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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.
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