arrow pointing off to the right to a huge set of wooden doors. If it wasn't for the beggars waiting to pounce on visitors outside the doors, you might easily have walked passed them.
When I went in, I don't know who was more surprised at my entry,myself or the elderly, uniformed gentleman standing guard over the desk that served as the reception/gift counter. You get the impression of tranquillity from the moment you enter. In front of you, in a cloistered courtyard, sits a statue of the founder of this museum, Juan de Ribera, Archbishop of Valencia in the late 1500s, who seems to greet you benevolently. If you sit on a bench here, you would not think you were in the centre of Spain's third largest city, so silent are your surroundings.
However the real riches are off to the right up a couple of short flights of stairs to a first floor gallery, where hang the sublime artistic treasures that should attract art lovers and pilgrims. Not only do you get to stand in front of El Greco's "The Adoration of the Shephards" but also Caravaggio's "The Kiss of Judas" without having to elbow your way through crowds of tourists and hawk-eyed gallery guards ready to tell you off for being too close to these masterpieces. However, it is not just these famous paintings that the visitor should admire. You are surrounded by works that highlight the pain and suffering that Christ suffered at the end of his time on earth. The look on his face as captured by Jose de Ribera in his painting "Ecce Homo " shows a man resigned to a painful and lingering death and you get the distinct impression that he is doing this for you. Then there are the paintings of "The Crown of Thorns" by Il Morazzone, "The Dead Christ"by Gaspar Giner and "The Body of Christ" by Camarlench that further enforce the cruel nature of Christ's final moments. And then you see the sculpture "Cristo Yacente" by Ignacio Pinazo and that should completely finish you off emotionally, whether you are believer or not.
After the paintings there are the two chapels to visit on either side of the reception hall. One is dim and respectful because of the delicate nature of the medieval Flemish tapestries hung up on the walls. Thankfully, you can get up close to admire the quality of the work of their creators. The other is the exact opposite, bright, full of gold and silver that harks back to a time when Catholic Spain dominated the then world.
For anyone to complain of the three(?) euros entry fee would be churlish in the extreme and says a lot more about them than perhaps they want people to know.
You will get a lot more out of a visit here if you either speak Spanish or book a guided tour in your own language. The kindly guardian I encountered did not speak English and my Spanish is rudimentary at best. Still, we managed a basic level of communication that ensured I saw all the treasures this place has to offer.
For this I will be eternally grateful.
When I went in, I don't know who was more surprised at my entry,myself or the elderly, uniformed gentleman standing guard over the desk that served as the reception/gift counter. You get the impression of tranquillity from the moment you enter. In front of you, in a cloistered courtyard, sits a statue of the founder of this museum, Juan de Ribera, Archbishop of Valencia in the late 1500s, who seems to greet you benevolently. If you sit on a bench here, you would not think you were in the centre of Spain's third largest city, so silent are your surroundings.
However the real riches are off to the right up a couple of short flights of stairs to a first floor gallery, where hang the sublime artistic treasures that should attract art lovers and pilgrims. Not only do you get to stand in front of El Greco's "The Adoration of the Shephards" but also Caravaggio's "The Kiss of Judas" without having to elbow your way through crowds of tourists and hawk-eyed gallery guards ready to tell you off for being too close to these masterpieces. However, it is not just these famous paintings that the visitor should admire. You are surrounded by works that highlight the pain and suffering that Christ suffered at the end of his time on earth. The look on his face as captured by Jose de Ribera in his painting "Ecce Homo " shows a man resigned to a painful and lingering death and you get the distinct impression that he is doing this for you. Then there are the paintings of "The Crown of Thorns" by Il Morazzone, "The Dead Christ"by Gaspar Giner and "The Body of Christ" by Camarlench that further enforce the cruel nature of Christ's final moments. And then you see the sculpture "Cristo Yacente" by Ignacio Pinazo and that should completely finish you off emotionally, whether you are believer or not.
After the paintings there are the two chapels to visit on either side of the reception hall. One is dim and respectful because of the delicate nature of the medieval Flemish tapestries hung up on the walls. Thankfully, you can get up close to admire the quality of the work of their creators. The other is the exact opposite, bright, full of gold and silver that harks back to a time when Catholic Spain dominated the then world.
For anyone to complain of the three(?) euros entry fee would be churlish in the extreme and says a lot more about them than perhaps they want people to know.
You will get a lot more out of a visit here if you either speak Spanish or book a guided tour in your own language. The kindly guardian I encountered did not speak English and my Spanish is rudimentary at best. Still, we managed a basic level of communication that ensured I saw all the treasures this place has to offer.
For this I will be eternally grateful.
Written July 7, 2018
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Edwin M
Amsterdam, The Netherlands9 contributions
Jan 2016 • Couples
We visited del patriarca museum for the caravaggio 'kiss of judas' painting, while walking in the museum we noticed that there were guided tours and booked one in English for a couple of days later. Very knowledgeable guide that brings you around the highlights during a 1 hour tour (7 euros pp incl. Museum).
Written January 10, 2016
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Nelson P
55 contributions
Oct 2015 • Couples
Nice place. It worths a visit with time and with a correct guide to understand the beauty and historical meaning.
Written October 4, 2015
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