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7th April 2024 SAN VICENTE FERRER…THE SAINT OF THE COMMUNITY OF VALENCIA (APRIL 8th)
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 Monday, April 8th, 2024. You may ask, what is San Vicente Ferrer […]
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History 
21st January 2024 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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Art 
24th February 2022 SANDRA GUIMARÃES AND VICENTE TODOLÍ OF ‘BOMBAS GENS’ (VALENCIA) TO CURATE MADRID ‘PHotoESPAÑA’ FESTIVAL
#The 25th anniversary edition of the PHotoESPAÑA International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts will take place between 1 June and 28 August in Madrid, highlighting the development of documentary photography through time. Titled ‘Sculpting Reality’ the programme will be curated by guest curators Sandra Guimarães, artistic director of Bombas Gens Centre d’Art in Valencia, […]
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wines 
12th February 2021 A LOOK AT THE NEW WINES FROM ‘VICENTE GANDIA’ …PIONEER OF QUALITY WINES FROM THE VALENCIAN COMMUNITY
Bodegas Vicente Gandía was founded well over 100 years ago. Then, their main interest was exporting wines from their premises in the ‘Grao’ in Valencia, founded during the golden age of the railway when transporting wines from Utiel-Requena and elsewhere took off. More lately, they moved a lot of their operations to the giant plant […]
