It is 56 years since the great floods that inundated Valencia and irrevocably changed the city, starting it on the road to what it is today of course. A friend of mine, Caroline Angus Baker, has written an extensive overview of what happened on that fateful day and the aftermath. You can see the article
here
. Take a look as it is absolutely essential in order to understand how natural phenomena can shape the destiny of a city and its inhabitants. It also has some superb images of old Valencia for you to look at. For those of you who have visited the city see if you recognise anything.
