Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències
Cities glow with more than you expect here. The Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències—the City of Arts and Sciences—opens with a sense of future and water, designed by Santiago Calatrava (alongside Félix Candela) and completed from 1998 onward. The complex sits at the southeast end of the Turia riverbed, the channel drained after a 1957 flood and turned into a sunken park, a quietly dramatic contrast to the glass and concrete ahead. The complex began construction in 1996 and officially opened on 16 April 1998 with L’Hemisfèric—the eye-shaped centerpiece that’s both an IMAX cinema and planetarium. L’Hemisfèric measures about 110 meters long by 55.5 meters wide, with a glass pool beneath that creates the eyelid illusion as the roof opens. The project’s original budget was €300 million in 1991, but the build expanded with additional structures added to the plan. …
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