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Sightseeing around the city begins in the old quarter. Until the mid-nineteenth century, it was defended by a wall, the inner route of the number 5 bus. Still standing as proof are the graceful "Torres de Serranos", the spacious "Torres de Quart" and some remains of the apron wall in the basement of the Valencia institute of Modern Arts.
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The Market District took shape around the commercial life of the city's inhabitants. Accordingly, its two most emblematic buildings are used for trading purposes. The Gothic building of "La Lonja", declared by UNESCO as a heritage of humanity, features a beautiful columned room where the old tables on which trading transactions were finalised are still in use today. On the other side of the Turia's old river-bed lie the nursery gardens, along with the Fine Arts Museum and the modern part of the city. The futuristic face of the city is mirrored on the old river-bed through the Gulliver Children's park and the leisure and culture complex "Ciutat de les Arts i de les Ciencies". Life in the city spreads down to the seafront with the harbour and the beaches of "Las Arenas" and "La Malvarrosa".
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Valencia is the Host City of the 32nd America's Cup at 2007, the most famous boat race in the world.
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