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Norman Foster’s Palacio
de Congresos
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Interior of Palacio de
Congresos
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Palau de la Música
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Interior of the Valencia
Institute of Modern
Art (IVAM)
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Alameda Bridge
ventilation and were also intended to represent the
various districts of the city. It was due to see its first kick-
off in the 2009-10 football season, but financial problems
mean that it’s now expected to open later this year.
Other notable contemporary buildings include
MUVIM (Museum of the Enlightenment and Modernity),
dedicated to the history of thought; IVAM, the city’s
Institute of Modern Art and one of the most important
in Spain; and – a pioneer of Valencia’s architectural
transformation – the glass-domed Palau de la Música
concert hall, famed for its acoustics, that was built in 1987
by José Maria Garcia de Paredes. There’s also Calatrava’s
bridge across the Turia, near the Alameda Metro Station
for which he was also responsible, as structurally
impressive as it is a curving artistic wonder.
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