Reading Monteolivete (Montolivet)

Monteolivete—Montolivet in Valencian—is a residential neighbourhood between Russafa and the Túria Garden. Its older landmark is the Church of Our Lady of Monteolivete, while the surrounding street grid is shaped by apartment buildings, local squares and everyday neighbourhood routes.

In October 2026, the Valencia stage of the Liga Nacional de Graffiti created a concentrated new reason to visit. Ten national competitors and invited Valencian artists painted live around Plaça de Vicente Alcober Coloma and Carrer de Pepita Samper, leaving more than ten large works in the public realm.

Church of Our Lady of Monteolivete seen across the neighbourhood street in Valencia — Church of Our Lady of Monteolivete — Photograph: Ymblanter / Wikimedia Commons, 3 April 2022. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Resized, converted to WebP and responsively cropped; shared under the same licence. Used for cultural context; the scene may have changed since capture.

How to begin

Begin at Plaça de Vicente Alcober Coloma, then follow Carrer de Pepita Samper and the immediately surrounding walls. The municipal neighbourhood map confirms both locations within Mont-Olivet and provides a reliable boundary for the walk.

Use the linked Liga Nacional de Graffiti report to identify the 2026 event and results. Because outdoor works can be altered, record the visit date and avoid treating this guide as a permanent inventory of every mural.

What to look for

Liga Nacional murals

Compare the winning figurative work by MariaDie with lettering and other mural approaches created during the same three-day event.

Commissioned competition walls

These works were produced within an organised, judged event. Read them as one formal layer of Valencia’s wider graffiti culture, not as a summary of the whole scene.

Residential setting

Notice how large murals change the scale of ordinary streets and squares while remaining part of a lived neighbourhood.

Large maritime mural by Jacobo Palos on a residential wall in Montolivet, Valencia — Jacobo Palos mural in Montolivet — Mural by Jacobo Palos. Image published by Ajuntament de València; work by Jacobo Palos. Source: Ajuntament de València. Resized, converted to WebP and compressed for display. Source-attributed editorial use from the municipal public information page; no open reuse licence is stated. Used for cultural context; the scene may have changed since capture.

A respectful visit

Monteolivete is residential. Visit during daylight, keep entrances and pavements clear, avoid photographing residents without consent and do not touch or mark the competition walls.

Open official area map