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Big firework festival Fallas (15 to 19 March)
Category: Events & Festivals in Valencia
The big firework festival Fallas is organized in Valencia (and some neighbour towns and villages) in early spring (March 15-19) every year. The term Falles refers to both the celebration and the figures created during the celebration. The figures joke about faults in the society - scoffing at polit...

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The aquarium L'Oceanogràfic
Category: ZOO in Valencia
The aquarium L'Oceanogràfic is part of the complex "City of Arts and Sciences" in Valencia. It is Europe biggest aquarium with around 45,000 animals of 500 different species including fish, mammals, birds, reptiles and invertebrates - amongst these are sharks, penguins, dolphins, se...

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Ceramics Museum González Martí
Category: Museum in Valencia
The Ceramics Museum (Museo Nacional de la Cerámica) "González Martí" in Valencia is a very nice museum. It is housed in a baroque style building with very attractive decorated gate.In the museum are displayed some early ceramics from the Visigothic period and any number from the XI...

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Hemisferic IMAX theatre
Category: Attraction in Valencia
L Hemisferic is an outstanding planetarium with an IMAX theatre and laserium in Valencia. In this special cinema nightly are projected images of shining stars gives the visitors the realism of being in a different galaxy. It is a part of part of the City of the Arts and Science complex.

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The National Ceramic Museum and Arts Decoratives Gonzalez Marti
Category: Museum in Valencia
The National Ceramic Museum and Arts Decoratives (El Museo Nacional de Cerámica y de las Artes Suntuarias) "Gonzalez Marti" in Valencia is a result of the passion to pottery of its founder. There are exibited extensive representation of Spanish and foreign ceramics , with special relevanc...

URL: http://mnceramica.mcu.es

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Valenica cathedral
Category: Cathedral in Valencia

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Trinidad Bridge
Category: Bridge in Valencia
Trinidad Bridge (Puente de la Trinidad) is a bridge in city of Valncia. It is the oldest of all the bridges in town and is known as The Trinity. Puerta de la Trinidad was the way to reach the north and also to go to the monastery on the other side of the Turia river.

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The Mercat Central
Category: Market-place in Valencia
With any Spanish destination, the central market is always a must-see destination. The cental market (Mercat Central or Mercado Central) in Valencia is worth a look during a visit to the city of Valencia. It is very extensive and teems with life and color.The building of the Mercat Central dates...

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Plaza de la Virgen
Category: Square in Valencia
The Plaza de la Virgen is located in central part of Valencia city in its historic district. It is one of the tourists favourite places because there are lots of sightseeng as: the Cathedral complex, the Roman Museum, the Church of Saint Joseph, the Turia fountain and more.The square is a major gath...

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Turia fountain
Category: Fountain in Valencia
Turia fountain is located in the Plaza de la Virgen in city of Valencia, close to the Valencia cathedral.

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Valencia bullring
Category: Bullfighting in Valencia
Valencia´s bull ring is built in the mid-19th century as a compact brick cylinder, with four arch groups similar to the Roman Colisseum in Rome. The reason for this is the bullring's designer was Sebastián Monleón who used a Roman amphitheater in Nimes as his inspiration.Next to the bull ring is ...

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Palace of Marquis Dos Aguas
Category: Palace in Valencia
The Palace of Marquis Dos Aguas is one of the most emblematic buildingsin Valencia. It dating back to 1760, when the ancestral home of the family Rabassa de Perelló was reformed in Rococo style.The building has a marble façade, added in 1867.Today, the palace houses the National Ceramics Museum.

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Festival of Virgin of the Helpless (2nd Sunday of May)
Category: Events & Festivals in Valencia
Festival of Virgin de los Desamparados (Virgin of the Helpless) is held on the second Sunday in May. Virgin of the Helpless is a Patron Saint of Valencia City. Once a year the virgin is carried in a procession of flower petals from the Basilica in Plaza de la Virgin to the cathedral of Valencia. At ...

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Museum of Prehistory
Category: Museum in Valencia
From 1982, the Museum of Prehistory in Valencia occupies part of the old House of Charities, built in 1841 and decorated in Byzantine style in 1881. In 1995 the building was complete restored by the architect Rafael Rivera.The Museum of Prehistory has a ground floor and two stories arranged around f...

URL: http://www.museuprehistoriavalencia.es/

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Feria de Julio (July)
Category: Events & Festivals in Valencia
Every year there is a festival named "Feria de Julio" (July fair) in city of Valencia. Entertainment includes ballet, rock and pop, jazz and folk music with traditional dances such as the zarzuela, battle of flowers and more

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Valencia Festival of Film (summer)
Category: Events & Festivals in Valencia
Valencia festival of films (IVAC-La Filmoteca) is held during the summer vacations in Valencia. There are lots of places where visitors can enjoy of films in the original version, and one of theese places is Turia Gardens (Jardin del Turia), close to the Palau de la Musica. There, under the stars, v...

URL: http://www.ivac-lafilmoteca.es

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