Valencia Fallas 2007

18th March 2007 to 19th March 2007

We attended the last 2 days and nights of the Valencia Fallas Festival, courtesy of our neighbours who invited us to stay in their "second home", an apartment in the Valencia district of Nou Campanar, not far from the city centre and close to the old Turia river bed which has now been dry for about 50 years following changes made after the great flood of the 1950's. Firework displays went on around the clock, with each district having its own display every day. These have to be seen AND HEARD, the noise at the end rising to a deafening crescendo as all the largest fireworks are set off almost simultaneously. There will then be huge cheers followed by a brief silence before the next district starts up. On the final night all the statues, both large and small, are set alight by exploding fireworks. Prior to this processions have been taking place around the city with the participants delivering flowers to a central point where they are carefully placed on a huge framework several stories high to make a colourful monument.

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