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Valencia ( Spanish: [baˈlenθja] ⓘ, officially in Valencian: València [vaˈlensia]) [a] is the capital of the province and autonomous community of the same name. It is the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 807,693 inhabitants (2023) within the Ciudad de Valencia [1] and 1,582,387 inhabitants (2021) within metropolis of the ...
Montage of 8 pages (the third to sixth leaves) of the original 1375 Catalan Atlas Detail of the Catalan Atlas, the first compass rose depicted on a map. The Catalan Atlas (Catalan: Atles català, Eastern Catalan: [ˈatləs kətəˈla]) is a medieval world map, or mappa mundi, probably created in the late 1370s or the early 1380s (often conventionally dated 1375), that has been described as the ...
The kings of Habsburg Spain (January 23, 1516 – November 1, 1700) maintained the privileges and liberties of the territories and cities which formed the kingdom and its legal structure and factuality remained intact. A new position, Viceroy of Valencia, was created to manage the officially independent Kingdom.
661. Valencia is an unincorporated community in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States. The area, west of Interstate 5, is expanding with residential development and already includes major commercial and industrial parks. It straddles State Route 126 and the Santa Clara River . A major expansion of Valencia is under ...
The University of Valencia ( Valencian: Universitat de València [univeɾsiˈtad de vaˈlensi.a] ), shortened to UV, is a public research university located in the city of Valencia, Spain. It is one of the oldest universities in Spain, and the oldest in the Valencian Community. It is regarded as one of Spain's leading academic institutions.
The Albufera, La Albufera or L'Albufera de València ( Valencian pronunciation: [albuˈfeɾa], meaning "lagoon" in Valencian, from Arabic البحيرة al-buhayra, "small sea"), is a freshwater lagoon and estuary on the Gulf of Valencia coast of the Valencian Community in eastern Spain. It is the main portion of the Parc Natural de l'Albufera ...
v. t. e. Valencians ( Valencian: valencians) are the native people of the Valencian Community, in eastern Spain. Legally, Valencians are the inhabitants of the community. [2] Since 2006, the Valencian people are officially recognised in the Valencian Statute of Autonomy as a nationality "within the unity of the Spanish nation". [3]
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] The Roman consul Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus transferred about 2,000 veteran soldiers ...