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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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Hola Valencia’s Top Five: Festivals

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:September 2, 2010
  • Post category:Festivals
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Well, I bet you've already guessed one of the festivals on our list! Sorry, Assumption Day, it's not you. Here are the five festivals we loved the most during our…

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New Ribalta Painting Discovered in Valencia

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:July 17, 2010
  • Post category:Culture/Museums/News
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This must be the kind of discovery that anyone who gets into the field of restoration hopes to one day make. A dusty, dirty old painting in storage at the…

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Paseo de las Rocas 2010

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:June 7, 2010
  • Post category:Bizarre/Culture/Festivals/Photography/Vocab
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Crazy weather tried, but wasn't able to totally dampen the Corpus Christi festivities this year, and we made sure to show up for at the Palacio Arzobispal for the Paseo…

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Corpus Christi 2010

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:June 3, 2010
  • Post category:Culture/Festivals
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The festivities for Corpus Christi, one of Valencia's most important holidays, get underway tomorrow and run through the weekend. Huge statues, creepy white-robed ladies, elaborately decorated balconies and unfairly burdened…

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Our Lady of the Forsaken

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:May 7, 2010
  • Post category:Events/Festivals
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This weekend, always on the second Sunday in May, Valencia celebrates its patron saint, Our Lady of the Forsaken. The city's most insane religious procession takes place on Sunday morning,…

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Semana Santa 2010

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:April 1, 2010
  • Post category:Culture/Events
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I hope you're recovered from Fallas, because the next big celebration is already here. Get ready for the excitement of Semana Santa in Valencia! Sigh. Well, if we must. As…

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Granada – The Cathedral & Royal Chapel

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:February 16, 2010
  • Post category:Photography/Travel
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Our hotel, Casa de Federico, was within spitting distance of the city cathedral, and so it was the first bit of sightseeing we did while in Granada. The church is…

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Jan 22nd – Holiday of San Vicente Mártir

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:January 22, 2010
  • Post category:Festivals
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You'll probably have noticed that the stores in Valencia are closed again today. The reason this time is the celebration of San Vincente Ferrer, the city's patron saint. This is…

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Day of the Immaculate Conception

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:December 8, 2009
  • Post category:Culture/Events
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Last year, we were taken off guard by the public holiday on December 8th, celebrating the Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception. It seems bizarre to dictate a public holiday…

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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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