Valencia is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 807,693 inhabitants (2023). It is the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area comprising the neighbouring municipalities has a population of around 1.6 million, constituting one of the major urban areas on the European side of the Mediterranean Sea. It is located on the banks of the Turia, on the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula at the Gulf of Valencia, north of the Albufera lagoon.
Nosaltres, els valencians, is a historical and political essay by the Valencian (Spain) author Joan Fuster, first published in 1962.
Tous is a municipality in the Valencian Community, in the province of Valencia. The town is notable for the dam failure which occurred on October 20, 1982, when an unusually severe rainfall swelled the river Jucar, breaking the Tous Dam. The dam operator was unable to open the spillway gate, and the water overtopped the dam, which then failed, provoking a flood of 16,000 m3/s and more than 30 casualties. The flood was called La Pantanada.
Valencia Basket Club S.A.D., commonly known as Valencia Basket, is a professional basketball team based in Valencia, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague, with home games played at the Font de Sant Lluís. The club is owned by retail tycoon Juan Roig.
Ignacio Pinazo Camarlench was a Spanish painter from Valencia. He was one of the most prominent Impressionist painters from late nineteenth century Spain.
Horta Nord is a comarca in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain.
Godello is a white variety of wine grape grown in northwestern Spain, in particular in Galicia. The Gouveio found in northern Portugal is thought to be the same grape variety.
Bétera is a municipality in the comarca of Camp de Túria in the Valencian Community, Spain. With 23.647 inhabitants, it is the second most populous town in the Camp de Túria shire, in the second zone of the Valencia metropolitan area.
Moncada is a municipality in the comarca of Horta Nord in the Valencian Community, Spain.
Náquera is a municipality in the region (comarca) of Camp de Túria in the Valencian Community, Spain; placed in the NE of the province of Valencia at a distance of 24 km from Valencia. The main church is Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación.
La Yesa is a small town and municipality in the comarca of Los Serranos in the Valencian Community, Spain. The name in Valencian is La Iessa, but the local language is Spanish, not Valencian.
Amaya Valdemoro Madariaga is a Spanish former basketball player. She won three Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) championship rings with the Houston Comets, one EuroLeague with Dorna Godella, as well as eight Spanish leagues and one Russian Premier League. She was the Russian League Player of the Year in 2006.
The 1991–92 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup was the 34th edition of the competition. It was won by Popular Basquet Godella, today known as Ciudad Ros Casares Valencia, beating Dynamo Kyiv in the final. Godella became the first Spanish team to win the competition.
Ros Casares Godella was a professional women's basketball team based in Godella, Spain. It played in the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto between 1996 and 2012, when it resigned to play in EuroLeague and Spanish League. It continued playing in Primera División Femenina, third tier of Spanish women's basketball, until 2014 when the club was integrated in Valencia Basket as its women's section.
Valencia Catholic University Saint Vincent Martyr is a private, catholic university, located in Valencia, Spain. It also campuses in Valencia, Godella, Burjassot, Torrent, Alzira and Xàtiva.
Valencian Gothic is an architectural style. It occurred under the Kingdom of Valencia between the 13th and 15th centuries, which places it at the end of the European Gothic period and at the beginning of the Renaissance. The term "Valencian Gothic" is confined to the Kingdom of Valencia and its area of influence, which has its own characteristics.
El ciego de la aldea(English: The Blind Man of the Village) is a Spanish short silent film directed by Ángel García Cardona. It was released in Spain in 1907, making it the first Spanish melodrama on film.
Mihajlo "Miki" Vuković was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach.
Benifaraig is a pedania of the city of Valencia (Spain), belonging to the district of Poblados del Norte. It is bordered on the west by Godella, on the east by Alfara del Patriarca, on the north by Moncada and on the south by Borbotó and Carpesa. Its census population in 2022 was 993 inhabitants. It was an independent municipality until 1900, when it became a pedania of the city of Valencia.
The 2022–23 LEB Plata season was the 23rd season of the Spanish basketball third league. It started on 7 October 2022 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 20 May 2023 with the promotion playoffs.
