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15th March 2024 VALENCIA QUESTIONS WARS WITH ITS MUNICIPAL FALLA
Two white doves facing each other over an olive branch are the main image of a piece that exposes the absurdity and contradictions of war. Two white doves, symbols of peace, are currently facing each other in the Town Hall’s Square in Valencia, over an olive branch, yet another symbol of peace. The Municipal Falla […]
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15th March 2024 FALLAS 2024 TIMETABLE
Valencia’s biggest event of the year, the Fallas festival, commences this weekend, with a jam-packed schedule for all to enjoy. The origins of Fallas are believed to be linked to the pagan ritual of marking the changing of the seasons into spring, beginning with carpenters burning their wooden candle holders, known as “parots”, in celebration. […]
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10th March 2024 ‘NINOT’ FALLAS EXHIBITION AT ‘CITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES’ UNTIL 15 MARCH!
The Ninot Exhibition opened its doors at the Science Museum of the City of Arts and Sciences of Valencia on 2 February and is open to the public until 15 March, which every year puts to a popular vote which ‘ninots’ are saved from the flames. The opening hours of the exhibition will be from […]
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3rd March 2024 VALENCIA IN FALLAS: A GLIMPSE INTO THE SOUL OF VALENCIA AND ITS PEOPLE
Las Fallas is a unique annual celebration where Valencians commemorate Saint José. The festival unites the city in an explosion of colour, art, culture, and music. It is a month-long celebration of creativity and expression that leaves a lasting impression on all who attend. Thousands of tourists from all over the world gather in Valencia […]
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26th February 2024 ’24/7 Valencia’ GUIDE to FALLAS 2024
Are you interested in folklore? Tradition? Big dresses? If you are, stick around. Valencia has all that and more, during the celebration known as Fallas. Read this and consider yourself armed for the festivities. LAS FALLAS This March 2024, you’ll see these large sculptures being set up at practically every street corner in Valencia. Anything […]
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18th February 2024 EXCLUSIVE ’24/7 VALENCIA’ INTERVIEW WITH FALLAS ARTISTS!
Artista fallero Paco Pellicer tells ‘24/7 Valencia’ how fallas are made, what he thinks of ‘corporate’ fallas and what he likes best about the fiesta. Paco Pellicer and Marisa Falcó are fallas artists who run their own small workshop in the barrio del Carmen. The husband-and-wife team have been making fallas – the vibrantly-painted street […]
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23rd March 2023 THE CHILDREN’S NINOT OF THE COMISSIÓ FALLERA MARIÀ BENLLIURE – SÉQUIA DE TORMO DE BURJASSOT WINS FIRST PRIZE CAMINO DEL SANTO GRIAL
Once again this year, the Asociación Cultural El Camino del Santo Grial has travelled to the Ninot Exhibition in the City of Arts and Sciences to give its verdict and award the “Primer Premi Ninot Camino del Santo Grial” in its second edition. The association wants to reward the ninots of the children’s fallas by […]
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2nd March 2023 ‘MAHOU’ BEER CELEBRATES THE SPIRIT OF FALLAS WITH ITS FIERY CAMPAIGN!
Mahou uses fire as a metaphor to express the intensity with which Valencians live their lives during the festivities of Fallas. In charge of the campaign’s graphic design is tot.palace, the studio of Valencian designer Ausias Pérez. They have combined typographic designs with modern thermographic photographs to illustrate the internal fire generated when giving a […]
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1st March 2023 SPARED FROM THE FLAMES: VOTE TO SAVE YOUR FAVOURITE NINOT BEFORE THE 15TH OF MARCH!
The ninots of this year’s Las Fallas are currently on show in the Museo de Ciencias Príncipe Felipe at the City of Arts and Sciences. The creation and destruction of the ninots lie at the heart of the Fallas festivities. The purpose of this exhibition is to determine each year’s Ninots Indultats, those spared from […]
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28th February 2023 HIGH-SPEED TRAIN DEALS FROM MADRID TO VALENCIA DURING FALLAS WITH OUIGO!
OUIGO offers deals and increased frequencies to Valencia during Fallas celebrations, including tickets from €13 per person for a round trip. Between 9-21 March, groups of at least four people can receive discounts of €20 overall on the Madrid-Valencia route. This promotion is available from until March 19th, both via OUIGO’s website and the app. […]
