Lladro
Lladro Lladro. It makes you think of the frilly, floral porcelains like those on the shelves of the curio cabinet in your grandmother’s dining…
Mujeres Ceramistas del Paraguay (Women Ceramicists of Paraguay)
MuVIM Mujeres Ceramistas del Paraguay (Women Ceramicists of Paraguay) With the work of Julia Isídrez, Carolina Noguera Y Ediltrudis Noguera 10 y Guillen de…
Falomir: Games Without Frontiers
The Valencian board game manufacturer Falomir, with headquarters in La Eliana, is searching for new horizons on the other side of the Atlantic, and…
Attacking Valencia (on-line)
El Cid didn’t die at the Battle of Valencia in 1094, nor did he sacrifice himself for God, Spain and Alfonso. El Cid lived…
IES Barri del Carmen discovers El Cid
Teachers and students from the Barri del Carmen secondary school visited the L’Iber museum on 1st December 2014 to participate in the Hollywood and…
Hollywood and History
Hollywood and History got off to a great start on the morning of November 28th 2014 when a group of adult FPA students accompanied…
The Rice Museum of Valencia
It’s logical I suppose that when the City of Valencia decided to turn an old rice mill into a museum, that they should consult…
The Beatles in Villar del Arzobispo
The legendary British pop group The Beatles made a special appearance in the legendary Valencian village of Villar del Arzobispo on November 26th 2014.…
What’s the ‘Huerta’?
The English word ‘orchard’ was once spelt “hortyard”, and derives from the Latin “hortus”, meaning ‘garden’ and the old English “geard”, meaning ‘yard’. In…
The Valencia Marathon 2014
On November 16th 2014 Valencia celebrated the thirty-fourth edition of the Trinidad Alonso Marathon. The event coincided with another ten kilometre race in which…
Gregorio Mayans: an Enlightened Man of his Time
Gregorio Mayans y Siscar (1699–1781) was a historian, linguist and writer from Oliva during the Enlightenment. Born on 9 May 1699 his father fought…