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Valencia is the only city in Spain with two American football teams in LNFA Serie A, the national first division: Valencia Firebats and Valencia Giants. The Firebats have been national champions four times and have represented Valencia and Spain in the European playoffs since 2005. Both teams share the Jardín del Turia stadium.
The City of Arts and Sciences (Valencian: Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Spanish: Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias) [a] is a cultural and architectural complex in the city of Valencia, Spain. It is the most important modern tourist destination in the city of Valencia and one of the 12 Treasures of Spain.
The Estació del Nord or Estación del Norte (), both meaning "North Station", is the major railway station in Valencia, Spain.It is located in the city centre next to the Plaça de Bous or Plaza de Toros, the city's bullring, and 200 metres from the town hall.
According to the Valencian historian Escolano, the first settlers of the region of Cheste were members of Iberian tribes belonging to the old Edetania.This view is supported by numerous remains, particularly those of El Castillarejo (Iberian ceramics and spear points from the Bronze Age).
Map of the province of València and its main towns. The first crown of València metropolitan area is drawn in dark brown. 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 a province of Spain, in the central part of the autonomous Valencian Community.
Plaza de Toros de Valencia, officially Plaça de Bous de València, is a bullring in Valencia, Spain. It was built between 1850 and 1859 [2] in the neoclassical style, inspired by civil Roman architecture such as the Colosseum [2] in Rome or the Arena of Nîmes . It was built by the Valencian architect Sebastián Monleón Estellés.
Valencia Street Circuit. 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).
The Albufera, like all wetlands, is a very sensitive area seriously affected by various problems such as water pollution, [25] disturbance of the hydrological regime (especially in relation to the springs), siltation of the marshes, urbanization in the dune system, industrial pressure around the park (especially in the municipalities of Horta ...