Cuba-Literato Azorín: The Monuments of Fallas 2009
Barbaritats voràs, en la falla, un cabàs Barbarians invade Valencia! Moving up 2 spots this year is Cuba-Litarto Azorín's monument. With wacky characters and an interesting theme, this was a…
Barbaritats voràs, en la falla, un cabàs Barbarians invade Valencia! Moving up 2 spots this year is Cuba-Litarto Azorín's monument. With wacky characters and an interesting theme, this was a…
Qualsevol temps passat… fou millor? Feel like watching Pope Benedict be consumed by flames? Head down to the Fallas monument of Sueca-Literato Azorín for the cremà, and you'll get the…
¡Oh… Dioses! The Ruzafa-based Fallas commission of Reino de Valencia-Duque de Calabria has been making figures for the Sección Especial for the past 10 years. They managed a 10th place…
Te poses com te poses One of the least central Fallas monuments in the Sección Especial merited the pain of arriving there. In the southwest corner of Valencia, Archiduque Carlos-Xiva's…
Turisme invadint un país Situated in the same neighborhood as the all-conquering monument of Nou Campanar, things were always going to be tough for little L'Antiga. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywG8o8Q6DI0 Unable to match…
Fica't de moda a la Mercè Finishing 13th out of the 14 monuments competing in the Sección Especial of Fallas was obviously not the result the Plaza de la Merced…
Getting around the city is a tricky affair on the 17th and 18th of March. On these two days, over 100,000 falleros, falleras and musicians from all around the Valencian…
La Cremà is the fiery, spectacular conclusion to the weeks-long festival of Las Fallas. On the night of the 19th of March, the 766 monuments which had been placed around…
One of the many highlights on the final day of Fallas is the Cabalgata del Fuego, a parade heralding the coming of the cremà. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeogLi2zD7I The "parade of fire" has…
On our way home from the final mascletà of Fallas 2009 at the Ayuntamiento, we walked right into a small street mascletà, set up on Calle de Adresadors. "Cute!", we…