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Spain Bicycle Tour Adventure, Day 17
Pictures and Stories About Bicycle Adventures
Walk about the North Side, Green Belt, and Old City Wall and Gate of València; Visit Roman Artifacts in an Open Area on the Southwest Side of València; And Visit the Museu de Belles Arts de València;
Bus In/Out, Then Walk About; 17 May 2015
Walking Into València from the Northwest Side
Above Left: Sign on the West-Side Greenway.
Above Right: Street Murals on Quart Street (Calle Quart), they all have something to do with Trees.
We're walking along Calle Quart to the West-Side City Gate and Wall. The area is called 'Torres de Quart' (Towers of Quart Street).
Above Left: Quart Street Mural (and Terry).
Above Right: Cañete Strret Mural.
Torres de Quart, Northwest Side
Above: West-Side City Gate and Wall, the Torres de Quart (Towers of Quart Street, also known as the Court Gate).
Above Left: Torres de Quart.
Above Right: Gun Port (may have come after the invention of Rifles somewhere around the 10-1100s AD/CE).
Above Left: The Gateway Entrance.
Above Right: The Massive Gate and Access Limit Door.
Above: Plaques of honor (and later added gun ports).
Life Inside the City Wall
Above Left: València Street.
Above Right: People were carrying Heads around this area.
Above: Celebration Dance.
Above Left: Tile on a Church Side.
Above Right: Pedestrian Bridge over the Greenway (we're now walking northward outside the old city wall).
Above Left: It is a sign for a Travel Office (and my reflection, yellow shirt).
Above Right: Mural near the Museum.
Museu de Belles Arts de València
(Located on the Greenbelt, North-Side, Outside the City Wall)
Above Left: Museu de Belles Arts de València - About 70% of the Museum Art is Religious in Nature.
Walk Back Into València, by way of the Torres de Serrans
Above Left: Túria River Flood Plane - The bulk of the river is now diverted away from the city due to periodic Floods. The land is now used as a Greenway for Foot and Bicycle use.
Above Right: Jacaranda Tree in the Greenway.
Above Left: Apartment Entryway Tiles, Las Torres (the Towers).
Above Right: Hibiscus.
Torres de Serrans
(North Wall and Gate)
Above Left: Towers and Gate.
Above Right: Moat.
Above Left: Streets of València.
Above Right: Old Garrison (I think).
Old Roman Site, Southeast on the Old València City Wall
Above Left: The Roman Gateway still exists. I suspect that this was a Temple Area (Not Military nor for Living).
Above Right: Statue.
This Ends Our Wonderful Spanish Bicycle Tour Adventure.
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