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  1. Carrer dels Cavallers: story on the “El Carme: Gates, Walls, and Layers of the City” route

    The episode with the procession will show how the street of nobles became a line of political confrontation.

  2. Central Market: story on the “Old Valencia: Silk, Markets, and City Power” route

    The modern market continues the theme of the city’s economy through the sellers’ decision to manage shared services themselves.

  3. Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporània: story on the “El Carme: Gates, Walls, and Layers of the City” route

    The story of Sorolla’s education will link the monastery rooms with professional art education.

  4. Church of Santos Juanes: story on the “Old Valencia: Silk, Markets, and City Power” route

    The final stop will show what price an expert opinion carried for the artists and the commissioner.

  5. Exposition Bridge: story on the “Along the Turia Riverbed to the City of Arts and Sciences” route

    The crossing will preserve the memory of a commercial undertaking, although the original bridge disappeared long ago.

  6. Gulliver Park: story on the “Along the Turia Riverbed to the City of Arts and Sciences” route

    This playground shows how the tradition of temporary festive figures was adapted for permanent urban play.

  7. Hemisfèric and Museu de les Ciències: story on the “Along the Turia Riverbed to the City of Arts and Sciences” route

    Two neighboring buildings show what remained of the original scientific program and what had to be created anew.

  8. IVAM – Valencian Institute of Modern Art: story on the “El Carme: Gates, Walls, and Layers of the City” route

    The history of a family collection will show how the collection shaped the future museum even before construction.

  9. Palau de la Música: story on the “Along the Turia Riverbed to the City of Arts and Sciences” route

    Here, the new concert hall will face the test the orchestra had waited decades for.

  10. Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía: story on the “Along the Turia Riverbed to the City of Arts and Sciences” route

    This stop tells how a breakdown beneath the stage forced a scheduled premiere to be put together again from scratch.

  11. Plaça del Tossal and Galería del Tossal: story on the “El Carme: Gates, Walls, and Layers of the City” route

    Underground remains connect the present-day street junction with the western entrance to Muslim Balansiya.

  12. Plaza de la Virgen: story on the “Old Valencia: Silk, Markets, and City Power” route

    The square will link the distribution of water with aid for people who had no one to stand up for them.

  13. Plaza Redonda: story on the “Old Valencia: Silk, Markets, and City Power” route

    Here you will see how municipal oversight brought scattered trade together into a ring of shops.

  14. Portal de la Valldigna: story on the “El Carme: Gates, Walls, and Layers of the City” route

    The rebuilding of 1942 shows how a medieval passage was preserved inside new residential buildings.

  15. Quart Street: story on the “El Carme: Gates, Walls, and Layers of the City” route

    Archaeological finds will link the present-day street to a Roman road and the necropolis of the first settlers.

  16. Quart Towers: story on the “El Carme: Gates, Walls, and Layers of the City” route

    The defense of 1808 shows how, for one day, a city passage became an artillery position.

  17. Serranos Bridge: story on the “Along the Turia Riverbed to the City of Arts and Sciences” route

    Here you will learn why the city’s defenders destroyed their own chapels and statues.

  18. Serranos Towers: story on the “El Carme: Gates, Walls, and Layers of the City” route

    A military evacuation will link the Gothic gate to the fate of the Museo del Prado collection.

  19. Serranos Towers: story on the “Old Valencia: Silk, Markets, and City Power” route

    This is where the theme of the city's defenses begins: the medieval gatehouse became a storage facility designed for aerial warfare.

  20. Silk Exchange: story on the “Old Valencia: Silk, Markets, and City Power” route

    At the Silk Exchange, payments, credit, a court, and a debtors’ prison will turn out to be parts of a single trading system.

  21. The Cathedral and Miguelete Tower: story on the “Old Valencia: Silk, Markets, and City Power” route

    This stop will show how a war for someone else's crown turned the cathedral chapter into a creditor.

  22. Turia Garden: story on the “Along the Turia Riverbed to the City of Arts and Sciences” route

    This stop will show how residents succeeded in securing a park in place of a planned urban expressway.

  23. Umbracle: story on the “Along the Turia Riverbed to the City of Arts and Sciences” route

    The final stop will compare the calculated architectural framework with the green roof that never appeared.

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