Valencia: Where the Streets Have a Name: Calle de Martí
Really, they should have named a fountain after Francisco José Buenaventura de Paula Martí y Mora; he is after all accredited as being the authentic inventor of the fountain pen.…
Where the Streets Have a Name: Ramón y Cajál
Most Spanish cities have a street with this name, although not many have chosen as unexciting an avenue as Valencia. In fact most people would imagine it to be a…
The Siege of San Mateo
In April a ‘friendly’ battle takes place every year at Almansa to remember the conflict there in 1707 when various European countries fought to decide the result of the War…
Mascarell: Another Valencian Secret
The Valencian Community never ceases to amaze, and there always seems to be one more little gem of a place which only get spoilt by tourism when people like me…
Valencia: Where the Streets Have a Name
On 31st July 1826 the Spanish Inquisition executed its last victim in Valencia. The heinous crime for which he was publicly garrotted in the square that stood where the Central…
A (Pre-historic) Taste for Honey
Sweet Home Valencia Spring has arrived in Valencia and the air is once more impregnated with the dizzingly sweet scent of orange blossom. Inevitably at this time, a young man’s…
British Troops Occupy Valencia!
Tuesday 24th of January 2007 came and went in Valencia unnoticed, and without the expected massacre of British residents in the city of Valencia, although it was the 300th anniversary…
Manuel Broseta: victim of ETA
On the 15th January 1992 shots rang out on the leafy Valencian avenue called Blasco Ibáñez, a street usually full of students due to the large number of faculties there.…
Valencia: where the streets have a name.
Calle Cirilo Amoros is a street that runs between and parallel to the busier Calle Colón and Gran Via Marques de Turia. It is named after Cirilo Amorós y Pastor,…
Oh Those Valencian Knights
The name of King James (Jaime in Spanish and Jaume in Valencian) is one that appears everywhere in and is as fundamental to Valencia as Arthur or Henry V are…
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