Las Fallas Festival |
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15-19 March (annual)
The Spanish are experts at putting
on excessive and city-wide festivals
and other parties, and Valencia is
famous for its annual "Las Fallas"
festival, which is a raucous,
smoke-filled event jam-packed with
as many fire and firework-based
displays as possible.
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Saint Vincent Martyr |
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22 January (annual)
Saint Vincent Martyr is the patron
saint of Valencia. Saint Vincent’s
feast day is celebrated within the
city’s municipal terminal. Various
ceremonies take place on this day,
including a general procession
through the different places where
the saint was martyred and a
Mozarabic mass is held in his honor. |
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Maritime Holy Week |
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March or April (annual)
The
traditional Maritime Holy Week
celebrations take place in El
Maritim. Highlights of the events
include; the procession of the
Palms, the Entombment of Christ and
the Resurrection Parade. |
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MTV
Winter Valencia |
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March (annual)
Valencia host the MTV Winter Music
Festival in the City of Arts and
Sciences. |
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The most baroque Corpus Christi |
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60 days after Easter Sunday (annual)
This is
the celebration historically
considered the “Big Festival” in
Valencia. Corpus Christi is a
demonstration of how the festive,
symbolic, metaphoric and religious
spirits live together in harmony in
Valencian society. The events start
at 12pm. |
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Saint Vincent Ferrer |
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2nd Monday of Easter (annual)
During
the second Monday of Easter,
Valencia celebrates the feast day of
Saint Vincent Ferrer, patron of the
city and Kingdom of Valencia.
Numerous altars containing images of
the saint are raised in different
areas of the city. |
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The “Virgen de los Desamparados”
(Our Lady of the Forsaken) |
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2nd Sunday in May (annual)
The night before the 2nd Sunday in
May, the popular Carmen district is
both the setting of the vigil for
those taking part in the
celebrations in honor of the Virgin
and the typical night life scene
with its many bars and clubs. Among
the celebrations in honor of the
Virgin is a morning mass for
children and the evening procession
beneath a shower of rose petals. |
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Global Champions Tour |
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May (annual)
Valencia hosts the Global Champions
Tour which is the world's popular
horse-jumping circuit. |
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Valencia Formula 1 Grand Prix of
Europe |
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Summer (annual)
Valencia hosts Formula 1, Grand Prix
of Europe every summer between 2008
and 2014.
More on
www.valenciastreetcircuit.com |
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“Feria de Julio” (July Fair) |
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July (annual)
Valencia offers the possibility of
combining the the beaches and summer
leisure sights with a wide range of
recreational and cultural activities
in the form of the “Feria de Julio”.
The July Fair of Valencia include;
concerts, the Valencia International
Music Band Contest, bullfighting
celebrations, the traditional fair
jam-packed with attractions and the
other events together with the
mythical “Battle of the Flowers”. |
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9th October |
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9 October (annual)
On 9th October, Valencia remembers
the conquering of the city by Jaime
1 in 1238, a symbol of its
incorporation into the Christian
world and the birth of the Kingdom
of Valencia. |
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Valencia Open 500 |
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October-November (annual)
Valencia hosts the Valencia Open 500
every year.
More on www.valenciaopen500.com |
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