Valencia’s Other Artists: José Benlliure
José Benlliure y Gil (1858 – 1937) was a contemporary of Sorrolla, and the Sorrolla Musuem, which is curiously located in Madrid, has in fact a painting of Sorrolla by…
The Caves of Alicante
A cave is a lot more than a hole in the ground; it is a place to dream. The province of Alicante is full of holes, and people have been…
World War One Exhibition
As part of the commemoration activities to mark the 100 anniversary of the start of World War One, Valencia’s L’Iber Museum, with the largest collection of toy soldiers in the…
The Great Valencian Teddy Bear Escape
That favourite among children’s toys, the teddy bear, was named after President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt, who apparently spared the life of a baby bear while out hunting one day, after…
OUR CHRISTMAS PROJECT.
PRE- CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL PART I. We are 2nd GSIM (segundo curso del grado superior del ciclo formativo de educación Infantil) Higher technicians in Pre-Primary Education in a Vocational Training school, “Faitanar”…
All Caminos Lead to Valencia (Lliria)
From the 6th to the 8th December 2014 Lliria, near Valencia, became the destination for pilgrims seeking the way to Santiago. 200 hospitallers (the ones who run the hostels not…
DISCAVART
DISCAVART will probably be remembered and relived in various formats in the years to come, but those happy few, that merry band of brothers and sisters who were there at…
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 Faculty of Industrial Engineers of…
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 Valencia the “huerta”, although it can…
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 eight thousand runners participated. This article…
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