The Palau Reial de Valencia was once one of the great royal residences of the Crown of Aragon, but the palace itself was demolished in the early nineteenth century. What remains for visitors is more subtle: archaeological traces and memory embedded beside the Viveros Gardens.
It is worth seeking out if you like cities with missing monuments. Valencia's old royal palace no longer dominates the skyline, yet its site explains the importance of this edge of the historic city and adds depth to a walk through the gardens.