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23rd May 2026 LOCAL HISTORY: IN MEMORIAM OF BOB SMILLIE
In the Cementerio General de Valencia lies a memorial designed by Scottish sculptor Frank Casey in dedication to a Glaswegian named Bob Smillie. It was placed there some 82 years after his death in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. Smillie was a trained chemist who studied at the University of Glasgow. From a socialist […]
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9th April 2026 SAN VICENTE FERRER…THE SAINT OF THE COMMUNITY OF VALENCIA
For those of us living in Valencia, we know how important holidays are here, the almost one month-long celebration of Las Fallas being a prime example. The same applies when celebrating the Holy Week (Semana Santa) and then San Vicente Ferrer Day on April 13th. You may ask, what is San Vicente Ferrer Day? Most […]
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8th April 2026 FOOD, LANGUAGE AND ARCHITECTURE: THE REMNANTS OF MUSLIM VALENCIA
Amidst the office blocks, stadiums and beach bars of Valencia, the legacy of Al-Andalus lives on. Valencia, one of Spain’s oldest cities, has been washed over by the tides of history, and each successive wave of empires and religions have all left their mark in its walls. The city surrendered to the Berber and Arab […]
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8th April 2026 THE HOLY GRAIL OF VALENCIA…EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH EXPERT DR ANA MAFÉ GARCÍA (HISTORY OF ART)
24/7 Valencia: Tell us about your background, education and travels… Dr Ana Mafé García: I studied at a school called Santa María Marianistas in my village of Alboraya- where horchata is made in Valencia. I’ve been well-educated in the Catholic faith. I studied tourism at the official School of Tourism in Madrid and earned my […]
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27th February 2026 HOW THE 23-F COUP D’ÉTAT IN 1981 CONDITIONED MODERN POLITICAL IDENTITY IN SPAIN
The death of Antonio Tejero in Valencia came at a moment heavy with historical symbolism: on the very day newly classified documents concerning the attempted coup were released, and just two days after the anniversary of the infamous 23-F. On February 23, 1981, Tejero stormed the Spanish Parliament, pistol in hand, in a dramatic attempt […]
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18th January 2026 San Vicente Mártir (SAINT VINCENT THE MARTYR) IS THE PATRON SAINT OF VALENCIA
SAN VICENTE MÁRTIR IS CELEBRATED IN VALENCIA ON JANUARY 22nd, THE DAY OF HIS EXECUTION. Vicente de Huesca, also known as St. Vincent the Martyr was a Spanish cleric, a deacon of St. Valero of Zaragoza. He was denounced and imprisoned under Diocletian, so the Church reveres him as San Vicente Mártir. According to tradition, […]
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21st October 2025 VALENCIA OF YESTERYEAR… REMEMBERING ‘XIMO EL ALEMÁN’
24/7 VALENCIA: Could you tell us more about ‘Ximo El Alemán’ who we knew as a very familiar face from the historic centre of Valencia? VICENTE OF BODEGA BAVIERA: “It’s possible that the name ‘Joachim Hauer’ does not really ring a bell with anyone in the old centre of Valencia. However, if you mention the […]
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15th October 2025 LA RIADA DE VALENCIA: THE FLOOD THAT SUBMERGED A CITY
This 14th of October marks the 68th anniversary of “La Riada de Valencia”, the flooding of the River Turia in 1957, which left 81 people dead and three-quarters of the city’s streets underwater. Just like all cities built on the banks of rivers, Valencia suffered an eternal paradox: a river is a source of life […]
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1st September 2025 THE IRISH / SPANISH CONNECTION…LETTER FROM CELTIBERIA
As I went out to Dublin city, at the hour of twelve at night, who should I see but the Spanish lady, washing her feet by the candlelight —The Spanish Lady, The Dubliners Tourist in Ireland: What’s the Gaelic for mañana? Irish local: Oh, I don’t think we have a word that describes quite that […]
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3rd June 2025 DR. ANA MAFÉ GARCÍA, A WORLD EXPERT ON THE HOLY GRAIL, REVEALS ITS SECRETS IN LA SOTONERA
Dr. Ana Mafé García is advising on the historical design of a unique immersive experience about ‘The Way of the Holy Grail’ in the Huesca municipality of La Sotonera. Technology and historical research are coming together to develop one of the most innovative cultural projects of today: an immersive experience about the journey of the Holy […]
