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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 ...
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 ...
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.
The Farnese Atlas, the oldest surviving depiction of the celestial spheres. In Greek mythology, Atlas ( / ˈætləs /; Greek: Ἄτλας, Átlas) is a Titan condemned to hold up the heavens or sky for eternity after the Titanomachy. Atlas also plays a role in the myths of two of the greatest Greek heroes: Heracles ( Hercules in Roman mythology ...
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 ...
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 ...
Designated. 3 June 1931. Reference no. (R.I.) - 51 - 0000968 - 00000. The Lonja de la Seda or Llotja de la Seda ( Valencian pronunciation: [ˈʎɔdʒa ðe la ˈseða], English "Silk Exchange") is a late Valencian Gothic -style civil building in Valencia, Spain. It is a principal tourist attraction in the city. The Silk Exchange in Valencia.
Farnese Atlas (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples). The Farnese Atlas is a 2nd-century AD Roman marble sculpture of Atlas holding up a celestial globe.Probably a copy of an earlier work of the Hellenistic period, it is the oldest extant statue of Atlas, a Titan of Greek mythology who is represented in earlier Greek vase painting, and the oldest known representation of the celestial sphere ...