We took an overnight train from Paris to Valencia to get here for an extended weekend holiday, and to see parts of Spain, here we have what we call "Calatrava World". This is a series of buildings done by architect Santiago Calatrava, who at the moment is pushing the limit of materials and engineering in architecture. It is an architects students mecca, the buildings are doing things that we only wish we could get away with in more projects. This complex consists of an Opera House, Planetarium, and a Science Museum. Out of the famous architects that MPLS has gotten over the past decade, Cesar Pelli, Herzog and De Meuron, Jean Nouvel, Calatrava has yet to design something. Milwaukee got him for their art museum, and after the 35W bridge collapsed, it was released that he had strong interest in the designing the new bridge, but it was instantly shot down for fears of cost over-runs and time it would take to construct.
We only stayed in Valencia for one day, and then it was time to head to Barcelona.
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