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Abandoned Animals and Art

Abandoned Animals and Art

Be prepared to choke back a tear if you wander along Calle Colón, Valencia’s main shopping street. Since March 2018 a statue, with a poem in English, awaits you there,…

VLC URBAN ART FESTIVAL

VLC URBAN ART FESTIVAL

The ‘VLC URBAN ART FESTIVAL – BARRIS EN MOVIMENT filled the city of Valencia with art from 25th to 29th September 2019, focusing on the neighbourhoods of Grau and Cabanyal/Canyamelar.…

Convents and Monasteries in the Comunidad Valenciana

Convents and Monasteries in the Comunidad Valenciana

The Valencian publishing house Sargantana has published the first book about convents for the last 100 years. The book, written by Miguel Ángel Catalá, is a compilation of thirty-five buildings…

First International Pilgrim Finishes the Route of the Grail

First International Pilgrim Finishes the Route of the Grail

Wednesday 11th September 2019 marked the arrival at Massamagrell of the first international pilgrim to walk the route of the Way of the Holy Grail, Italian Antonio Aiardi. The Grail…

Valencia: World Design Capital 2022

Valencia: World Design Capital 2022

The World Design Organization (WDO)® today announced that Valencia (Spain) has been named World Design Capital®(WDC) 2022 as a result of its longstanding design legacy, which has become a leading…

Keytoon: Valencia’s Disney

Keytoon: Valencia’s Disney

Keytoon, a Valencian cartoon production company has attracted the interest of Sama Global Investment, a global investment management and development firm with headquarters in Doha, Qatar. Specifically, they wish to…

30th Sueca International Mime Festival: the Sound of Silence

30th Sueca International Mime Festival: the Sound of Silence

The 30th edition of Sueca’s International Mime Festival takes place from September 18th, 2019 to September 22nd. 28 companies will perform at 10 different scenarios, with over 60 performances including…

Shooting Ghosts on 66

Shooting Ghosts on 66

Shooting Ghosts was awarded the best documentary prize at the 28th edition of the Arizona International Film Festival 2019, the oldest film festival in the USA. The short will have…

ADDICTION CRISIS

ADDICTION CRISIS

By Craig Castleman During a recent visit to Valencia I became addicted to a drug stronger than Oxycontin or crack cocaine, and I am suffering terribly from withdrawal because it…

Valencia FC’s 100 Year International History

Valencia FC’s 100 Year International History

Valencia FC was founded (where all important organisations should be founded) in a bar, Bar Torino, in the centre of Valencia in 1919. The first president, Octavio Augusto Milego Díaz,…