Placed in the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias (Arts and Sciences City) and designed by the architect Santiago Calatrava, the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía is an auditorium and one of the symbols of the new and monumental Valencia. From its inauguration, in October of 2005, this centre wants to become an avant-garde enclave for the scenic arts and to contribute to the diffusion of the culture and arts manifestations like music, dance or the theatre. With near of 40.000 square metres and 65 metres of height this building should be seen as a vast sculpture with great symbolic content: its nautical forms suggest its closeness to the sea and its setting in the former bed of the River Turia.  (More) ...