Welcome to Valenciadam
Apparently Tarantino called his film Reservoir Dogs when a customer misunderstood him recommending “Au Revoir, Les Enfants” Valencian reservoirs are mostly free of canines, even when it rains cats and…
British Cemeteries of the Mediterranean
Wherever there has been a British presence in Spain there is usually a British cemetery where many stories of Anglo-Spanish collaboration are to be found. Meeting somebody who is an…
El Palleter
Sorrolla painted him, his statue stands beside Valencia’s cannonball pocketed Torres de Quart, a monument to the city’s resistance to Napoleon’s artillery, commanded by Marshal Suchet, and Valencian venerates him…
Valencia: Where the Streets have a Name: José Aguirre
José Aguirre was born in the port area of Valencia known as ‘El Grao’ in 1842. José’s father was Basque, and José was sent at the age of 18 to…
Bread on Wall Street
It’s not actually called Wall Street but Calle Roteros, and the bread is the kind you eat not the kind you make by selling sub prime loans to pension funds.…
Valencia’s Last Executioner
People complain a lot about work, or the absence of good, interesting posts available; and yet Saudi Arabia was looking for eight unskilled executioners recently, which goes to show that…
The Valencian who Defied Napoleon.
A portrait of José Romeu y Parras hangs in the office of the Mayor of Sagunto, a town of Roman origin with an impressive castle just north of Valencia. José…
554 Valencian “details” in Mauthausen
554 Valencians, exiles from the defeated Spanish Republic, entered the gates of Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria. Only 217 took the return journey; and you don’t have to be an…
Who is that Man?
They say Valencia is different, and they are usually right. Plaza Manises is one of Valencia’s most significant squares; located in the historic centre of the city, surrounded by the…
What Became of La Bastida?
If you like conspiracy theories, or you just like speculating about unsolved mysteries, then La Bastida, just above Moixent, is the place for you. With its spectacular views over two…
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