Valencia has lots of History, thanks to the numerous types of cultures that have inhabited it over time.

HISTORY

Before the arrival of the Romans to Spain, Iberian people inhabited the territory of what is now Valencia. This early stratum was successively overlaid with Greeks, Romans, Visigoths and Muslims, the latter been the greater influence.

In the year 1021, Valencia with the entire coast became an independent kingdom. Under the famous "el Cid" (actually Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar), the Christians conquered the city for a short time in 1094. It came under moorish domination and was reconquered in the year 1238 under the Christian King Jacob the 1st.

Valencia is also famous for its FALLAS, from 13th to 19th of March, puppets are made from paper mache, wood and wax, which the Valencians, divided into different groups according to quarters or barrios and even streets, build in the streets and burn on the night of the feast of St. Joseph. These puppets, called "ninots" by the Valencians, allude to current events and personalities. The ninots, half satirical, half symbolical, are created in a style somewhere between comic strips and Walt Disney cartoons. The puppets, which represent a whole year's work for hundreds of people, are burnt on the night of March 19th in towering flames, and each bonfire is a temple devoted to this colossal festival of fire.