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Culture
Culture
Valencia is known for Las Fallas, which is a famous local festival held in March, for paella valenciana, traditional Valencian ceramics, intricate traditional dress, and the striking new architecture of the City of Arts and Sciences designed by its own son, architect Santiago Calatrava.
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La Tomatina, an annual tomato fight, draws crowds to the nearby town of Buñol in August.
There are also a number of well preserved Catholic fiestas throughout the year.
Holy week celebrations in Valencia are considered the most colourful in Spain.
Valencia has a metro system, the Valencia Metro.
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Valencia is also famous for its football club Valencia C.F., which won the Spanish league in 2002 and 2004 (in which year it also won the UEFA Cup), and was also a UEFA Champions League runner-up in 2000 and 2001, it is one of the most famous football clubs in Spain and Internationally.
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Languages
The two official languages spoken in the city are Valencian (known as Catalan elsewhere) and Spanish.
Due to political and demographic pressure in the past, the predominant language is Spanish, but Valencian is predominant in most of the surrounding metropolitan area and province of Valencia .
In fact the government weakly emphasizes the usage of the local language.
It does this, for example, by posting all signs and announcements of the Metro in Valencian and Spanish translations in smaller type underneath.
Valencian is also used when naming streets.
New street signs, when erected, are always given the Valencian name for street (Carrer).
However the older street names bearing the Spanish names are only replaced when necessary.
This results in a situation where in longer streets both languages can often be seen on street signs.
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Nightlife
Valencia is famous for its vibrant nightlife.
In the 1980s and 1990s the town was famous for the so called ruta del bakalao.[citation needed] Today, the more alternative/bohemian bars and nightclubs are concentrated in the Carmen, while the student nightlife is found around Blasco Ibáñez and Benimaclet, the more mainstream weekend nightlife has its clusters in the areas of Cánovas and Joan Llorens.
In the summer, there is also nightlife on the beach and at the Port.
Agua de Valencia is the city's unofficial cocktail.
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Food
Valencia is famous for its wonderful gastronomic culture.
Paella – rice dish that can have fish or meat (chicken and rabbit) –, orxata, fartons, buñuelos, Spanish omelette, rosquilletas and squid (calamares) are some examples of typical Valencian foods.
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Museums
Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències City of Arts and Sciences
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia
L'OceanogrĂ fic
Museu de Prehistòria de València Prehistory Museum of Valencia .
Museu ValenciĂ d'Etnologia Valencian Museum of Ethnology .
House Museum Blasco Ibáñez .
IVAM – Institut Valencià d'Art Modern – Centre Julio González Julio González Centre – Valencian Institute of Modern Art .
Museu de Belles Arts Museum of Fine Art .
Museu Faller Falles Museum .
Museu d'Història de València Museum of History of Valencia .
Museu Taurà de València – Bullfighting Museum .
MuVIM – Museu Valencià de la Il·lustració i la Modernitat Valencian Museum of Enlightenment and Modernity .
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