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SNIPPETS FROM VALENCIA -
POPULATION
= 4.8 MILLION
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Wednesday, 19th
March 2008
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PAELLAS
AID THE PLANTING OF FALLAS
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All
Fallas must be erected by midnight on
the night of the 15th March and the
committee of each Falla makes one or
more paellas to encourage the mounters
during the night.
Mayoress
Rita Barbera participated in the making
of a paella at one Falla and also
hosted a visit from the Duke of Lugo
and his children Froilan and Victoria
whose mother Infanta Elena is the
eldest daughter of King Juan Carlos and
Queen Sofia of Spain.
In
the photo on the left, Mayoress Barbera
explains to Froilan and Victoria how
the Firecrackers Show is mounted, while
the Duke of Lugo looks on.
The
top photo depicts Mayoress Rita Barbera
with her guests that include Francisco
Camps, President of the Valencian
Government, and the Fallas Queens and
their Maids of Honour.
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VALENCIA
MAYORESS HOSTS VISITORS TO FIRECRACKERS
SHOW
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Rita
Barbera, Mayoress of Valencia,
accompanied by the 2008 Fallas Queens
Gloria Martinez and Victoria Blazquez,
hosted the visit of a number of guests
to the Valencia Town Hall to view the
Firecrackers Show from the
balcony.
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In the top photo Mayoress Rita Barbera poses
with Architect Antonio Nieto, his wife Carmina,
and children Marina and Nicholas; the second
photo shows the Troubadour (Tuna) Music Group
from the Law School of Valencia University;
third photo depicts the Mayoress with the
conductor of the Naples Opera and in the
following photo she is seen with members of the
cast from the Marriage of Figaro Opera; the
fifth photo shows a moment during the
Firecrackers Show, while in the final photo
Mayoress Barbera poses with the two Fallas
Queens from Valencia and the Fallas Queens from
Alicante.
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VALENCIA
TO HOST INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
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Manuel
Toharia, scientific director of the
City of the Arts and Science in
Valencia met in Delhi, India, with
Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climatic
Change (IPCC), and Nobel Peace Prize
winner 2007, to prepare a meeting of
the International Forum on Sustainable
Development, to take place in the City
of Arts and Science in Valencia, next
November, which Francisco Camps,
President of the Valencian Government,
has declared will be an annual
event.
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SNOWDROPS
IN VALENCIA
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Unusually
low temperatures in the Valencian
Region have brought to flower some
snowdrops (Galanthus Nivalis) in the
nature park of Penyagolosa in
Castellon.
This
flower is a Euro-Siberian botanical
jewel and has not appeared anywhere
else in the Valencian Region.
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"ALL
ROADS LEAD TO ROME" EXHIBITION IN
CASTELLON
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Rafael
Miro,Valencian Government Autonomic Secretary of
Culture, accompanied by Vicente Farnos, Ferran
Olucha, and Felipe Garin, presented the
exhibition "All Roads Lead to Rome" that
consists of 40 paintings and 40 other objects
from artists across Europe during the XVI and
XIX centuries such as Peter Brueghel the Elder,
Jacob van Ruysdael, and Gaspard van Wittel,
among others.
The
exhibition is based on the book by Dominique
Vautier, and is open in the Fine Arts Museum of
Castellon till the 18th May. From June through
August the exhibit will be on display in
Valencia, and will proceed to Alicante after the
summer.
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FIAT
STILO ABARTH AUTOMATIC CARS - A WARNING TO
DRIVERS
We advise our
readers that a fault in the electronic system of
the gear shift of Fiat automatic drive cars,
causes sudden stoppages that can produce
whiplash to the driver. This has been the
experience of our editor while driving an
automatic Fiat Stilo Abarth. The stoppages are
also highly dangerous if they take place when
passing out another vehicle, or in heavy
traffic.
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