This document provides information about three Spanish cities - Valencia, Ceuta, and Melilla. It summarizes their symbols, locations, climates, popular tourist attractions, cultural celebrations, and cuisines. Valencia is located on Spain's east coast and is famous for paella and Las Fallas festivals. Ceuta is an autonomous city in northern Africa near the Strait of Gibraltar, and its culture has Muslim influences. Melilla is also an autonomous city in northern Africa near the Mediterranean Sea.

1. VALENCIA
CEUTA
MELILLA
BY CARMEN SUÁREZ

2. VALENCIA

3. THESE ARE VALENCIA´S SIMBOLS
 Its flag Its shield

4. IT IS VERY FAMOUS VALENCIA´S BAT. THEY USE A
BAT AS A SYMBOL FOR THEIR TEAMS AND CULTURAL
ACTIVITIES.

5. VALENCIA IS LOCATED IN THE EAST COAST OF
SPAIN
 Valencia is divided into three provinces: Castellón,
Valencia and Alicante.

6. ITS CLIMATE IS A MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE, WHICH
MEANS THAT SUMMER IS HOT AND DRY AND WINTER
IS VERY WET AND RAINY.

7. PLACES TO VISIT

8. A building
dedicated to
scientific and
cultural
dissemination.
New ideas and
things that are
discovered are
showed here.

9. PALAU DE LES ARTS REINA
SOFÍA
The Palau
de les Arts
Reina Sofia
is the opera
house of
Valencia,
and home
for the
Orchestra
of Valencia.
It is part of
the City of
Arts and
Sciences

10. It is a UNESCO
World Heritage
Site. Its divided in
three parts:
-The Columnario
Hall where
commercial
transactions were
made.
-Downstairs,
where there is a
chapel dedicated
to the Immaculate
Conception.
-The two upper
floors, that were a
prison for robbers.
THE SILK MARKET

11. BELLAS ARTES MUSEUM
Bellas
Artes
Museum is
the best
museum in
Valencia
and one of
the most
important in
Spain.

12. A beautiful
Gothic
cathedral
builded in
1238. It is
builded in a
place
where
before thre
was a
chapel
dedicated
to Jupiter.
We can still
see some
columns of
tis chapel
SANTA MARÍA´S CATHEDRAL

13. PUERTA DE SERRANOS
La Puerta
de
Serranos,
is one of
the twelve
gates
guarding
the ancient
Christian
city walls of
Valencia. It
is Gothic,
from the
late
fourteenth
century

14. CULTURE

15. WHAT TO EAT
 Of all the dishes of Valencian cuisine, the most
famous internationally is paella, a dish of dry rice.
There are many recipes, but the key in the region
consists of rice, chicken and rabbit, green beans
and broad beans.

17. LAS FALLAS
 It is a party whose origins date
back to the burning of garbage
and useless things of the
woodwork , probably dating back
to the nineteenth century.
 The festival, which has gained
strength throughout the twentieth
century , became the simple
burning in a sort of performance ,
but with dolls made ​​by artisans.

18. JULY´S FAIR
 To encourage capital and attract outsiders ,
the City proposed to hold an annual fair. The
21 of July, 1871 was inaugurated the first Fair
with a colorful cavalcade , pavilions ,
exhibitions of plants and selling products in
general. There are also important bullfights,
concerts and many other activities, including
the Moors and Christians fight representation.

19. VALENCIA´S DAY
 It is celebrated to remember the
triumphal entry of King James I
in the city and it is celebrated
since the fourteenth century.
 The more important acts are
singing the " Te Deum " in the
Cathedral, a civic procession and
a tribute to King James I.
 In this celebration, someone give
to his or her beloved a typical
mocaorà, a figure of marzipan
shaped in fruits.
 There are also pyrotechnics at
nigth.

20. SPORTS
 Valencia´s got a football team in the first division. It
is called “Valencia fútbol club”
 It also got a basketball and a handball team that
play internationally.

21. CEUTA

22. THESE ARE CEUTA´S SYMBOLS
 The flag. The shield

23. CEUTA IS AN AUTONOMOUS CITY OF SPAIN,
LOCATED IN THE TINGITANA PENINSULA IN THE
AFRICAN SHORE OF THE STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR,

24.  The climate is Mediterranean, characterized by
fresh temperatures and irregular precipitations.

25. PLACES TO VISIT

26. HACHO MOUNT
A Natural
Reserve
where we can
find a very
peaceful
ecosystem.
People think
that Hercules
put here a
column to
show where
the Strait of
Gibraltar
ends .

27. VIRGIN ASSUMPTIONE CATHEDRAL
An emepereor
called
Justiniano
ordered to build
it as a tribute to
the Virgin of the
Assumptionhe.
It was built on a
mosque in the
time of Arab
domination

28. PARSLEY ISLAND
Parsley Island
is an
uninhabited
islet in
territorial
dispute
between
Spain and
Morocco. It is
very small, but
you can do
trekking and
scuba diving
here.

29. CULTURE

30. WHAT TO EAT
 This is called Zaaluk and is a very famous
musulman dish in Ceuta. It is based in a vegetables
and spices mixture spreaded over an eggplant.
 People who
live in Ceuta
eat a lot of
vegetables an
fish.

31. LIGHT DAY
 Hindus put lamps in the temples and on the doors
of the houses, because the light represents the
victory of truth over lies. At night there is a firework
show and people dance between little lamps in the
ground.

32. MELILLA

33. THESE ARE MELILLA´S SYMBOLS
 The flag The shield

34. MELILLA IS AN AUTONOMOUS CITY OF SPAIN,
LOCATED IN NORTHERN AFRICA, BORDERING THE
MEDITERRANEAN SEA

35. IT HAS GOT A MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE, WARM
AND WET, WITH WINDS OF WEST AND EAST, AND
ALSO FROM SAHARA.

36. PLACES TO VISIT

37. THE OLD CITY
It is
Melilla´s
oldest
part. It is
full of
churches
and
acient
houses.

38. OR ZARUHA
It is a
synagogue
located in
the Old
City. It was
builded in
1462 and it
is still in
use.

39. It is an
amount of
natural
caves
where the
citiciens
could hide
in a war.
Now it is
safer
because of
the
columns
they put to
avoid
rockfalls.

40. CULTURE

41. WHAT TO EAT
 This is a dish of rice, peas, pepper, squids and lots
of spicy chilli.

42.  It is celebrated the fifth day of August. They do a
procession with the Virgin from the South part to
the cathedral.
CELEBRATIONS:
AFRICAN VIRGIN DAY