| | Valencia is home to a number of popular festivals from the religious
to the profane: a melting pot of rituals and rites, gunpowder
and gardening… |
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 | | THE FALLAS
Thousands of decorative lights adorn a city awakening from
a deep sleep and looking for some fun; the people are
preparing for the… |
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 | | SAN VICENTE FERRER
Easter week is extended with the festivals of San Vicente
Ferrer, the Patron Saint of the Valencian Community.
Tradition demands a visit to his birthplace… |
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 | | CORPUS
This is a festival that dates back to 1355 and
is centred on a solemn procession in which
the Holy Sacrament was… |
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 | | SAN VICENTE MÁRTIR
Vicente was a young deacon who was martyred
in Valencia by order of the Roman
emperor Diocleciano in the year 303… |
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 | | SEMANA SANTA MARITIME HOLY WEEK
Easter Week is celebrated with solemnity
in the maritime towns of Valencia
and has three main events:
the Procession of the Palm
Leaves, the… |
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 | | OUR LADY OF THE FORSAKEN
The second Sunday in May sees
the festival of Our Lady
of the Forsaken, another
patron saint of the city.
The Valencian people
feel great devotion… |
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 | | JULY FAIR
This
fair was inaugurated
on the 21st July 1871,
with a colourful cavalcade,
pavilions, a botanical
exhibition and the sale
of all kinds of... |
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| 9th OCTOBER
On the 9th of October every year, the people of Valencia celebrate the national day of their autonomous region. This is a historical commemoration of the date in 1238 when King James I officially entered the city of Valencia, freeing it from Moorish rule. |