The Gothic Catherdral in Valencia

There are few cities like Valencia that harmoniously combine the small piece that left over from larger piece of its farthest past, dating to the year 138 BC, with the most innovative and avant-garde buildings from the new millennium.

Valencia is a city with trade and culture, cinema, theatre, museums, magic, business. It is the centre of international and avant-garde design, and it is beome the one of the most active cities in Europe regarding fairs and conferences.

Valencia has historically of Spain’s Mediterranean harbour and also the  special charm of cities that are also a port on the coast. the Valencian coast uniquely attractive beacause you can find the fine sand and clean water, the very reat size of the sea and the closeness of the coastal mountains. The Gothic Catherdral in Valencia is the Valencia's largest church, and its Miguelete Tower is one of the emblems of the city.

The Valencia Cathedral was built on the site of a former mosque, and the construction began in the 13th century. However it continues underwent a series of minor changes until the 17th century. The building forms with various different architectural styles, although there is a clear predominance of the Gothic style. The Chapel of the Holy Grail highlights in the church’s interior by the former chapterhouse with the beautiful star motifs arched roof, an image of heaven with the 12 apostles and the act of crowning the Virgin Mary. The various objects on display include particularly the things that left from a past time of the Holy Grail, a drinking-cup from the 1st century AD which, tradition has it, Jesus used to institute the Holy Eucharist. The exterior of the Cathedral forms an amazingly beautiful Puerta del Palau door, the oldest in the church, in the Romanesque style with Mudejar elements; and the 15th century Door of the Apostles. 

You meets every Thursday at midday to the Tribunal de las Aguas (the Water Court). Formed by eight rural workers chosen every two years by the farmers who work Valencia fertile irrigated areas that institution was set up by King James I of Spain in the Middle Ages. The place is to administer justice in all matters to do with irrigation and the distribution of water from the Turia River, through a hearing conducted in the Valencian language, whose resolutions are final and binding. The Tribunal de las Aguas survives to this day as a model institution. It was awarded the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.