In this episode of Explore Valencia, we travel to Sagunto—a town perched between past and present on Spain’s Mediterranean coast.
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00:00For this strategic point of Valencia have passed Iberos, Cartagineses, Romanos...
00:10All these civilizations were not mistaken. Sagunto is unique.
00:15Let us know why this destination is extraordinary.
00:23Sagunto is located in the Valencia community,
00:25from the island of the Mediterranean Sea,
00:27and a half an hour in the efervescente city of Valencia.
00:31The casco antiguo of Sagunto transports through the centuries,
00:35following the imprint of the different civilizations.
00:39The Iberos were the first to sit in this beautiful cerro,
00:43dominating the impotent views.
00:46What happened?
00:48The views?
00:49The views control the four points cardinales.
00:52From here.
00:53The situation estratégically is incredible.
00:56All the peoples were leaving here.
00:59Today it is a fortaleza andalusí of the XI,
01:02but it still conserva murallas of several times,
01:04with many battles to tell.
01:07The most important and the first one here
01:09was the siege of Sagunto
01:11by the general Cartagines, Aníbal.
01:14Sagunto was a city of Rome,
01:15and attacked us directly at Rome.
01:19Then they came to Rome.
01:20Then they came to Rome.
01:21Then they came to Rome.
01:22Then they came to Rome,
01:23they took the city,
01:24they built a series of infrastructures
01:25like the city of Rome.
01:27And one of them is the Roman theater.
01:28It's the only Roman theater
01:30of the Valencians.
01:31And it has a capacity
01:32of 4.000 spectators.
01:34Now we are living here in the Judería de Sagunto.
01:39It's one of the most important in Spain
01:41in terms of the tracks of the streets
01:43where we are walking.
01:45It's where the Jews lived here
01:47for about 500 years ago.
01:49In these narrow streets,
01:51within and out of the walls,
01:52there were Jews,
01:54Muslims and Christians.
01:56Today this rich heritage cultural
01:59is still alive in the spirit
02:00of this vibrant city Mediterranean.
02:04And even other treasures,
02:05a Roman castle intact,
02:08discovered during the excavation
02:10of a building.
02:12They say that all the way
02:13leads to Rome.
02:14Let's see where this Roman castle
02:16is the Roman castle.
02:18We are now in a torrent
02:20of the costera
02:21from the 16th century.
02:22The piratería
02:23in the Mediterranean
02:24is a very frequent thing
02:25in that time.
02:26And it is part of
02:27the defensive battery
02:29of the Mediterranean coast.
02:31Their connection with the sea
02:32is narrow.
02:33This area of Graubel
02:35was its first commercial
02:36in the VIII a.C.
02:39And this relationship
02:40is hard.
02:41Its 13 kilometers
02:42of beaches
02:43with the certificate
02:44of blue blue
02:45are an authentic
02:46luxury Mediterranean.
02:47Like also
02:49its gastronomia.
02:50If you visit
02:51the coast of Valencia
02:52you can't miss
02:53a good arroz marinero.
02:55Today they are preparing
02:57a black arroz.
02:58What is the secret
02:59of this arroz?
03:00The secret
03:01of this arroz
03:02is the color
03:03of the arroz
03:04that is the tint
03:05of the sepia.
03:06Also the taste
03:07that is spectacular.
03:08The smell
03:10of the hay
03:11from Alana.
03:12It's been a while to
03:13come and see.
03:14It is a good
03:15store,
03:16too.
03:17It's me,
03:18I mean,
03:19I mean,
03:20let's see.
03:21after the
03:21I eat
03:23a little bit of
03:24a fiance,
03:25Gracias.
03:26What?
03:27What do we do?
03:28The Valenciano, the Valenciano.
03:30We must have tried it.
03:33Very good.
03:38However, a body asks you a little bit of a siesta,
03:40we cannot go without exploring this amazing humidity.
03:44This natural reserve is refuge for hundreds of aves.
03:48This is the way they are going to make the migratory route
03:51between Europe and Africa.
03:53It's a very small, but I think it's a very high biodiversity.
03:57It's about 250 species of aves.
04:00Some of them are very singular, in danger of extinction,
04:03and they find here a place to criar or to pass the invernment.
04:06This humedal is a protected zone and is part of the Natura 2000,
04:10a European network network for conservation of the biodiversity.
04:14It has eight observatories,
04:15almost all of them with panels,
04:17with illustrations of the species of aves that you can find.
04:20Here comes the birds of all over the world.
04:23It's ideal for the ornitol tourism,
04:26because in a very reduced space,
04:28we find a high density of species,
04:30so it's a place that has a very important demand,
04:33not only at the national level, but also at the european.
04:37Look, a cat colorado!
04:39Jajajaja
04:45A city alive,
04:46where even the stones seem to have their own life.
04:48Its historical and cultural history
04:50and its Mediterranean life
04:52captivate all those who visit this cruce of civilizations.
04:56Jajajaja
04:58What is a beautiful place on us?
05:00In the near future
05:02How do we study the birds of civilization?
05:03The world is designed,
05:04the the houses of civilization
05:05and the animals of the giant project.
05:06They're designed,
05:07and they've been experienced.
05:08They're designed,
05:09they've been trained in the wild.
05:10We are a big,
05:11the animals of the enterprise world.
05:13The life of civilization
05:15that they feel like an alien to the world.
05:17The people of civilization
05:18who think about it
05:19is really unique.
05:21The people of civilization
05:22that have nascent