PROVINCE OF VALENCIA by HUGO MUÑOZ RAIMUNDO

HISTORY

hugomunoz19 — 2024-02-29 14:29:10 UTC

Valencia located on the mediterranean coast at the mouth of the Turia river, it is surrounded by orchads in a region known as the Huerta de Valencia. The earliest mention (Valentia) is by the Roman historian. Later was taken by the Visigothsin 413 and in 714 by the moors. In 1021 established independent Moorish Kingdom of Valencia, which extended from Almeria to the Ebro estuary. In 1094, the Kingdom was fought by the Spanish soldier-hero ElCid who eventually secured it from moorish Almoravids. The moors recovered the city in 1102. In 1238 James I of Aragon added Valencia to his dominion.

FESTIVALS

hugomunoz19 — 2024-02-29 14:31:29 UTC

Valencia's renowed annual Fallas festival.

But what is the Fallas?

Are towering monuments, effigies made of papier-mache and known as "ninot".

The monuments can take up to a year to create.

All the fallas are burned in the streets, except for those ninots that are voted the best.

GASTRONOMY

hugomunoz19 — 2024-03-14 17:04:10 UTC

Valencian gastronomy is a varied traditional part of the food culture of Valencia. The fruit and vegetables of this fertile land.Some of the most characteristic dishes found in Valencia are made with rice that is cooked in a variety of ways. The most popular rice dish is called Paella, which is a type of stew prepared with ingredients consisting of dry rice, poultry, and rabbit, green beans (Bajoqueta), and butter beans (Garrofón).

FLAG

hugomunoz19 — 2024-03-14 17:16:53 UTC

SPORTS

hugomunoz19 — 2024-03-14 17:43:49 UTC

If Valencia has a traditional and authentic sport, it is undoubtedly Valencian pelota, or in Valencian, pilota valenciana. A practice that has its origins in the fusion of different popular games, in fact, there are records that already in ancient Greece they played the sport of pelota. How to play: Valencian pilota has two modalities, a direct style, which is when two teams play against each other sending the ball to the opposite end of the game, or an indirect style, which is when the two teams throw the ball against a wall.