Valencia's grand civic square is a wedge-shaped open space ringed by some of the city's most monumental Modernista and Beaux-Arts buildings — the City Hall (Ajuntament) on the south side, the Central Post Office (Correos) with its glassed-in courtyard opposite, and the El Corte Inglés flagship across the western edge. The fountain and flower stalls fill the middle.
It is the heart of civic life and the focal point for celebrations, demonstrations, and especially the daily Mascletà fireworks of the Fallas festival in March. On any normal day it's a useful crossroads — half the bus routes start or end here.