MI CIUDAD :VALENCIA

CEIP. “VIL·LA ROMANA” CATARROJAREALIZADO : LAIA LUQUE MOLINAFECHA: 10 de Enero de 2014

CIUDAD DE LAS ARTES Y LAS CIENCIAS

�This treasure was built between the years 1989-2005.

�This architectural complex is designed by Santiago Calatrava & Felix Candela.

� It is scientific and cultural dissemination which is composed of six major elements

�Hemisfèric (IMAX cinema and digital projections)

�Umbracle (landscaped and parking viewpoint)

�Prince Felipe Museum of Sciences (an innovative center of interactive science)

�Oceanographic (the largest aquarium in Europe with over 500 marine species)

�The Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia (dedicated musical programming)

�The Agora, which gives the complex a multifunctional space.

MERCADO CENTRAL DE VALENCIA

�The origins of the current Central Market are to be found in Muslim times, out the walled City, in the suburb known as the “Boatella”.

�In the Middle Age, Jaume I The Conqueridor allows to hold a weekly market.

�Peter IV of Aragon authorized to market daily

�The architects involved in the design were Alexander Soler March & Francesco Guardia Vial.

�Its total area is 8.160 m2

�It’s plan is an irregular polygon of 14 sides, its divided into two areas.

�Highlights include the windows in the colors of the Valencian landmark on the facade of the building.

�Peter IV of Aragon authorized to market daily into a new walled perimeter of Valencia centre.

�The actual construction was built in 1928.

TORRES DE QUART�Quart Towers were built by Pere Bofill in the fifteenth century, following the model of the towers of Castell Nuovo in Napoles.

�They belong to the late Gothic

�It was built for military purposes, to defend the entrance of the city.the entrance of the city.

�Quart Towers were a women's prison for a long time.

�On the outside are still visible traces of the battles they had witnessed.

�In 1931 they were declared National Monument.

�The towers were the entrance and exit of the town and were attached to the Christian wall

VIVEROS�It takes its name from the Royal Palace located there in until 1810, when it was destroyed.

�The park has sculptures of different sculptors and styles.

�This garden was built in 1814.

�Nowadays, it is a important public park, which is located in Valencia city centre.

PLAZA DE TOROS DE VALENCIA

�That was opened on 1859.

�The architect of the bull ring in Valencia, is Sebastían Monleón

�Its 17 meters high and 52 meters in diameter of your ring, forming one of the largest squares in Spain.

�Check the Civil War, the bullring becomes prison and concentration camp prisoners, being newly recovered for bullfighting events on April 20, 1939.

�The September 21, 1946, the square undergoes a great fire that destroyed much of the square