Events planned for the celebration of Valencian Community Day will affect mobility in the city. In this regard, the Town Hall is launching a special traffic system, starting this evening Monday October 7on the occasion of the commemoration of October 9. These activities, which end on Wednesday, will cause traffic cuts and traffic disruptions in the city center and on the Monteolivete bridge.
So, for the Tuesday October 8 A fireworks display from the Hermanos Caballer pyrotechnics is planned at 11:59 p.m. on the Montolivet bridge. So, this Monday 7, from 10:00 p.m., the direction towards the Obrer Institute of Valencia will remain closed to traffic and, from this moment, parking will also be prohibited on both sides of Paseo de l’Albereda, from from the Regne bridge to the Place de l’Europe and from the Place de l’Europe to the Assut de l’Or bridge.
And furthermore, on both sides of Professor López Piñero, between Plaza de la Marató and the roundabout of Avenida de la Plata and Calle del Alcalde Reig. On the other hand, access to Valencia from the V-15 will be cut between 10:30 p.m. on the evening of the 8th and until 1:00 a.m. on the 9th.
Visit to the civic procession
The acts of Wednesday October 9 The scheduled events will begin at midday with the descent of the Senyera, the civic procession and the floral offering to Jaume I the Conqueror in the Parterre garden. The planned route will pass by the Plaza de l’Ajuntament, Calle Sant Vicent Màrtir, Plaza de la Reina and the Cathedral of Valencia, where a tedeum will take place.
At the end of the religious ceremony, the procession will continue through Plaza de la Almoina, Calle de la Barcella, Plaza de la Reina, Calle de la Pau and Plaza de Alfons el Magnànim until reaching the statue of Jaume I. Once the floral ceremony offering to the king, the Senyera will return through Calle del Pintor Sorolla, Calle de les Barques and, once again, to the Plaza de l’Ajuntament. La Senyera will be accompanied by the School of Tabal and Dolçaina Ruzafa-fa, the gala police on horseback and the city drummers. At the end of the Civic Procession, the pyrotechnics of the Turís will fire a mascletà in the Plaza de l’Ajuntament from 2:00 p.m. to 2:20 p.m.
Entrance of the Moors and Christians
On Wednesday, October 9 at 5 p.m., we celebrate the twentieth Entry of the Moors and Christians into the city of Valencia, which will take place from the Place de Tétuan and through Calle de la Pau, Poeta Querol, Barques, Place de l’Ajuntament and Marqués de Sotelo.
Previously, at 4:30 p.m., the Baixada de Glòria will take place, where the teams will follow the same route but in the opposite direction. Entrance is organized by the Valencian Federation of Moors and Christians.
October 9 protests
Likewise, on the afternoon of October 9, from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., demonstrations are planned, called by the Acció Cultural del País Valencià and by the Union Coordinator of Workers. The first will leave from Plaza de Sant Agustí and pass through Xàtiva, Colón, Cerdà de Tallada and Plaza de Alfons el Magnànim. The second will go from Plaza de Sant Agustí through Xàtiva, Colón, Porta de la Mar, Navarro Reverter and up to Plaza de Amèrica.
Conditions on EMT Valencia buses
THE Municipal Transport Company (EMT) has designed a special device for the celebration of October 9. For Wednesday, the main day of the festival, with the celebration of the main events such as the civic procession or the mascletà, lines 4, 9, 10, 16, 19, 24, 26, 28, 32, 60 are reinforced by 26% , 62, 70, 72 and 81. These are lines that come from different areas of the city and will arrive as close as possible to the center.
Likewise, the municipal company is increasing by 50% the usual service of night lines 4, 10, 16, 19, 28 and C3 this Tuesday 8 in the evening, so that all people can approach the area around the bridge without obstacles. Monteolivete and enjoy the fireworks.
It is recommended to consult all the deviations of the Valencia EMT bus lines planned for the day of October 9 on their channels: “Last Minute” section of the EMT website, the Application and social networks.
