Video: City of Arts and Sciences - a masterpiece of modern architecture (Valencia, Spain)
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
City of Arts and Sciences - real pearl of Valencia … It was built by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava in 1996 and remains an unsurpassed example of hi-tech architecture to this day.
This architectural wonder was built on the old bed of the Turia River, halfway between the historic city of Valencia and the coastal region of Nazareth. The area of the city of Arts and Sciences is 350,000 square meters. meters.
In 1957, the inhabitants of Valencia suffered from a natural disaster - a powerful flood, after which the riverbed was changed and began to run along the canal south of the city. Over the years, the idea arose to create a unique architectural complex for recreation and entertainment. Today it is a very picturesque area surrounded by numerous streams and reservoirs. Valencia attracts a large number of tourists who are attracted by the comfort of the City of Arts and Sciences. According to the plan of the architect Santiago Calatrava, the first to open a unique planetarium for visitors, which with its appearance resembles a giant eye. Under the half-covered "eyelid" there is a pool with unusually clear water. The illusion is complemented by a glass bottom of the pool.
On the Kulturologiya.ru website, we have already talked about other architectural masterpieces: about an amazing building with a musical facade in Dresden, about a porcelain palace in China, and even about an abandoned Victorian-style house made of LEGO bricks!
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