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View of the city council seat, nucleus of the city, and seat of the more representative civil buildings of Valencia, Spain.
At the left, you can see the city council, and in front of it, a seat where "mascletaes" are fired during fallas, the main festivity of Valencia.
Surrounding this seat, several small shops of flowers.
View of the city council, seat of the government of the city.
It is a construction of eclectic style, that lodges inside the "Municipal Historical Museum of Valencia" where are guarded the flag of Valencia, named "the Senyera", the "Banner of Reconquista", the sword of "Jaime I" and "The Book of the Furs" (the first law of the city).
Inside the city council, it's worth to see the marble stairs, the Dance hall and the Assembly hall.
View of the central tower of the city council, with the clock and the bell tower.
This clock marks the beginning of "mascletaes", at 14:00 o'clock every day from the 1st to the 19th of March, during fallas, the main festivity of Valencia, Spain.
Flowers sale in the city council seat of Valencia, Spain.
Another characteristic building in the city council seat of Valencia, Spain.
At the present time, it is owned by an important bank of the country, "La Caixa".
View of the post office building facade, in the seat of the city council of Valencia, Spain.
It is a building of classic cut, inaugurated in 1923, and restrored completely in 2004.
During this last reform, the spectacular show window of the cupola was recovered, and the imposing metallic tower that crowns the building was restituted. It had been removed in previous reforms.
Main entrance of the "post and telegraphs office" building of Valencia.
We recommended to enter the main lobby and to contemplate the show window that adorns the cupola of the building.
Again, detail of the main facade of the post office building of Valencia.
View of the metallic tower that crowns the post office building of Valencia.
During the integral rehabilitation of the building, in 2004, this tower was constructed and restituted.
It was present in the building when it was constructed in 1923, but it had disappeared in later reforms.
