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Architecture
Standing tall
The Spanish city’s first residential high-rise signalled that Valencia was on the up. Six decades later, it remains a status symbol.
Urbanism
Start the dance
Dance hall La Paloma thrived for more than a century until a barrage of noise complaints closed its doors. Now, soundproofed and reimagined, the party is back.
Politics
Raising the dead
Years of silence have almost erased Spain’s civil war and General Franco’s atrocities from the collective consciousness but now the country is ready to speak out.
