Comunidad Valenciana

Las Fallas (UNESCO, 2016), paella, the Water Tribunal

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La Comunidad Valenciana está en el este de España, junto al Mediterráneo, y su capital es Valencia. Allí nació la , que antes era una comida de campesinos. En marzo la ciudad celebra las : durante semanas los vecinos preparan figuras gigantes de cartón y madera, y la noche del 19 de marzo las en la calle.

The Valencian Community is in the east of Spain, beside the Mediterranean, and its capital is Valencia. Paella was born there, and it used to be a farmers’ meal. In March the city celebrates the Fallas: for weeks residents prepare giant figures of cardboard and wood, and on the night of 19 March they burn them in the street.

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¿Qué quieres ver, probar o preguntar a la gente de Comunidad Valenciana? Escribe cinco frases.

What do you want to see, try or ask the locals in Comunidad Valenciana? Five sentences.