Tuesday, May 18, 2010

R is for river and riverbed

I was in Valencia last week and I was able to stroll here, which is actually a  riverbed...but it's dry. The reason why is explained below.



The Turia  is a Spanish river whose source is in the Teruel province. It runs through the Valencia province and discharges into the Mediterranean sea near the city of Valencia.After a catastrophic flood in 1957 which devastated the city of Valencia, the river was divided in two at the western city limits. The water has been diverted southwards along a new course that skirts the city, before meeting the Mediterranean. The old course of the river continues, dry, through the city centre, almost to the sea.

The old riverbed is now a verdant sunken park that allows cyclists and pedestrians to traverse much of the city without the use of roads. The park, called the 'Garden of the Turia' (Jardí del Túria/Jardín del Turia) boasts numerous ponds, paths, fountains, flowers, football pitches, cafés, artworks, climbing walls, an athletics track, a zen garden and more. The many bridges overhead carry traffic across the park
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22 comments:

  1. Great post for the day! Lovely photo of a beautiful place! Thanks for sharing! Hope you're enjoying a good week!

    Sylvia

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  2. Lovely walkway through the city center. I think I would like to take a stroll there myself.

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  3. How cool that they did this. It's a beautiful site. :) Looks like it makes for a wonderful walk :)

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  4. Fascinating - I love the idea of this project.

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  5. this is quite fascinating... but i like the idea

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  6. What a beautiful place, and a great photo. Good post for R day.

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  7. Greetings from Juneau, Alaska!
    This is a wonderful way to commemorate the original river. It also sounds like a wonderful place to visit.:)

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  8. This is a beautiful post. thanks for visiting my page.

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  9. Thank you for the informative post. Great place to take a walk. Happy Wednesday!

    ABC Wednesday

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  10. What an interesting post Mar and that looks like such a beautiful place to walk.

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  11. Clever bit of engineering. Lovely/ Good story.

    ROG, ABC Wednesday team

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  12. Very interesting post Mar, I would love an early morning walk there, sounds like a lovely place.

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  13. How brilliant! What a great way to keep the city safe and have a bit of fun at the same time. Another city to add to my list of 'where to go'.

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  14. That's interesting and the city looks so ultra modern or is that only a part of it ?

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  15. Out of tragedy comes something beautiful. What a lovely place to stroll and spend time. The architecture of the building on the left looks very interesting! Thank you for stopping by my place and leaving such a nice comment.

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  16. Interesting! I'm impressed they managed to divert a river so successfully, and the park is a great idea.

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  17. What a great idea! Would love to walk it one day.

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  18. Our ship sailed up the river into Valencia, the crew had a fantastic time and as your pictures show the scenery created there in the old river bed was amazing!

    http://www.gardenersreach.com/post/R-is-for-Roseate-Spoonbill.aspx

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  19. It must have quite a big job to move a river, but the result is beautiful! i recently saw some other images of the buildings there by a visitor to Valencia.

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  20. That's great that the city has made the old riverbed into a park. Someone was thinking creatively!

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  21. Hello ,
    bellissimo giardino dove passeggiare...
    happy day.

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  22. Wonderful choice of R-word! Interesting use of the aftermath of a disaster! Sparkling photo!
    Best wishes,
    Anna

    Anna's rudabagas

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