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Shots taken from an early morning stroll in the historic center of Valencia.
Valencia, Spain. It was founded by the Romans in 138 B.C. (though I'm surprised the Phoenicians weren't hanging out in the area before that; I'm guessing they probably were. The Carthaginians, too, for that matter...)
Valencia is the third largest city in Spain after Barcelona and Madrid with a population around 800,000 in the city proper.
When I first came here two years ago, I was very pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed the town.
It's similar to Barcelona in some respects (both speak Catalan before Castellano, and the architecture here reminds me quite a bit of L'Eixample in Barcelona...but without the square grid streets of that city.)
Valencia is compact enough that things are quite walkable (though a healthy walk) depending on where you stay. There's also a metro, though I've never used it here, so have no idea where it goes or how useful it is
Last time and this, I stayed close enough to downtown that I just walked everywhere.
The heart of the city is the Plaza del Ayuntamiento (City Hall). From there, about 200 meters south is the Estacio del Nord train station (built in 1917). next to the Plaza de Toros (1850-59). On the main square is quite a bit of rather modern (19th-20th century, anyway) architecture. Also on the main square (and this probably isn't a good thing if you're looking for authentic Spain), you can currently find the following eating establishments: Taco Bell, Burger King, Blue Frog, Five Guys, and within a 3 minute walk, Hard Rock Cafe and McDonald's. There are restaurants around where you can get Valencia's famous paella...don't worry about that.
Walking north from the square, you'll reach the not-so-modern cathedral in about 300-400 meters. That church was built between the 13th and 15th century. En route, with a slight detour of 200 meters, you'd run into Mercat Central, which has been around since the 1830s, with the current building standing since 1928.
If you were to keep walking beyond the cathedral in a straight line, you'd pass by the Plaza del Virgen with its nice fountain and eventually bump into the former riverbed of the Rio Turia.
It's a former riverbed because it once flooded, so they ended up diverting the river and it's now a wonderful park for running, exercise, relaxation, picnics, etc.
If you were to head east...ish in the park from due north of the cathedral, you'd immediately pass the Museum of Fine Arts, some nice bridges, Palace of Music, and plenty of green space before eventually arriving (about 3 km later) at the City of Arts and Sciences.
This is one of the highlights of visiting Spain if you ask me, just for the ultramodernity of it. It's a complex that consists of the Palau de les Arts (basically opera house), Hemisferic (not sure what its purpose is, but it's the next in line and looks like an eye from the side), science museum (supposed to resemble a whale's skeleton), a bridge, the Agora (concert venue; it's the one that sticks up like a blue fingernail) and, beyond that, Oceanografic -- which I didn't make it to last time or this one.
Besides those highlights, it's simply fun to wander around the streets near the cathedral and City Hall and get lost. You'll bump into plenty of bars and cafes (a bit Bohemian) on the west side of this area and more of a shopping area (cleaner/more sterile feel) on the east side of this area.
Valencia...it's the type of town I'll always enjoy.
Looks like HEBRU recently paid a visit to the Fulton Market neighborhood, Chicago & wheat pasted one of his classic goggled hero's.
Cutting up years worth of saved art, photoshop, and 3D magazines. The plan is to cut out all the images I like and paste them in a notebook. Also, all interesting articles and tutorials, etc are going in a 3-ring binder for future reference. The rest will be thrown out.
Cutting up years worth of saved art, photoshop, and 3D magazines. The plan is to cut out all the images I like and paste them in a notebook. Also, all interesting articles and tutorials, etc are going in a 3-ring binder for future reference. The rest will be thrown out.
Uşor de făcut, fără prea multă muncă şi cu reţete flexibile, dulci sau sarate, cred că macaroanele cu branză au fost prezente în copilăria oricui. Pentru mine, acea perioadă, a fost vârf în ce priveşte mâncatul de paste cu branza, iar treptat, discret, aproape au dispărut din meniul meu. Cum copi...
these are some of the paste-ups i did for the paste modernism exhibition - more pics here - www.pastemodernism.com