This work is part of the  Historic Study  carried  out  previous  to the  Project  of Recuperation of the Basilica of Nuestra  Señora  de  los Desamparados  in Valencia, whose methodology  and intervention proposals are expounded in another article in this magazine. lt is an interesting theoretical  reflection on the part of the author, M. Fernández, about the symbolism of the oval ground plan, its evolution and its design based on the ellipse and the oval