Torre de Sant Bartomeu, Baroque bell tower in Valencia, Spain

The Torre de Sant Bartomeu is a square baroque bell tower on Calle de Serranos near the Plaza de Manises. Its lower two-thirds are exposed ashlar stone, followed by a cornice and an upper third faced with cement panels. The brick bell stage has one window per side flanked by Doric pilasters and is topped by a balustrade with pinnacles.

The tower originally belonged to one of Valencia's oldest churches, founded in 1239 after King Jaime I of Aragon took the city and granted the land to the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, on the site of a former mosque. The church was rebuilt in the 17th century and demolished in 1944, but the tower survived thanks to the intervention of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Carlos.

The name Sant Bartomeu refers to Saint Bartholomew, to whom the original church was dedicated. The tower now stands alone on the Plaza de Manises, where it draws the attention of people passing through the old part of the city.

The tower stands on the Plaza de Manises and is easy to reach on foot from the surrounding streets of the city center. It can be viewed from the outside at any time, and guided tours offer the chance to get a closer look.

The tower's upper third is covered in cement panels forming rectangles, probably added in the early 20th century. The bell stage above it is brick, with one window per side flanked by two Doric pilasters, and it ends in a balustrade and pinnacles. San Bartolomé is one of the few bell towers in Valencia, with the Temple towers, that has no bells.