CIUDAD DE LAS ARTES Y LAS CIENCIAS 🌞🐬 I OCEANOGRAFIC I VALENCIA I 🇪🇸
Welcome to the City of Arts and Sciences! Valencia is home to the City of Arts and Sciences, one of the most modern and renowned landmarks in the city, a space filled with striking architecture. This avant-garde complex has been controversial due to its high price and structural issues with some of its buildings. The City of Arts and Sciences was inaugurated in 1998 and has since become one of Valencia’s most iconic landmarks. The complex occupies an area of 350,000 m². This space is filled with striking architecture, the work of architects Santiago Calatrava and Félix Candela, and is divided into six areas. The CaixaForum Valencia, also known as Ágora, is the latest major addition to the complex , inaugurated in 2022, although Calatrava’s structure dates back to 2009. It is a cultural center that hosts sporting events, fairs, and temporary art and science exhibitions. The building is covered in blue mosaic trencadíz. The Príncipe Felipe Science Museum is one of the most striking buildings in the complex. Its shape resembles the skeleton of a large dinosaur, and inside it is full of interactive exhibits on science, technology, and the human body. It’s a place designed for learning, but in a very entertaining way. It’s ideal for families . The building was inaugurated in 2000 with a steel, glass, and concrete structure and has three floors of exhibitions. Admission costs 9.40 euros per person. Right next to the Museum is the Hemisféric, the first building to open in the complex in 1998. It is shaped like a human eye and represents the vision of science and knowledge. Inside, it functions as a cinema with a large circular screen where documentaries on nature and astronomy, as well as films in IMAX and 3D formats, are shown. This is the largest screening room in Spain. It’s a very different experience from a normal movie theater, and admission costs €8.90 per person. We’re standing in front of the Reina Sofía Palace of the Arts, Valencia’s opera house and a center for musical culture, inaugurated in 2005. Its shape resembles a spaceship or a large ship stranded on the banks of the Turia River. The building is gigantic, rising to a height of about 75 meters, making it one of the tallest opera houses in the world. The materials used are the same as always: white concrete and trencadíz ( a type of tiled roof) . The palace isn’t just a single hall; it has four spaces, each with a different function. The main hall, where major operas are screened, has a capacity for more than 1,400 people. Then there’s the auditorium, the largest for symphony concerts and shows, the master classroom, and the Martín y Soler Theater, used for smaller events or chamber music. Like the Hemisféric, the Palace floats on the water. Calatrava did this to make the building appear even lighter and more magnificent. The Umbracle is a large landscaped promenade overlooking the entire City of Arts and Sciences. It has a large roof with more than 100 metal arches, approximately 320 meters long. During the summer, at night, this space is transformed into one of Valencia’s most famous terraces. The promenade opened to the public in 2001. The Oceanográfic is the largest aquarium in Europe. Most of the building’s design is by Félix Candela. And those white, undulating concrete roofs that appear to float on water are his signature. The complex covers 110,000 square meters and houses 45,000 animals of approximately 500 different species. Most impressively, it uses more than 42 million liters of water. Admission today costs €35.90 per person. The place is immense, and there are many unique areas and species to highlight. Aquariums display more than 7,400 typical marine fish and invertebrates. Rays, crustaceans, jellyfish, seahorses and dragons, flamingos and other birds, and much more. Here are several images of these animals. The Oceanographic Museum is internationally accredited for its conservation work. They work hard to protect marine species like turtles. They also have breeding programs for many species, such as penguins. What can’t you miss at this aquarium? Inside the aviary, we can see these exotic birds in a wetland ecosystem. The Roseate Spoonbill, identifiable by its flattened, spoon-shaped beak, and the Scarlet Ibis, striking for its bright red color. The Temperate and Tropical Tunnel, 35 m long, represents an underwater journey from the Atlantic to the Caribbean, where we can see reef and temperate fish. The Ocean Tunnel, also called the Shark Tunnel, is a 70 m long underwater tunnel, and as you walk through it, sharks, rays, and other fish swim right above you. This aquarium houses more than 20 species of sharks. There are also penguins in the Antarctic area, where several species of penguins live. The center is very successful breeding these species, especially the Johnny penguin, which has a white spot on its head and orange beak and feet. These penguins are true swimmers and inspire a lot of affection among adults and children. The area where the penguins are kept simulates a rocky cliff, and the submerged part allows us to see them swim with incredible agility, contrasting with their clumsy movements on land. In the Arctic area, you can see the impressive belugas, 4 meters long and weighing 500 kg. The Oceanográfic is the only center in all of Europe where you can see them. These animals have loose neck vertebrae, which gives them great head mobility. They can literally turn their necks and gesticulate, making them more expressive. Other species featured in the aquarium’s exhibits include the sea lion, known for its agility and speed when swimming. The sea lions are housed in the island habitat, in a facility that allows visitors to observe their behavior both in and out of the water. The dolphinarium is the largest in Europe, with pools reaching depths of 10.5 meters, and dolphin shows are held every hour. The five pools have a capacity of more than 24 million liters of water. Here, the bottlenose dolphin is the star, and bioeducational presentations are given that teach us about the intelligence of these mammals, their abilities, and the importance of their conservation, highlighting the work in research, reproduction, and medical care. These pools are also used for entertainment purposes, as we can see. Let’s listen to how they breathe. If you liked this video, don’t forget to subscribe and give it a like. See you next time. Cheers!
Hola a todos! Hoy les comparto qué ver en las Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias en Valencia, España. Además visitamos por dentro el OCEANOGRAFIC, el acuario más grande de Europa.
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CAPÍTULOS:
00:00 | Intro
00:13 | Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias
01:00 | CaixaForum Valencia / Ágora
01:26 | Museo de las Ciencias Principe Felipe
02:03 | Hemisféric
02:44 | Palacio de las Artes Reina Sofia
03:57 | Umbracle Terraza
04:20 | Oceanográfic Valencia
08:23 | Aviario
09:05 | Túnel de Templados y Tropicales
09:55 | Túnel de los Océanos (de Tiburones)
11:40 | Pinguinos
13:31 | Belugas
14:18 | León Marino
15:03 | Delfinario
17:58 | Suscribite!
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