http://www.alifeinvalencia.com Guide to Valencia Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:13:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/colon-market/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/colon-market/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:32:16 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/colon-market/ It was designed in 1914 by Francisco Mora Berenguer (1875-1961) who studied at the School of Architecture in Barcelona and had direct contact with the Catalan modernism, especially the work of Gaudí, Puig , Domenech i Montaner and the design ideas of his professors Antonio M. ª Gallissà i Soque and Joan Torras i Guardiola.
Mora’s works were not considered modernist in his day. Mora’s modernism like Domenech i Montaner and Puig [...]]]> http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/colon-market/feed/ 0 http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/the-north-train-station/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/the-north-train-station/#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:59:24 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/the-north-train-station/ It was built between 1906 and 1917 and took advantage of the urban transformation happening in the city at the time to settle in an enormous empty space. It is one of the most important monuments of civil architecture of the city.
The work, designed by architect Demetrio Ribes is part of the modernist style and you can appreciate the influences of the European side of the Secession, a modernism characterized by straight lines as opposed to the more typical sinuous [...]]]> http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/the-north-train-station/feed/ 0 http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/the-valencian-silk-exchange/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/the-valencian-silk-exchange/#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:51:01 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/the-valencian-silk-exchange/ You need to go in and look up and the spectacular structure. It has the most amazing  spiral-shaped columns holding up the roof and an abundance of stone decorations round the doors and the gargoyles.
UNESCO considered La Lonja 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 [...]]]> http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/the-valencian-silk-exchange/feed/ 0 http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/palace-of-cervello/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/palace-of-cervello/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:18:36 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/palace-of-cervello/ When the Palacio del Real one was demolished in 1810, the Palacio Cervelló became the official residence of the monarchs during their visits. In 1814, for example, Fernando VII was received there.
The building was constructed in the XVIII century by the counts of Cervelló, gentlemen of Oropesa, although only the facade is conserved in its original state, of neoclassic style, flanked by two towers and [...]]]> http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/palace-of-cervello/feed/ 0 http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/house-museum-of-concha-piquer/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/house-museum-of-concha-piquer/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:34:11 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/house-museum-of-concha-piquer/ On the ninety-fifth anniversary of her birth (Valencia, 1906-Madrid, 1990), Valencia City Council paid tribute to the memory of the famous artist from Valencia and created La Casa-Museo Concha Piquer dedicated to her and her life.
The house rises on a rectangular surface with windows and recayentes balconies to the street of Ruaya and to the street of the Nugget. The ground floor is  a diaphanous room with a permanent exhibition of abundant graphical documentation, personal items, material objects, records, close memories detailing her life. Audiovisual displays  have also been especially [...]]]> http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/house-museum-of-concha-piquer/feed/ 0 http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/el-museu-de-les-ciencies-principe-prince-felipe-museum-of-science/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/el-museu-de-les-ciencies-principe-prince-felipe-museum-of-science/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:28:27 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinspain.com/?p=785 The building was designed by Santiago Calatrava and was built in a joint venture of Fomento de Construcciones and Contratas and Necso. It was opened on 13th November 2000.
The building was designed in 1991 and construction began in 1996. It is over 41,000 square meters in area and resembles the prehistoric-skeleton of a whale. The building is three stories high and is surrounded by clear blue swimming pools. The side of the swimming pool provides a long slow walk. Each one of the three floors provides an area of [...]]]> http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/el-museu-de-les-ciencies-principe-prince-felipe-museum-of-science/feed/ 0 http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/mercado-central-de-valencia-central-market/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/mercado-central-de-valencia-central-market/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:26:35 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinspain.com/?p=608 The designers, Francisco Guard Vial and Alexander Soler, both trained at the School of Architecture of Barcelona and worked closely with Domènech i Montaner, an architect who characterized himself as a modernist.
There is great beauty in the architecture as well as the tradition and history of the market. The combination of metal, glass and the Gothic columns is a testament to modernism, as if the Market is a cathedral to the commerce-centre it once was.
The market is located at the Plaza del Mercado, next to La Lonja [...]]]> http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/mercado-central-de-valencia-central-market/feed/ 0 http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/san-juan-del-hospital-san-juan-of-the-hospital/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/san-juan-del-hospital-san-juan-of-the-hospital/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:06:37 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinspain.com/?p=654 The historical place of San Juan Hospital has in its interior the oldest church of Valencia. It was founded in the 13th century (1238) by the Sovereign Military order and San Juan de Jerusalem.
Jaime I then made a donation in gratitude of lands located next to the door of the Xerea. Perhaps the passer by may ask is that a hospital?, since has never seen doctors or patients. It was based on the days of the crossed ones and for the care an order was created. One [...]]]> http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/san-juan-del-hospital-san-juan-of-the-hospital/feed/ 0 http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/the-hemisferic-imax-cinema/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/the-hemisferic-imax-cinema/#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 08:30:59 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/the-hemisferic-imax-cinema/ The Hemisfèric was the first building in the City of Arts and Sciences to open its doors to the public in 1998.
This spectacular construction was designed by the Valencian architect Santiago Calatrava, with an ovoid roof spanning over 100 metres that contains the large sphere that constitutes the projection room of the IMAX cinema.

L’Hemisféric
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