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The Corts Valencianes are the devolved, unicameral legislature of the Valencian autonomous community, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Valencian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president. [1]
The international Non-Intervention Committee reaches an agreement regarding the withdrawal of all foreign volunteers from Spain. July 24 Start of the Battle of the Ebro. Republican forces attempt to divert the Nationalists from attacking Valencia and to diminish the pressure on Catalonia.
Valencia (/ v ə ˈ l ɛ n s i ə / və-LEN-see-ə or / v ə ˈ l ɛ n ʃ (i) ə / və-LEN-sh(ee-)ə, Spanish: [baˈlenθja] ⓘ), officially València (Valencian:), is the capital of the province and autonomous community of the same name in Spain. It is the third-most populated municipality in the country, with 825,948 inhabitants. [1]
Valencia was the first city in Spain to use this mode of transport in the modern era [14] as trams had been withdrawn from Valencia in the 1970s and replaced by buses. [15] Initially, the line was 9.7 kilometres (6.0 mi) long and had 21 stations.
Valencia has a slew of great rooftop bars too, from the panoramic vistas over the Turia Gardens at Blanq Carmen to the summer parties on the terrace at L’Umbracle, another part of the City of Arts.
Museu de les Ciències in Valencia, designed by architect Santiago Calatrava. The history of Valencia, one of the oldest cities in Spain, begins over 2100 years ago with its founding as a Roman colony under the name "Valentia Edetanorum" on the site of a former Iberian town, [1] by the river Turia in the province of Edetania. [2]
In August 1810, he was appointed interim captain general of Valencia. [1] Having established his headquarters at Castellón, he set off to relieve Tortosa , but on his way there was defeated at Ulldecona (26 November 1810), losing over 2,500 troops, and was forced to withdraw to Peñíscola .
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