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The following is just a brief Valencia guide for groups or companies thinking of holding an event here in Spain
Valencia is a welcoming, cosmopolitan city in which, on a casual stroll through the area of the Cathedral and the exchange building, it is easy to find historic buildings and fantastic conference venues alongside contemporary designs.
Outside the city walls, the urban layout includes two post-modern spaces, the Palacio de la Música y de Congresos music and conventions centre, situated in the Turia gardens, and the futuristic Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, an arts and science complex designed by Santiago Calatrava and Félix Candela and built on the city's green area, in the former bed of the river Turia.
By way of contrast, Valencia also boasts a medieval quarter, namely the district of El Carmen, which, significantly, has been chosen by the citizens and visitors of all ages as the focal point for the city's cultural life and leisure of the most progressive variety. Its streets now blend new art forms and alternative lifestyles with the peaceful existence of their long-established residents, who do their shopping at the central market, housed in an art nouveau building of iron, marble and glass. Not too far away from here are several of the city's most interesting places. These include the Torres de Quart gardens, which, like the old ramparts, date to the 15th century; the impressive Gothic exchange building, which has Unesco World Heritage status; the so-called Miguelete, the octagonal bell-tower that is one of the city's emblems; and the building that houses the Valencian Institute of Modern Art (IVAM)
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