00_INTRODUCTION

Valencia was founded by the romans in the 2nd century BC in a very fertile ground by the Turia river. During the last 2 milenias, the city has grown and transformed into a multi-cultural metropoli.

Lately it has been nouned as the European Design Capital and the European Green Capital due to its efforts in becoming a city that respects the people that live in it nowadays as well as its heritage, like the surrounding orchard or its many historic buildings and traditions.

In recent years the city has received some transformations that aim towards a carbon-newtral city that welcomes the pedestrians and works for all its inhabitants. Last year it was nouned the best city in the world to live in by InterNations, the biggest expats network.