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Places to see in ( Valencia - Spain ) Museu de Prehistoria de Valencia
Places to see in ( Valencia - Spain ) Museu de Prehistoria de Valencia
The Prehistory Museum of Valencia is a museum of the city of Valencia that exposes archaeological materials covering from Paleolithic to the Visigoths period. From 1982 it has been part of The Old House of Charity, built in 1841 which highlights the Byzantine style church built in 1881. The Font de Mussa Mosaic is one of the most highlighted pieces.
In 1995 began the complete restoration of the building, carried out by the architect Rafael Rivera. The House of Charity, now the Museum of Prehistory, has a ground floor and two stories arranged around five courtyards. On the ground floor are located the shop, cafeteria, two temporary exhibition rooms, workshops, warehouses and the Restoration and Quaternary Wildlife laboratories, as well as offices of the Prehistoric Research Service, while the Church has become the Hall. On the first floor are the Library and the Permanent Facilities dedicated to Paleolithic Neolithic and Bronze Age. On the second floor permanent galleries devoted to the Iberian culture and the Roman World.
The Prehistory Research Service (Servicio de Investigación Prehistórica, SIP) of the Diputación of Valencia and the Museum of Prehistory are founded in 1927 at the request of Isidro Ballester Tormo as a scientific institution dedicated to research, preserve and promote the archaeological heritage of Valencia. In the museum have worked some of the most notable archaeologists of Spain Lluís Pericot Domingo Fletcher or Enrique Pla, who directed the SIP, or Miquel Tarradell Miracles Gil-Mascarell or Carmen Aranegui, who worked closely with this service. Since its creation, the SIP developed an intense archaeological field work as in the Bastide de les Alcuses of Mogente, the Black Cave of Játiva, the Cova del Parpalló of Gandía or Tossal de Sant Miquel of Liria. The materials obtained from these excavations soon formed a collection whose scientific and heritage value has made the SIP and its museum one of the most important in Spain.
José Benlliure al museu del Carme (Valencia)
Esposión de cuadros pinturas y dibujos de José Benlliure Gil al museo del Carmen en Valencia
Archaeological Crypt of the Saint Vincent - Valencia, Spain
Crypt of San Vicente Martyr
Cripta Arqueologica De San Vicente Martir
The Crypt of San Vicente is one of the most ancient parts of Valencia. Originally a Visigoth chapel from 6th century AD, it was converted into palace baths during the Muslim rule. After the reconquista King Jaime built a chapel on the remains, dedicated to San Vicente Martyr. In addition to the cross-shaped restored Visigoth chapel, the crypt also hosts a part of Roman house ornament, left from the surrounding houses of the Roman nobles, and a corner of a huge Visigoth cathedral this structure was a small part of. As such, the crypt truly spans the entire history of Valencia and is a treat for a history lover.
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Valencia
Valencia , or València , is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third largest city in Spain after Madrid and Barcelona, with around 800,000 inhabitants in the administrative centre. Valencia is also Spain's third largest metropolitan area, with a population ranging from 1.7 to 2.5 million. The city has global city status. The Port of Valencia is the 5th busiest container port in Europe and the largest on the Mediterranean Sea, with a trade volume of 4.21 million TEU's.
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Valencia
00:02:52 1 Name
00:04:14 2 Geography
00:04:23 2.1 Location
00:05:26 2.2 Climate
00:08:01 3 Economy
00:09:45 3.1 Port
00:10:53 3.2 Transport
00:12:01 3.3 Valencia Public Transportation Statistics
00:12:46 3.4 Tourism
00:15:17 4 Education
00:16:55 5 Demographics
00:18:16 6 Culture
00:19:57 6.1 Languages
00:22:55 6.2 Food
00:23:41 6.3 Festivals
00:25:10 7 History
00:25:19 7.1 Roman colony
00:25:54 7.2 Muslim rule
00:27:23 7.3 Christian conquest
00:29:03 7.4 17th century
00:29:46 7.5 18th century
00:31:31 7.6 19th century
00:34:57 7.7 20th century
00:38:29 7.8 21st century
00:39:59 8 Main sights
00:40:55 8.1 Architecture
00:42:30 8.2 The cathedral
00:45:33 8.3 Hospital
00:46:52 8.4 Medieval churches
00:48:01 8.5 Squares and gardens
00:49:39 8.6 Museums
00:51:54 9 Sport
00:52:03 9.1 Football
00:52:49 9.2 American Football
00:53:21 9.3 Motor sports
00:54:22 9.4 Rugby League
00:54:58 10 Districts
00:56:40 10.1 Other towns within the municipality of Valencia
00:57:14 11 People born in Valencia and Valencia province
01:01:25 12 Twin towns and sister cities
01:01:37 13 Friendship cities
01:01:51 14 See also
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Valencia (; Spanish: [baˈlenθja]), officially València (Valencian: [vaˈlensia]), on the east coast of Spain, is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-largest city in Spain after Madrid and Barcelona, with around 800,000 inhabitants in the administrative centre. Its urban area extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of around 1.5–1.6 million people. Valencia is Spain's third largest metropolitan area, with a population ranging from 1.7 to 2.5 million depending on how the metropolitan area is defined. The Port of Valencia is the 5th busiest container port in Europe and the busiest container port on the Mediterranean Sea. The city is ranked at Gamma+ in the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Valencia is integrated into an industrial area on the Costa del Azahar (Orange Blossom Coast).
Valencia was founded as a Roman colony by the consul Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus in 138 BC, and called Valentia Edetanorum. In 714 Moroccan and Arab Moors occupied the city, introducing their language, religion and customs; they implemented improved irrigation systems and the cultivation of new crops as well. Valencia was the capital of the Taifa of Valencia. In 1238 the Christian king James I of Aragon conquered the city and divided the land among the nobles who helped him conquer it, as witnessed in the Llibre del Repartiment. He also created a new law for the city, the Furs of Valencia, which were extended to the rest of the Kingdom of Valencia. In the 18th century Philip V of Spain abolished the privileges as punishment to the kingdom of Valencia for aligning with the Habsburg side in the War of the Spanish Succession. Valencia was the capital of Spain when Joseph Bonaparte moved the Court there in the summer of 1812. It also served as capital between 1936 and 1937, during the Second Spanish Republic.
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 ha (420 acres); this heritage of ancient monuments, views and cultural attractions makes Valencia one of the country's most popular tourist destinations.
Due to its long history, this is a city with numerous popular celebrations and traditions, such as the Fallas (featuring the traditional Spanish dish paella), which were declared as Fiestas of National Tourist Interest of Spain in 1965 and Intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in November 2016. From 1991 to 2015, Rita Barberá Nolla was the mayor of the city, yet in 2015, Joan Ribó from Coalició Compromís, became mayor.
A Spanish Reading of Hemingway
Douglas LaPrade presents a lecture on Ernest Hemingway.
Speaker Biography: Douglas LaPrade is professor of English literature at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
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L'ESTIU MÉS NEGRE (Alba Fores i Rubén Soler Ferrer, 2013) Documental complet online
'L'estiu més negre' és un documental dirigit per Alba Forés i Rubén Soler Ferrer sobre el major incendi forestal del País Valencià des de 1994:
- 50.000 hectàrees cremades. Del 28 de juny al 7 de juliol del 2012.
- Més de 2.000 persones evacuades.
- 20 municipis afectats. En el cas de l'incendi de Cortes de Pallàs els pobles afectats són 12: Cortes de Pallàs, Dosaigües, Macastre, Iàtova, Montroi, Real, Toris, Alboraig, Tous, Llombai, Catadau i Carlet. Pel que fa al foc d'Andilla, les flames van arribar a una desena de municipis.
- 9 espais de la xarxa Natura 2000 malmesos pel foc. És la xarxa europea d'espais naturals protegits pel seu alta valor ecològic, la iniciativa política europea més important de conversació de la natura.
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Aragon ( or , Spanish and Aragonese: Aragón [aɾaˈɣon], Catalan: Aragó [əɾəˈɣo]) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. Located in northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to south): Huesca, Zaragoza, and Teruel. Its capital is Zaragoza (also called Saragossa in English). The current Statute of Autonomy declares Aragon a historic nationality of Spain.
Covering an area of 47720 km2 (18420 sq mi), the region's terrain ranges diversely from permanent glaciers to verdant valleys, rich pasture lands and orchards, through to the arid steppe plains of the central lowlands. Aragon is home to many rivers—most notably, the river Ebro, Spain's largest river in volume, which runs west-east across the entire region through the province of Zaragoza. It is also home to the highest mountains of the Pyrenees.
As of January 2016, the population of Aragon was 1308563, with over half of it living in its capital city, Zaragoza. During the same year, the economy of Aragon generates a GDP of €34687 million, which represents 3.1% of Spain's national GDP, and is currently 6th in per capita production behind Madrid, Basque Country, Navarre, Catalonia and La Rioja.In addition to its three provinces, Aragon is subdivided into 33 comarcas or counties. All comarcas of Aragon have a rich geopolitical and cultural history from its pre-Roman, Celtic and Roman days, and four centuries of Islamic period as Marca Superior of Al-Andalus or kingdom (or taifa) of Saraqusta, and as lands that once belonged to the Frankish Marca Hispanica, counties that later formed the Kingdom of Aragon and eventually the empire or Crown of Aragon.