Some reasons for the simplicity and sobriety of Valencia Cathedral are that it was built quickly to mark the Christian territory against the Muslims, and that it was not a work by a king, but by the local bourgeoisie.
Kamni iz kamnolomov v sosednjih Burjassot in Godella so bili uporabljeni za gradnjo stolnice, pa tudi iz drugih, bolj oddaljenih kamnolomov, kot so Benidorm in Xabia, ki so prišli z ladjo.