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Food 3rd March 2021 KEDGEREE
By: 247valencia##Now is definitely the time for some nourishing, settle-the-stomach comfort food. This month I want to talk about a favourite breakfast of mine, which also makes for a delicious lunch. Kedgeree was originally Indian, but was brought back by the British and is now a familiar dish in the UK. Sometimes, eaten for Sunday brunch […]
Editorial 2nd March 2021 THE BORGIAS (VALENCIA’S MOST INFAMOUS FAMILY)
By: 247valencia“You know what the fellow said – in Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace – and what did that produce? The cuckoo […]
Music 2nd March 2021 VALENCIA MUSIC…. ALEX CONDE ‘PIANO FLAMENCO EXPLORATIONS’
By: 247valencia24/7 VALENCIA: Can you tell us about your musical training and education? ALEX CONDE: My musical training began at home, at the age of 4, accompanying my father playing his songs, teaching me by ear how to accompany and provide the chords that the melody gives you. When I was 8 years old, thanks to […]
Art 2nd March 2021 ART IN VALENCIA …‘FEMENINO PLURAL’ BY JOAQUÍN SOROLLA
By: 247valencia24/7 VALENCIA: Could you tell us some more about this new exhibition? FUNDACIÓN BANCAJA: “The exhibition Sorolla. ‘Femenino plural’, a co-production with the Museo Sorolla and the Fundación Museo Sorolla, offers a reading of the presence of the female figure in the painter’s artistic production and bears witness to the role of women in Spanish […]
Food 2nd March 2021 AT ‘LA OLA FRESCA’ WITH POLENTA TARONJA CRUNCH
By: 247valencia##A few years ago, Valencia celebrated the ‘València Ciudad Amable y el XV Congreso Ibérico La Bicicleta y la Ciudad’. ‘Ciudad Amable’ is an incentive from Andalusia, to promote the concept of a “friendly city”, with good public transport services, less traffic, nature and parks, sustainable tourism and safe cycling routes. Valencia with its now […]
Editorial 1st March 2021 LINDT SPAIN RELAUNCHES ITS ONLINE SHOP WITH EXCLUSIVE PRODUCTS FOR TRUE CHOCOLATE LOVERS
By: 247valencia##At a time when online shopping is booming, the Swiss premium chocolate company has revamped its online shop to make it easier and more intuitive for consumers to buy its products without having to leave home. With more extensive and attractive content, the new platform features exclusive products and special assortments for every season of […]
Art 1st March 2021 LES ARTS ÉS ÒPERA’… VERDI’S ‘FALSTAFF’ MARCH 2021
By: 247valencia##Palau de Les Arts (Valencia) premieres Verdi’s ‘Falstaff’, starring Ambrogio Maestri under the musical direction of Daniele Rustioni. – Les Arts presents Verdi’s last opera in a staging by Mario Martone for the Berlin Staatsoper, which moves the action to a contemporary metropolis.- Ainhoa Arteta, Violeta Urmana, Davide Luciano and Sara Blanch perform, alongside Maestri, […]
Editorial 1st March 2021 ENGEL & VÖLKERS VALENCIA… EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
By: 247valencia(Photo:”Design house for short-term stay in Cullera, Engel & Völkers ID. W-02IMJJ”) ##24/7 VALENCIA:1. Could you tell readers about your experience concerning real estate in Valencia? ENGEL & VÖLKERS VALENCIA: Luís Martínez, team leader of Rentals department at Engel &Völkers Valencia: Since 2013, I have been working in the real estate sector in the city […]
Food 1st March 2021 SLOW-BRAISED LAMB WITH ONION GRAVY
By: 247valencia##So, with winter still with us, I thought it appropriate this month to share a dish with you to warm the cockles of your collective hearts. Casserole and crock-pot time continues to be upon us. Although most people wince at the sound of those “C” words, conjuring memories from ghosts of bad-dinners past, once you’ve […]
History 1st March 2021 JOHAN CRUYFF AND LEVANTE UD (A DUTCH GENIUS IN VALENCIA)
By: 247valencia##One of the greatest football players of all time, thrice (1971, 1973, 1974) Ballon d’Or winner, many tend to forget that besides his glorious contributions to Ajax Amsterdam and FC Barcelona and to the Netherlands national team, Johan Cruyff left his mark in the humble city of Valencia…possibly in the most humble team of the […]