City of Arts and Sciences
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Description
Calatrava and Candela designed this futuristic complex along the old riverbed.
Audio guide
You are standing before the City of Arts and Sciences. On the old Turia riverbed, Santiago Calatrava imagined a white ensemble that seems to float on water. To your left, the Hemisfèric, shaped like a giant eye, holds an IMAX cinema and a planetarium. Next to it, the Science Museum resembles a whale skeleton. In the distance, Félix Candela's Oceanogràfic, Europe's largest aquarium. Separating it all, the shallow pools that mirror every dome and every arch. Come at sunset: the sky turns pink and the buildings seem to escape toward the sea.