Once if you're alive blink once if you're alive
You
Children chase pigeons busy commuters path through without a glance
While folk with more time linger over a drink on one of the broad cafe terraces after dark street performers emerge
And the plaza smooth marble is a favorite for skateboarders and rollerbladers
The reclining figure in the gushing fountain represents the real Tura
Retaining its dignity despite the pigeon shit spattered all over his handsome form the eight maidens with their overflowing pot
Symbolized the main irrigation canals flowing from the river
Music
The Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of the assumption of our Lady of Valencia
Wow, okay, St. Mary's Cathedral or Valencia Cathedral as it's regularly called was consecrated in
1238 by the first Bishop of Valencia and built over the site of the former vizgothic
Cathedral which under the Moors had been turned into a mosque gothic architecture in its Catalan or Mediterranean version is the
Predominant style of this Cathedral although it also contains romanistic French Gothic
Renaissance broke and neoclassical elements, and if you're fit enough you could climb the
207 stairs of the Micolette or
Micolette Bell Tower for sweeping breathtaking views of the city
Music
You guys waited here you coming in
Valencia's romanesque
Gothic Baroque Renaissance Cathedral is a compendium of centuries of
architectural history and home to the Capilla del Santo Calis a
Chapel said to contain the holy grail
You know the chalice Christ supposedly used during the Last Supper
Yeah, that holy grail
Music
The city of arts and sciences is an ensemble of five areas in the dry riverbed of the now diverted
River Tura in Valencia Spain designed by architect San Diego Calatrava
Starting with the Opera House and Performing Arts Center El Palo de la Art Serena Sofia the Queen Sofia Palace of the Arts
was opened on the 8th of October 2005 and rises 14 stories above ground and includes three stories below ground
It's 75 meters high making it the tallest opera house in the world and under the expansive carved roof structure
280 meters in length contains four auditoriums
Music
Next is the iMac Cinema planetarium and laser reum
Lemosphetic the building is meant to resemble a giant eye is also known as the planetarium or the eye of knowledge
It's design resembles an eyelid that opens to access the surrounding water pool. The bottom of the pool is glass
Creating the illusion of an eye as a whole and right beside that is El Museo de la Sianca's
Prince Philip Philip's Science Museum is an important visitor attraction and interactive museum of science that resembles a skeleton of a whale
Up next is La Gora
La Gora is a space designed to hold a variety of events such as concerts, performances, exhibitions, conventions, staging of Congress, and international sports meetings
Music
Across from all the crazy looking buildings is the Lembraco, a walkway slash garden with plant species indigenous to Valencia
and in its interior the walk of the sculptures and outdoor art gallery
Music
When we come back we'll visit the final building in the city of science, Lotional Graphic
Music
