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Hola Valencia’s Top Five: Churches

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:September 25, 2010
  • Post category:Culture/History
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Although sometimes it's easy to forget, what with its liberal, anything-goes attitude to life, Spain is one of the most deeply Catholic countries on Earth. Valencia has an enormous number…

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Murder in the Cine Oriente

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:July 6, 2010
  • Post category:Bizarre/History
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Back in 1950's Ruzafa, a gruesome crime took place which has become known as the Murder of the Cine Oriente. The cinema on Calle Sueca no longer exists, but it…

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The Jail of San Vicente Mártir

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:July 5, 2010
  • Post category:Culture/History/Museums/Things to Do
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After leaving the Baños del Almirante somewhat disappointed, we decided to try our luck at the nearby Carcel de San Vicente Mártir, in the Plaza de la Almoina. And we…

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Los Baños del Almirante

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:June 29, 2010
  • Post category:Culture/History/Photography/Things to Do
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Right off Calle Palau, within 2 minutes of the Cathedral, lay the Baths of the Admiral -- a bathhouse originally constructed in 1313. Unlike the baths we visited while in…

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Granada – Federico Garcia Lorca

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:March 3, 2010
  • Post category:Day Trips/History/Photography
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"Viento del Sur,moreno, ardiente,llegas sobre mi carne,trayéndome semillade brillantesmiradas, empapadode azahares..."- Veleta (excerpt), Federico Garcia Lorca Spain's most famous poet and the favorite son of Granada, Federico Garcia Lorca was…

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Xàtiva – Introduction & History

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:January 4, 2010
  • Post category:Day Trips/History
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This weekend we took our first trip to Xàtiva, a small city of almost thirty thousand about 50 minutes south of Valencia. I'm sure we'll be going back -- easy…

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El Puig’s Medieval Festival for Jaume I

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:December 14, 2009
  • Post category:Day Trips/Festivals/History
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This weekend, El Puig, a small town about 25 minutes north of Valencia by train, celebrated its liberator King James I. In 1238, he took El Puig and used the…

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Cayetano Ripoll – The Last Victim of the Inquisition

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:August 7, 2009
  • Post category:History
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Cayetano Ripoll was a schoolteacher of humble means, executed in Valencia in 1826 by the Spanish Inquisition -- the final victim of that infamous ecclesiastic tribunal. Ripoll was accused of…

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Valencia’s Regional Expo of 1909

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:August 4, 2009
  • Post category:History/Photography/Things to Do
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In 1909, Valencia inaugurated its Regional Expo. "Regional" doesn't sound like that big of a deal -- larger cities like Paris and San Francisco were celebrating World Expos -- but…

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Colegio Arte Mayor de la Seda

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:July 20, 2009
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The neighborhood of Velluters is one of Valencia's more colorful areas. And by colorful I mean, of course ... ehh, kind of sketchy. I'm not joking. Velluters is the last…

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We're Jürgen and Mike, from Germany and the USA. We've been living in Valencia on-and-off since 2008. Much of our time is spent traveling the world with For 91 Days... but Valencia is the city we call home, and to which we'll always return.
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