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26th September 2020 LA BATISFERA IN ‘EL CABANYAL’ (BOOKS, TAPAS, WINES, CRAFT BEERS & LIVE MUSIC)
##LA BATISFERA LIBRARY 24/7 Valencia: Can you tell us more about your library? La Batisfera: La Batisfera’ international bookstore is an open and inclusive space, aware of the place it occupies in a barrio as dynamic and multicultural as ‘El Cabanyal’ by the sea. Incidentally, the name in English would be ‘Bathysphere’, which is defined […]
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24th September 2020 WORLD HERITAGE SITE…LA LONJA OF VALENCIA
##The United Nations agency UNESCO has designated 851 sites around the world as World Heritage sites, which form part of the “cultural and natural heritage of the world” and are considered as having unique and universal value to the history of humanity. One of those sites is in Valencia. You may be surprised to learn […]
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24th September 2020 ’24/7 VALENCIA’ INTERVIEW WITH ‘STUART ATKINSON’
24/7 VALENCIA: Tell us something about your background and upbringing… STUART ATKINSON: I was brought up in Lanark, a sleepy little town in central Scotland, before moving on to Glasgow to study and gain my Ph.D. in cancer research. Glasgow may have a reputation for being a rather stark place with a rough character, but […]
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23rd September 2020 PHOTOGRAPHY IN VALENCIA… ALEX BAKER (EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW)
##24/7 Valencia: Describe your photography… Alex Baker: I’m a commercial photographer and filmmaker, which means that I’m commissioned by individuals and businesses to create promotional images and videos. My work is specialised in working for musicians and although I’m based here in Valencia, I travel all over Europe to work with different people. Tell us […]
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21st September 2020 ‘THE OTHER VALENCIA’ (ANOTHER IRISH-SPANISH CONNECTION)
##Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy dealing with the definition of beauty, the word as a noun meaning “that which appeals to the senses”. For me, there are two places which encompass this meaning totally. The first, which will be familiar to readers of this magazine, is the wonderfully vibrant city of Valencia, Spain. The […]
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20th September 2020 AUTHENTIC RICE DISHES AT ‘YUSO’ IN THE HISTORIC CENTRE OF VALENCIA
##Looking for an authentic Valencian restaurant in the historic centre? Run by Valencian brothers Willy & Jaume, ‘Yuso’ is one of the places that the locals make reservations for regarding a really decent paella. Both branches are a stone’s throw from the famous Torres de Serrano in the historic centre and both serve the same […]
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20th September 2020 Paella in Valencia…Rice to the Occasion
##Whether it’s your birthday, your saint’s day, some friends are visiting, it’s Fallas, you’ve come into a bit of money, or it’s just a weekend family lunch; at the heart of any celebration in Valencia is the regional dish. Paella: Rabbit, chicken, rice and vegetables, fried and boiled, together in a flat pan. Paella is […]
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18th September 2020 “VALENTIA…BORN OUT OF COURAGE” (VALENCIA CF AND PUMA PAY TRIBUTE TO MERCADO CENTRAL)
Valencia CF and Puma pay tribute to Valencian commerce in the Mercado Central, giving out shirts of Valencia CF (away) kit 2020-21… with a design that pays tribute to the orange industry, an example of improvement and influence around the world with the ‘Mercado Central de Valencia’ as an iconic reference. The club and the […]
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18th September 2020 SANDRA GUIMARÃES IS THE NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF ‘BOMBAS GENS CENTRE D’ART’
The Fundació Per Amor a l’Art (FPAA) has presented this morning in a press conference Sandra Guimarães, new artistic director of its art centre ‘Bombas Gens’ in Valencia. Guimarães takes over from Nuria Enguita, after her departure new professional projects. This is the beginning of a new stage at ‘Bombas Gens’ of which the vice-president […]
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16th September 2020 EXPULSION OF THE MORISCOS…
##In 1609, a cruel and traumatic turn of events saw one third of the Valencian population expelled from Spain never to return. “La expulsion de los Moriscos” (Morisco being a Spanish Muslim who had converted to Catholicism) changed the make up and even the landscape of the Valencian community dramatically and forever. Three centuries earlier, […]
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