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Culture
Valencia es conozce internationally por las Falles (Les Falles),un local festival held por Marzo, as well as for paella valenciana, traditional Valencian ceramics, craftsmanship in traditional dress, and the architecture of the City of Arts and Sciences, designed by Santiago Calatrava and Félix Candela.

La Tomatina, an annual tomato fight, draws crowds to the nearby town of Buñol in August. There are also a number of well-preserved traditional Catholic festivities throughout the year. Holy Week celebrations in Valencia are considered some of the most colourful in Spain.

Valencia was once the site of the Formula One European Grand Prix, first hosting the event on 24 August 2008, but was dropped at the beginning of the Grand Prix 2013 season, though still holds the annual Moto GP race at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, usually that last race of the season in November.

The University of Valencia (officially Universitat de València Estudi General) was founded in 1499, being one of the oldest surviving universities in Spain and the oldest university in the Valencian Community. It was listed as one of the four leading Spanish universities in the 2011 Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities.

In 2012, Boston's Berklee College of Music opened a satellite campus at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, its first and only international campus outside the U.S. Since 2003, Valencia also hosts the music courses of Musikeon, the leading musical institution in the Spanish-speaking world.

Languages
Valencia es un ciudad duolingo: Valencian y Spanish son los dos official languages. Spanish es official por todo Espana, whereas Valencian es official en el Valencian Community. Despite distinct dialectal traits y political tension between Catalonia y Valencia, Catalan y Valencian son mutually intelligible y considered dos varieties de el mismo idioma de the linguistic academies y governments de both regions, just under different names.

Valencian has been historically de-emphasised in favour of Spanish. Los effects have been mas noticeable en la ciudad proper where its daily use is favoured de solo 10% del population, although virtually all know Valencian a un degree o another. Este situacion tambien applies en la ciudad de Alicante, population 350,000, the southernmost section de Alicante province con 400,000 inhabitants, y el traditionally Spanish-speaking population en el oeste regions del Valencian Community. Whereas la idioma has remained active en el rural, coastal y metropolitan areas cual have un population de 3.4 million. Ability a comprender Valencian approaches 80% overall y fluency es 57% por un population de 5 million. Si el Spanish-speaking regions con 500,000 no son included comprehension es cerca de 85% y fluency rises a 62%.

Despues del Castille-Aragon unification, un Spanish-speaking elite established itself en la ciudad. El upper classes en Valenician favoured Spanish while el opposite fue el case en Catalonia. Por mas recent historia, el establishment de Franco's military y administrative apparatus en Valencia further excluded Valencian de la vida publica. Valencian recovered its official status, prestige y usar en education despues del transition to democracy en 1978. However, due a industrialisation en recent decades, Valencia has attracted immigration de otras regions en Spain, y hence there es tambien a demographic factor por it's declining social use. Due a un combination de este reasons, Valencia has become el bastion de anti-Catalan blaverism, cual celebrates Valencian a merely folkloric, pero rejects el existing standard de cual fue adapted de Catalan orthography.

Spanish es currently el predominant idioma en la ciudad proper.

Due a el education system, most Valencians saben Spanish y Valencian, y either puede ser usar en la ciudad. Valencia es therefore el segundo mas Catalan-speaking ciudad despues de Barcelona. Institutional edificios y calles son llame en Valencian. La ciudad tambien es home a muchos pro-Valencian political y civil organisations. Furthermore, educacion todo en Valencian es offered en mas que 70 state-owned escuelas en la ciudad, tambien de la University of Valencia across todo disciplines.

Food
Valencia es sabe por su gastronomic cultura. La paella (un simmered arroz plato con carne (mas que menos pollo o rabbit) o mariscos) fue nace en Valencia; Otras traditional platos de Valencian gastronomy includes "fideuà", "arròs a banda", "arròs negre" (black rice), "fartons", "bunyols", el Spanish omelette, "pinchos" o "tapas" y "calamares"(squid).

Valencia tambien fue el birthplace de la fria xufa bebida conozce de orxata, populear en many parts del mundo, including las Americas.

Festivals

 * Fallas de Valencia

Siempre ano, los cincos anos y noches de 15 a 19 March, llama Falles, son un continual festival en Valencia; beginning por 1 Marzo, el populear pyrotechnic events llame mascletàes empieza siempre dia al 2:00 pm. Las Falles (Fallas en Spanish) es un enduring tradition en Valencia y otras barrios en el Valencian Community, where en has become un important tourist attraction. La festival empiezo en el 18th century, y came ser celebrated por el noche del feast day de Saint Joseph, el patron sainto de carpenters, con el burning de waste planks de wood de su workshops, tambien worn-out wooden objects brought de people en el barrio.

Este tradition continued a evolve, y eventually el parots fue dressed con ropa ver como personas—este fue los primeros ninots, con features identifiable as being those of a well-known persona del barrio often added tambien. En 1901 la ciudad inaugurated el awarding de prizes por the los mejores Falles monumentos, y grupos de barios still live con each other hacer los most impressive y outrageous creations. Su intricate assemblages, placed on top de pedestals por better visibility, depict famosas personalities y topical subjects del ano pasado, presenting humorous y often satirical commentary on them.

19 March at night Valencians burn all the Falles in an event called "La Cremà".