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Valencia

Valencia was founded as a Roman colony by the consul Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus in 138 BC, and called Valentia Edetanorum.

Valencia is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third largest city in Spain after Madrid and Barcelona.

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The City of Arts and Sciences (Spanish: Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias) is a cultural and architectural complex in the city of Valencia.

The City of Arts and Sciences is situated at the end of the former riverbed of the river Turia, which was drained and rerouted after a catastrophic flood in 1957.

Designed by Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela, the project began the first stages of construction in July 1996, and was inaugurated on 16 April 1998 with the opening of L'Hemisferic.

Valencia City, Autonomous Community of Valencia, Spain 14.02.2020.

Valencia Kingdom of Spain february 2020

Valencia City, Autonomous Community of Valencia, Spain 14.02.2020.

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The City of Arts and Sciences, (Spanish: Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias) is an entertainment-based cultural and architectural complex.

The City of Arts and Sciences is situated at the end of the former riverbed of the river Turia, which was drained and rerouted after a catastrophic flood in 1957.

The old riverbed was turned into a picturesque sunken park. Designed by Santiago Calatrava and F�lix Candela.

El Museu de les Ci�ncies Pr�ncipe Felipe — Is an interactive museum of science that resembles the skeleton of a whale.

The hotch-potch of exhibits is designed more for 'entertainment value' than for science education.

The building is much more impressive outside than inside and its meagre contents show how little thought was put into the whole project.

The first floor has a beautiful view of the Turia Garden that surrounds it; which is over 13,500 square meters of water.

The building’s architecture is known for its geometry, structure, use of materials, and its design around nature.

The building is about 42,000 square meter and 26,000 square meters of is exhibition space, which is currently the largest in Spain.

L'Umbracle — a landscaped walk with plant species indigenous to Valencia (such as rockrose, lentisca, romero, lavender, honeysuckle, bougainvillea, palm tree).

It harbors in its interior The Walk of the Sculptures one of which is a giant banana, an outdoor art gallery with sculptures from contemporary artists.

The Umbracle is a space that is a home to numerous sculptures surrounded by nature.

L'Hemisf�ric — an Imax Cinema, Planetarium and Laserium. The building is meant to resemble a giant eye, and has an approximate surface of 13,000 m�.

The Hemesferic also known as the planetarium or the “eye of knowledge,” is the centerpiece of the City of Arts and Sciences.

It was the first building completed in 1998. Its design resembles an eyelid that opens to access the surrounding water pool.

The bottom of the pool is glass, creating the illusion of the eye as a whole.

This planetarium is a half-sphere composed of concrete 110 meters long and 55.5 meters wide

The shutter is built of elongated aluminum awnings that fold upward collectively to form a brise soleil roof that opens along the curved axis of the eye.

It opens to reveal the dome, the pupil of the eye, which is the Ominax theater.

The City of Arts and Sciences is divided in half by a set of stairs that descend into the vaulted concrete lobby.

The underground spaces are illuminated with the use of translucent glass panels within the walking path.
The transparent roof is supported by concrete arches that connect to the sunken gallery.

There is a miraculous echo inside of the building and if two people stay on the two opposite pillars inside of the eye they can seamlessly speak with each other.

El Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia — an opera house and performing arts center. It contains four large rooms: a Main Room,
Magisterial Classroom, Amphitheater and Theater of Camera. It is dedicated to music and the scenic arts.

It is surrounded by 87,000 square meters of landscape and water, as well as 10,000 square meters of walking area.

The Palau de Les Arts has four sections; the main hall, the master hall, the auditorium, and the Martin y Soler theatre.

Santiago Calatrava was born in Valencia Spain on the July 28, 1951. He is a qualified architect and engineer and also known for his artist skills in painting and sculpting.

The complex has also become a symbol of profligate spending, finacial mismanagement and waste, due to large cost overruns and a large debt burden that the region is struggling under.

Valencia Kingdom of Spain may 2013

Valencia was founded as a Roman colony in 138 BC.

The city is situated on the banks of the Turia, on the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula, fronting the Gulf of Valencia on the Mediterranean Sea.

Its historic centre is one of the largest in Spain, with approximately 169 acres.

The original Latin name of the city was Valentia, the city being named according to the Roman practice of recognizing the valour of former Roman soldiers after a war. PIC - City Hall

During the rule of the Muslim kingdoms in Spain, it was called Medina at-Turab (مدينة التراب, 'City of Sands').

The Metropolitan Cathedral–Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, is a Roman Catholic parish church.
It was built over the site of the former Visigothic cathedral, which under the Moors had been turned into a mosque.
Gothic architecture, in its Catalan or Mediterranean version, is the predominant style of this cathedral,
although it also contains Romanesque, French Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Neo-Classical elements.

The two official languages spoken in the city are Valencian and Spanish. Due to political pressures in the past, the predominant language is Spanish.

Valencian is also used when naming streets. Street signs generally give the Valencian name for the street.

Valencia is one of the oldest cities in Spain, founded in the Roman period under the name "Valentia Edetanorum" on the site of a former Iberian town.

The Estaci� del nord (North Station) is the main railway terminus in Valencia.

Valencia is famous for its gastronomic culture; typical features of its cuisine include paella, a simmered rice dish with seafood or meat (chicken or rabbit), fartons, bu�uelos.