alicante and san vicente. the city of alicante, located right on the heart of the mediterranean...
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ALICANTE It is the capital of a rapid commercial and industrial development province, conference seat,tourist, university city.TRANSCRIPT
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ALICANTE and San Vicente
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The city of Alicante, located right on the
heart of the Mediterranean coast, is one of the favourite spanish destinations.
Esplanade of Spain
Esplanade of Spain
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ALICANTE• It is the capital of a rapid commercial and
industrial development province, conference seat,tourist, university city.
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SAINT BARBARA’S CASTLE
• It’s situated on the top of Benacantil Mountain. The fortress was built during the Arab period because of its strategic and defensive advantages.
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SAINT BARBARA’S CASTLE
This monument has been a witness to all the happenings of the city.
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SAINT NICHOLAS CONCATHEDRAL
• It is one of the most symbolic buildings of the old part of the town. This Herrerian cathedral from the Spanish renaissance has a Latin cross ground plan with short arms and connected chapels on the sides
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SAINT NICHOLAS CONCATHEDRAL
• Once you are in you will see the great cloister from the 15th centurywith two baroque portals, the altar, the 18th century Chapel of Communion.
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PROVINCIAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM (MARQ)
• The best place to enjoy the history of Alicantefrom a global point of view.
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PROVINCIAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM (MARQ)
• This museum has a collection from all the civilizations that lived in Alicante from
Palaeolithic until Modern History.
• The collection has a total of 81,000 items
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POSTIGUET BEACH
• One of the beaches preferred by tourists is located in the heart of the city at the foot of Benacantil’s mountain and Saint Barbara’s Castle
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POSTIGUET
• There is always someone walking through that wonderful promenade with marvellous view points of the bay of fi ne golden sand beach.
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SAN JUAN BONFIRES
• Festival of the city, declared of International Tourist Interest.
• They are planted in the city more than two hundred monuments (bonfires) mach themed satire.
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SAN JUAN BONFIRES
• They will burn on June 24 in the biggest night of the "cream" accompanied by the popular "Banya" (washed) carried out by firefighters to extinguish the fires.
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Sant Vicent del Raspeig
• Our city, San Vicente del raspeig was built in the middle of the 18th century. It atained his municipal autonomy in 1836, becoming free from Alicante.
• The municipality of San Vicente del Raspeig, located in the region of Alacanti,
7 kilometres far from Alicante, the provincial capital.
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Sant Vicent del Raspeig
• The main festivals
celebrated in the city are the Patron Saints and Moors and Christians.
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MOORS AND CHRISTIANS
• The Patron Saints and Moors and Christians will celebrate Easter next week to coincide with the feast of St. Vincent Ferrer.
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MOORS AND CHRISTIANS
• Among the acts that are carried out must be stressed Inpucts undoubtedly spectacular Moors and Christians which involved more than 6000 people between festive, boatos components, ballets and musicians.
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MOORS AND CHRISTIANS
• Among the acts of the Moors and Christians we must highlight the different embassies that
are staged in the castle installed in the plaza of Spain .