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13th February 2023 ‘COLMADO LALOLA’… EXCLUSIVE ‘24/7 VALENCIA’ INTERVIEW
24/7 VALENCIA: Please could you inform our readers some more about this distinctive Spanish tapas bar? ‘COLMADO LALOLA’: Over the years, we have been expanding our gastronomic offer to the public. Across from the entrance of the cathedral of Valencia, you will find ‘EL COLMADO LALOLA.’ Violeta Villanueva, the late and great mother of the current […]
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History 
7th January 2023 ‘THE HOLY GRAIL’ HAS BEEN ON DISPLAY IN THE CATHEDRAL OF VALENCIA FOR ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT YEARS!
Many people wonder why the Holy Chalice of the Cathedral of Valencia is so little known nationally and internationally. The reason is mainly due to the short time that the Holy Grail has been on public display. At the dawn of the last century, Canon José Sanchis Sivera carried out a magnificent study with the […]
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History 
23rd December 2022 VISITING VALENCIA CATHEDRAL (24/7 VALENCIA)
Exploring the magnificent Gothic masterpiece that is Valencia Cathedral is an awe-inspiring experience on any day, even more so when your visit is guided by passionate experts from the Holy Grail Association. I met Alicia Palazòn and Vicente Navarro of ‘Aula Grial’, Valencia’s local history museum all about the Holy Grail, in front of the […]
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Places 
6th August 2022 ‘EL MIGUELETE’ …STUNNING VIEWS OF VALENCIA!
Other cities have glass skyscrapers from which to view the city but Valencia’s towering icon is ‘El Miguelete’. At one end of the Plaza de la Reina, in Valencia Cathedral, you can walk past the nun manning a sort of gift shop and pay two euros to climb the Gothic cathedral. It took four centuries […]
