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The Valencia City Council bought the lake from the Crown of Spain for 1,072,980 pesetas in 1911, [61] and today it forms the main portion of the Parc Natural de l'Albufera (Albufera Nature Reserve), with a surface area of 21,120 hectares (52,200 acres). Because of its cultural, historical, and ecological value, it was declared a natural park in ...
The City of Arts and Sciences ( Valencian: Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències [siwˈtad de les ˈaɾts i les siˈɛnsi.es]; Spanish: Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias [θjuˈðað ðe las ˈaɾtes i las ˈθjenθjas]) is a cultural and architectural complex in the city of Valencia, Spain. It is the most important modern tourist destination in ...
CITY GUIDES: Visitors to this city in eastern Spain will be charmed within minutes by an endearing blend of picture-perfect coastline, a juxtaposition of historic and futuristic architecture, and ...
As of 2019, the province of Valencia in the Valencian Country, Spain, is composed of 266 municipalities . The 266 municipalities of the province of Valencia. Name. Population. (2001)[ 1] Population. (2011)[ 2] Population. (2019)[ 3]
The first crown of València metropolitan area is drawn in dark brown. Valencia ( Spanish: [baˈlenθja] ), natively also València ( Valencian: [vaˈlensi.a, -sja] ), is a province of Spain, in the central part of the autonomous Valencian Community. Of the province's 2.6 million people (2021), [1] one-third live in the capital, Valencia, which ...
The North Station ( Spanish: Estación del Norte, Valencian: Estació del Nord) is the major railway station in Valencia, Spain. It is located in the city centre next to the Plaza de Toros de Valencia, the city's bullring, and 200m from the town hall. The building is one of the main works of the Valencian Art Nouveau and was declared Good of ...
It is an important landmark and one of the best preserved monuments of Valencia. Of the ancient city wall, which was pulled down in 1865 on the orders of the provincial governor Cirilio Amorós, only the Serrans Towers, the 15th century Quart Towers, and some other archaeological remains and ruins, such as those of the Jewish Gate ( Puerta de ...
The Valencia Street Circuit ( Valencian: Circuit Urbà de València, Spanish: Circuito Urbano de Valencia) was a street circuit in Valencia, Spain which hosted the Formula One European Grand Prix for five years (2008–2012). [1] [2] The first Formula One race meeting on the circuit was held over the 23–24 August 2008 weekend, [3] with Felipe ...