City of the Arts and the Sciences

By Islena Ferreira

The city of arts and sciences is placed in Valencia, Spain. It is situated at the end of the river ''Turia'', which was drained and rerouted after a catastrophic flood in 1957. The old riverbed was turned into a picturesque sunken park. The project was designed by Santiago Caladrava and Felix Candela with the engineers Alberto domingo and Carlos Lázaro. They are authors of the structural design of the roofs of ''L'oceanografic'', opened in 16th April 1998 with the opening of ''El Hemisférico''.The big last component of the city of arts and science is the ''Ágora''' situated between the shuttle of ''L'assut de l'or'' and ''L'oceanografic''. Now this construction is being finished.
CONTENTS:

• ''L'Hemisfèric: With the shape of an eye. Screening Room IMAX film, planetarium and laser. It has very big dimension.
  
• The museum of science ''Príncipe Felipe'': It is an interactive museum of science with a shape similar to a dinosaur skeleton.
  
• ''L'Umbracle'': Is a stroll though gardens with vegatables species by '' la comunidad valenciana''.
  
• ''L'Oceanográfico'': Is the largest acuarium of Europe.
  

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• ''Palacio de la artes Reina Sofía'': With four big rooms; pricipal room, magistral room (luxorius room), amphitheater and teatre of camera.

• ''El puente de l'Ossut D'Or'': comunicate the south road with the street Menorca, whose pylon of 125 meters tall, is the highest point of the city.
  

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• The ''Ágora'': Covered place, itself comemorates concerts and some sporting events.
  Beginning of building

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• In May 1991, the ''Consell'' approved the session of land, four months before, the project designed by Santiago Caladrava was presented and, at the end of that year, the construction was permitted. The constructions started at the end of 1994.