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Phot.Valencia.CAC.Oceanographic.01.101023.8596.jpg
Valencia, Spain, CAC,one of the highlights is the 70 m long underwater tunnel, having sharks, mantas etc cruising above you at the “L'Oceanogràfic“ part of the City of Arts & Sciences, is a marine complex, the open-air oceanographic park was built in the shape of a water lily & is the largest oceanographic aquarium in Europe with 110,000 square meters & 42 million litres of water.
The park is home for 45,000 animals of 500 different species including fishes, mammals, birds, reptiles & invertebrates, amongst these are sharks, penguins, dolphins, sea lions, walruses, beluga whales & others. All inhabiting nine underwater towers, each tower is structured in two levels & represents the major ecosystems of the planet.
The park is divided into ten areas. The marine areas reflect the Mediterranean habitats, the polar oceans, the Arctic, the islands, the tropical seas, the temperate seas & the Red Sea. The park also includes a dolphinarium, an auditorium with a Red Sea aquarium, an area of mangrove swamps & marshland, also a garden with more than 80 different species of plant.
The sea water is pumped from “Playa de la Malvarrosa” having passed all of the necessary requirements for quality.
The City of Arts & Sciences, is an entertainment-based cultural & architectural complex, which is the most important modern tourist destination in the city.
The “Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencias” is located at the end of the old riverbed “Turia”, after the bypass of the river by the great flood of Valencia in 1957, the old riverbed Turia became a garden in 1980 with sport facilities, the “Palau de la Musica” build in 1984 & other public places.
The project “City of Arts & Sciences”, designed by the Valencian architect, sculptor & structural engineer Santiago Calatrava & Félix Candela with offices in Zurich, Valencia & New York City, underwent the first stages of construction in July, 1996 & was inaugurated April 16, 1998 with the opening of “L'Hemisfèric”; other locations that followed were, El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe in November 2000, L'Umbracle, El Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in October 2005, El Puente de l'Assut de l'Or , L'Àgora officially inaugurated in November 2009 & L'Oceanogràfic.
👉 One World one Dream,
🙏...Danke, Xièxie 谢谢, Thanks, Gracias, Merci, Grazie, Obrigado, Arigatô, Dhanyavad, Chokrane to you & over
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Phot.Valencia.CAC.Oceanographic.01.101023.8596.jpg
Valencia, Spain, CAC,one of the highlights is the 70 m long underwater tunnel, having sharks, mantas etc cruising above you at the “L'Oceanogràfic“ part of the City of Arts & Sciences, is a marine complex, the open-air oceanographic park was built in the shape of a water lily & is the largest oceanographic aquarium in Europe with 110,000 square meters & 42 million litres of water.
The park is home for 45,000 animals of 500 different species including fishes, mammals, birds, reptiles & invertebrates, amongst these are sharks, penguins, dolphins, sea lions, walruses, beluga whales & others. All inhabiting nine underwater towers, each tower is structured in two levels & represents the major ecosystems of the planet.
The park is divided into ten areas. The marine areas reflect the Mediterranean habitats, the polar oceans, the Arctic, the islands, the tropical seas, the temperate seas & the Red Sea. The park also includes a dolphinarium, an auditorium with a Red Sea aquarium, an area of mangrove swamps & marshland, also a garden with more than 80 different species of plant.
The sea water is pumped from “Playa de la Malvarrosa” having passed all of the necessary requirements for quality.
The City of Arts & Sciences, is an entertainment-based cultural & architectural complex, which is the most important modern tourist destination in the city.
The “Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencias” is located at the end of the old riverbed “Turia”, after the bypass of the river by the great flood of Valencia in 1957, the old riverbed Turia became a garden in 1980 with sport facilities, the “Palau de la Musica” build in 1984 & other public places.
The project “City of Arts & Sciences”, designed by the Valencian architect, sculptor & structural engineer Santiago Calatrava & Félix Candela with offices in Zurich, Valencia & New York City, underwent the first stages of construction in July, 1996 & was inaugurated April 16, 1998 with the opening of “L'Hemisfèric”; other locations that followed were, El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe in November 2000, L'Umbracle, El Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in October 2005, El Puente de l'Assut de l'Or , L'Àgora officially inaugurated in November 2009 & L'Oceanogràfic.
👉 One World one Dream,
🙏...Danke, Xièxie 谢谢, Thanks, Gracias, Merci, Grazie, Obrigado, Arigatô, Dhanyavad, Chokrane to you & over
16 million visits in my photostream with countless motivating comments