This little plaza, which in the late afternoon is full of terrace bars and happy gin tonic drinkers (at 1700 hours, our Valenciano tea time), is an historic place in the centre of the old town, Ciutat Vella, in the heart of the city of València.
This fountain sculpture is the source and origin of the name. As you can see there is a little Black child holding a huge shell-like cup…
In 1508 the plaza was called Plaza de Calatrava, in honour of the Orden of Calatrava who had fought with King Jaume I during the re-taking of the city from the Moors. In 1850 the fountain was built and the plaza renamed to La Plaza del Negrito. However, it was still referred to as Plaza de Calatrava until the Ajuntament de València changed it officially in 1940.
These are the «percianas» (a very Spanish style of window blinds) of the bars of the plaza del negrito. Of course in the afternoon they are all open and all you see are tables, chairs and people enjoying their afternoon drinks.
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JaZzArt en València 
Beautiful, I can feel this amazing ambiance there… Thank you, Love, nia
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It is a very old area and quite appealing. Thank you dear Nia.
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What a beautiful location!
–Scott
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It is quite nice and very medieval from those days… thank you Scott!
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Thank you, Francisco, for showing this beautiful corner of Spain!
Joanna
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My pleasure Gabychops, so glad you liked it.
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I thought you would see, Francesco, that I am called Joanna!
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Phenomenal! My pleasure Joanna (I know some people prefer to use their “stage” name… 😊🌻😊
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Thank you, Francesco, but as I explained, Gaby was a wild creature who inspired my blog, nothing with “stage”!
Joanna
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Great! Cheers!
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