25/06/2016
València is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third largest city in Spain after Madrid and Barcelon
Valencia was founded as a Roman colony in 138 BC.
The city is situated on the banks of the Turia, on the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula, fronting the Gulf of Valencia on the Mediterranean Sea.
Valencia is known internationally for the Falles, a local festival held in March, and for paella valenciana, traditional Valencian ceramics, intricate traditional dress, and the architecture of the City of Arts and Sciences designed by Santiago Calatrava and Félix Candela.
Valencia is famous for its gastronomic culture. Typical dishes include paella, a simmered rice dish with seafood or meat (chicken and rabbit), fartons, bunyols, the Spanish omelette, pinchos, rosquilletas and squid (calamares)".
Valencia is the birthplace of the cold xufa beverage known as horchata, popular in many parts of the world including the Americas.
