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The Llotja de la Seda (, (スペイン語:Lonja de la Seda), English "Silk Exchange") is a late Valencian Gothic style civil building in Valencia, Spain, built between 1482 and 1548, and one of the principal tourist attractions in the city. The UNESCO considered it as a World Heritage Site in 1996 since "the site is of outstanding universal value as it is a wholly exceptional example of a secular building in late Gothic style, which dramatically illustrates the power and wealth of one of the great Mediterranean mercantile cities." La Lonja is composed of three parts (plus the Orange Garden - a walled court-yard). The main hall, Sala de Contratacion (The Contract Hall) is an enormous, lavishly decorated space supported by gorgeous twisted columns. This was the centre of life in La Lonja, the place where the merchants would meet, deal and sign. The side-wing is named the Pavilion of the Consulate, and this was the seat of the Tribunal del Mar - the first merchant tribunal to ever be formed in Spain. The first two floors were the main function rooms, with the upper one hosting a richly decorated ceiling - a masterpiece of medieval art which had the King ride out of the capital just to see it. These rooms are still authentically furnished. On occasions, the Tribunal would imprison merchants for debts in the central tower of La Lonja - the third part of the structure.〔http://www.valenciavalencia.com/sights-guide/sights-listings/la-lonja.htm 〕 Behind the current building, there was an earlier one from the 14th century, which was called the ''Oil Exchange'' (''Llotja de l’Oli'', in Valencian, or ''Lonja del Aceite'', in Spanish). It was used not only for trading with oil, but for all kind of business. Where in 1348 was traded ''perxal'' (percale) as some kind of silk.〔Diccionari Aguiló: materials lexicogràfics / aplegats per Marià Aguiló i Fuster; revisats i publicats sota la cura de Pompeu Fabra i Manuel de Montoliu, page 134, Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Barcelona 1929.〕 Valencia's commercial prosperity reached its peak during the 15th century, and led to the construction of a new building. The design of the new Lonja of Valencia was derived from a similar structure in the Lonja of Palma de Majorca, built by the architect Guillem Sagrera in 1448. The architect in charge of the new Lonja was Pere Compte, who built the main body of the building – the Trading Hall (or ''Sala de Contractació'' in Valencian) – in only fifteen years (1483–1498). So is written in a blue band that runs along all four walls of the Trading Hall, also called "Hall of Columns". It proclaims in golden letters the following inscription: According to the local Valencian scholar Joan Francesc Mira, this inscription showed that it was not a necessary to be a Protestant or a foreigner to establish the basis of a good trade; it also showed the union of ethics and economy. Other construction and decoration works lumbered on until 1548, such as the ''Consolat del Mar'' (Consulate of the Sea), a Renaissance building adjoined to La Lonja. During subsequent centuries, La Lonja functioned as a silk exchange. The honesty of its traders is honored by the inscription that runs around the main contract hall. File:Lonja Techo Fisheye.jpg|Fisheye view of The Hall of Columns ceiling File:VALENCIA ES Lonja inside.jpg|The Hall of Columns File:Valencia - Gargoyles.jpg|Some Gargoyles of Llotja de la Seda File:Llotja escut pmercat2.jpg|Royal arms of Kingdom of Valencia in the Llotja ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Llotja de la Seda」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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