València

València is the third largest city in Spain. It's quite a nice city with a medieval centre where the streets wind seemingly at random. This is also the area where many of the sights are. Walking the streets in València is a reward in itself, because there are many beautiful houses in València, and the last part of this series is entirely devoted to Valencian houses. Not that the pictures before that are devoid of architectural features - València is a lot about architecture.

From a language perspective, València is a bit confusing. They speak Catalan in València as well - but they prefer to call it Valencian. Obviously, there are always dialectal differences, but it goes beyond that; I noted on RENFE's web site that they have pages both in Catalan and Valencian. Whatever you call it, the language does not have the same position as Catalan has in Catalonia. My guidebook had the names of most sights and places in Castilian, and both street maps I got in València also used Castilian names. But out on town, the street signs were generally in Valencian, and I have use Valencian names as far as I have been able to find them.

1. From the Balcony	2. Ajuntament	3. Cathedral	4. Cathedral Ceiling
5. Cathedral Ceiling II	6. The Holy Grail	7. View over the Old Town	8. Plaza de la Reina
9. El Mercat Central	10. El Mercat Central II	11. Inside El Mercat Central	12. Jardins del Túria
13. An Arc and a House	14. The Beach	15. Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències	16. Hemisfèric
17. Palau de les Arts	18. Museu de les Ciències	19. Jardins del Túria II	20. Mercat de Colom
21. Mercat Colom II	22. Estació del Nord	23. Estació del Nord II	24. Estació del Nord III
25. Estació del Nord IV	26. Estació del Nord V	27. Real Monasterio del Puig de Santa Maria	28. El Puig Church I
29. El Puig Church II	30. Printing Press	31. Plaza de la Reina	32. Orxata
33. Horchateria de Santa Catalina	34. Horchateria de Santa Catalina II	35. The Church of the Virgin	36. The Virgin II
37. Cupola	38. One More Church	39. Torres de Quart	40. Big Tree
41. Valencian Houses I	42. Valencian Houses II	43. Valencian Houses III	44. Valencian Houses IV
45. Valencian Houses V	46. Valencian Houses VI	47. Valencian Houses VII	48. Valencian Houses VIII
49. Valencian Houses IX	50. Valencian Houses X	51. Valencian Houses XI	52. Valencian Houses XII

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