Sagunto: A mediterranean crossroads of ancient Fortresses, blue flag beaches and bird sanctuaries

euronews (in English)

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

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