{"id":75708,"date":"2022-02-28T08:35:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T07:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icac.cat\/?p=75708"},"modified":"2022-02-28T17:01:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T16:01:54","slug":"valencia-la-vella-valencia-an-unknown-visigoth-city-next-to-the-metro-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icac.cat\/en\/actualitat\/noticies\/2022\/valencia-la-vella-valencia-an-unknown-visigoth-city-next-to-the-metro-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Valencia \u00abla Vella\u00bb: an unknown Visigoth city next to the metro line of Valencia"},"content":{"rendered":"
Valencia \u00abla Vella\u00bb (Riba-roja de Turia): an unknown Visigoth city next to the metro line of Valencia.<\/h6>\n

Since 2016, the City Council of Riba-roja de Turia<\/a> (Valencia) promotes an archaeological research and heritage conservation and dissemination project developed by the Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology (ICAC)<\/strong>, with the support of the Valencia Provincial Council<\/a> and the Generalitat Valenciana<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ICAC project also foresees the opening to the public of a part of the archaeological site for guided visits<\/strong>. With this, Riba-roja de T\u00faria will be a benchmark of the Hispanic Visigothic past, taking into account that, in addition, it has been managing the well-known Pla de Nadal Palace<\/a> for many years, with its museum in the town’s medieval castle and, now, a Visigothic city of about 5 hectares in size and located 10 minutes’ walk from a metro stop, in the third-largest metropolitan area in Spain.<\/p>\n

Riba-roja de T\u00faria, a reference to the Hispanic\u00a0Visigotic past<\/h6>\n

On February 28, an institutional visit was made to the site of Valencia \u00abla Vella\u00bb, to see how the conditioning works for guided visits are progressing. ICAC director, Josep Maria Palet<\/strong><\/a>, together with ICAC researchers Josep Maria Macias<\/a> and\u00a0Albert Ribera<\/a>, have accompanied a delegation made up of the Autonomous Secretary of Tourism of the Generalitat Valenciana, Francesc Colomer<\/strong>; the mayor of Riba-roja de T\u00faria, Robert Raga<\/strong>; Tourism councilor of the City Council of Riba-roja de T\u00faria, Esther G\u00f3mez<\/strong>; and the municipal architect, Tirso \u00c1vila.<\/p>\n

Here you can see perfectly a resource and its evolution to transform it into a tourist product and connecting it with people\u201d, Francesc Colomer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Colomer<\/strong> highlighted the relevance of the site and that “the Visigothic culture can allow us to differentiate ourselves and specialize in a very interesting field of history”. He has also highlighted the important support of Tourism Comunitat Valenciana to the project.<\/p>\n

The responsible for Tourism explained that the archaeological site “is very close to Valencia, a key point of great reception for international tourists that should be taken advantage of” and that, as it is close to the metro station, “this adaptation to receive visitors places Riba-roja de T\u00faria as a landmark\u201d.<\/p>\n

The mayor of Riba-roja de T\u00faria, Robert Raga<\/strong>, highlighted that “in Riba-roja de T\u00faria we have large archaeological sites from the Visigothic era” and has pointed out that “this site is very emblematic and, thanks to the grant of more than 100,000 euros from Tourism Comunitat Valenciana to value it, now it will be more popular so that people can come to visit it\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Valencia \u00abla Vella\u00bb, an archaeological site to discover<\/h6>\n

The Visigothic site of Valencia “la Vella”<\/a> has been known since the 14th century and, partly due to its name, had been associated with the pre-Roman and Roman settlement Pallantia<\/em>. Archaeological excavations in the seventies of the last century, motivated by partial destruction of the site, showed a Late Antiquity chronology.<\/p>\n

From then on, Valencia “la Vella” was once again removed from all scientific interest for decades. Currently, it is still an unknown and nameless city. It is an archaeological site yet to be discovered, although archaeological excavations firmly confirm its value and cultural potential, and historical relevance. It is a Visigothic city built \u201csuddenly\u201d 16 km from Valentia, during the second half of the 6th century and dominating the Turia river waterway.<\/p>\n

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Valencia \u00abla Vella\u00bb is an ex novo<\/em> foundation that stands out for its walls that surround a river hill 20\/40 m high and that are reinforced by numerous towers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The ICAC posted online in open access a collection of eleven 3D models of the Valencia \u201cla Vella\u201d site<\/a> on the Sketchfab<\/strong> <\/a>platform:<\/p>\n

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