HISTORIC VALENCIA

VALENCIA - MAY 2011

"SERRANOS TOWERS - Built in 1392, it was one of the twelve medieval gates, and the main entrance to the city. Initially built with a defensive function, it also served as a prison for nobels, from 1586 until 1887"

"BRIDGE - PONT DELS SERRANS - Rebuilt in 1518, it is the second oldest bridge in Valencia after the Pont de la Trinitat"

"SANTA MONICA CHURCH"

"BUILDINGS OF VALENCIA"

"OUR LADY'S PLACE - With the Turia fountain and the Miguelet on the right, the Bell Tower of the Cathedral"

"REGIONAL PARLIAMENT AND CATHEDRAL - The Metropolitan Cathedral, also known as Saint Mary's Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church. It was consecrated in 1238 by the Archbishop of Tarragona, who was the first bishop of Valencia after the Reconquista. Basically Gothic, it also contains Romanesque, Renaissance, Baroque and Neo-Classical elements"

"SAINT CATALINA CHURCH TOWER"

"CHURCHES AND PALACES - Baslica of Our Lady of the Forsaken, cathedral and palaces"

"QUEEN'S PLACE AND MARKETS"

"THE SILK EXCHANGE - LONJA DE LA SEDA - Built between 1482 and 1548, the UNESCO considered it as a World Heritage Site in 1996 since "the site is of outstanding universal value as it is a wholly exceptional example of a secular building in late Gothic style, which dramatically illustrates the power and wealth of one of the great Mediterranean mercantile cities"

"SILK EXCHANGE - Outside and inside"

"JUANES CHURCH, MARKET, UNIVERSITY & MUSEUM"

"CITY HALL"

2BUILDINGS - Around City Hall Square"

"SPANISH REVOLUTION - 15-M Movement, Indignants Movement or Take the Square is the name given to a series of demonstrations whose origin can be traced to social networks such as Real Democracy NOW or Youth Without a Future among other civilian digital platforms... The protests started on May 15, 2011 with an initial call in 58 Spanish cities, including Valencia"

"VALENCIA FROM AIR"