Valencia (red dot) on a map of
Spain
Valencia is a city in Spain, on the Mediterranean coast. It is the capital of the Community of Valencia. It has 807,396 people, making it the third-largest city in Spain and the fifteenth in the European Union.
Valencia's climate is on the boundary of hot semi-arid (Bsh in the Koeppen climate classification) and hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa in the Koeppen climate classification).
Images for kids
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Roman cornucopia, symbol of Valentia, found on the floor of a Roman building excavated in the Plaça de la Mare de Déu
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Valencia and surroundings as seen by the ESA's Sentinel-2 satellite
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Detail of 2nd century Roman mosaic found in the city
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View of Valencia by Anton van den Wyngaerde (1563)
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Valencia in 1832 by French Alfred Guesdon
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Starts of the demolition works in the walls of the city in 1865
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Women working at the Albufera (c. 1915)
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Modern developments in the Penya-Roja neighborhood
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Aerial view of the port and Valencia from the east
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ocals and tourists watching the traditional "mascletà" during Falles
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La cremà (burning of the ninots) during the 2015 falles
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Northern view of the cathedral: dome, apse, and the Basilica of Our Lady
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Palau de la Generalitat Valenciana
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Sant Joan del Mercat church (14th c.-1700)
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Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluís
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The gothic courtyard of the Palace of the Admiral of Aragon (Palau de l'Almirall)
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Convento de Santo Domingo (1300-1640)
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Llotja de la Seda (Silk Exchange, interior)
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Mercat de Colon in Valencian Art Nouveau style
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L´Hemisfèric (IMAX Dome cinema) and Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia
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Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe
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Sant Joan de l'Hospital church built in 1316 (except for a Baroque chapel)
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Mudéjar (Christian) baths Banys de l'Almirall (1313-1320)
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The Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia, is the second museum with the largest amount of paintings in Spain, after Prado Museum
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Mercat Central (Central Market), in Valencian Art Nouveau style
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Real Colegio Seminario del Corpus Christi
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One of the few arch-bridges that links the cathedral with neighboring buildings. This one built in 1666.
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Monastery of San Miguel de los Reyes built between 1548 and 1763
See also
In Spanish: Valencia para niños