Valencia has two major festivals each year: Falles and the July Fair. We were lucky enough to arrive on the last day of Falles to experience only a few of the 130+, 20 meter high paper-mache sculptures that dot the city. At midnight each one is set alight by a string of fire crackers that burn them to the ground. Last year the largest one cost 600,000 Euro! Kids and adults set off loud firecrackers in the streets and the evening ends with lots of firework displays. There are several activities going on in between Falles and Easter that were interesting, but we were only able to visit the cathedral to see the huge offering of flowers in the square and attend the Easter parade. Different church brotherhoods act out different parts of the Easter story so the crowd can see the progression of events - fascinating! See the pictures here.
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