Velluters comes from the word 'vellut' -which means silk in Catalan-. In fact, thousands of velvet and silk workshops worked at full capacity on the streets of this historic quarter of Valencia in the fifteenth century. It belongs to the Ciutat Vella district, like Carme, Mercat, Seu Xerea i Baixada de Sant Francesc.

In 1950 it was still a quarter of workers; bustling, full of cinemas and shops, but from the second half of the twentieth century following a speculative spiral that left many abandoned buildings in the neighbourhood, some of them went through a prolonged state of ruin and later were demolished, resulting in a neighbourhood full of vacant lots.
Furthermore, the decline of public services has produced the depopulation of the area. Since the 50s the neighbourhood has lost 57% of its population.
The abandonment of architectural gems like the College of Silk Art, powerful symbol of the silk industry, or the Theatre Princesa, burnt down after a long period of decay, serve as a metaphor of what has happened in the Velluters quarter.

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