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You are inside Turia river garden, the biggest green area of Valencia city. I have selected this place in the garden because his proximity to the City of Arts and Sciences, and because in the next days this place will be publicly known by V WMF 2006 (World Meeting of Families) of catholics, where 9 July the concluding Mass will be presided by the Pope Benedict XVI. About a flood of 1,5 million of people will come to this place. Also you can see one sculpture, "The shepherd", of Lucas Karrvaz. About Turia river garden. http://www.culturia.org/ The Turia river bed was deviated and transformed into a garden after last devastating flooding which took place in October 1957. Now, we have a green line of nine kilometers that cross from the west to the east this city. It offers different areas, that allows playing children, to enjoy long walks, cycling routes or practise sports in the open air. Walk underneath 17 bridges, bridges from 14th century to this moment (includes two of architect Santiago Calatrava, and one third under construction). This place has his own website that includes panoramas from Emilio Ferro. About V WMF (World Meeting of Families) http://www.wmf2006.org The World Meetings of Families are an catholic initiative of John Paul II who, from 1994 onwards, convoked and presided over the first four. Will be celebrated in Valencia from 1 to 7 July. The Pope will be in Valencia on 8 and 9 July when he will be celebrating the concluding Mass. In order to celebrate this event, a bridge has been closed and over it has been built a platform and a small tower. You can see it in this panorama, that was shoot exactly when sun was behind the tower as you can see zooming it. About City of Arts and Sciences. http://www.cac.es A commitment made by the Generalitat Valenciana to culture in its broadest sense, along with science, technology and nature. You can see in this panorama from the left to the right the Prince Felipe Science Museum, L´Hemisfèric (IMAX) and The Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía (an opera, dance and theatre auditorium), all of them works of Valencian architect Santiago Calatrava. About Lucas Karrvaz sculptures. http://www.karrvaz.com/page6.html Ten sculptures made with recycled iron that show a small gallery of this inspired author. Jardines del río Turia [spanish]
Shortcut to this page: http://worldwidepanorama.org/wwp_rss/go/n2357
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