1700 TURIA GARDENS. I section
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The Turia Garden was conceived in 18 different sections. Some still need to be built.
Section I is between the 9 de Octubre bridge and the Rovella weir.
1700a TURIA GARDENS. I section
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The Turia Garden was conceived in 18 different sections. Some still need to be built.
Section I is between the 9 de Octubre bridge and the Rovella weir..
1700b TURIA GARDENS. II section
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After the flood of October 1957, in which there were more than 100 deaths, it was decided to divert the Turia river so that it would not pass through the center of the city, due to the numerous floods that had already occurred. The river diversion plan was called Plan Sur.
Section II has an area of 99,890 m2 and includes from the Rovella weir to the Campanar bridge.
After the approval of the project to divert the riverbed of the Turia, the delirium of the Francoist administration led to the idea of using the old riverbed for an industrial area, train stations and motorways.
Section III is dedicated to sports facilities, above all, and has an athletics track. This section runs from the Campanar bridge to the Glorias Valencianas bridge.
Sections IV and V have a total area of 142,500 m2 and include from the bridge of Las Glorias Valencianas to the bridge of San José.
Proposals for counter-planning, manifestos from professional associations and the procauce commission El llit és nostre i el volem verd (The riverbed is ours and we want it green), and also popular mobilizations, in the end they obtained the transfer to Valencia of the property of the old riverbed of the river, it was in 1976.
These sections IV and V are an urban forest park that brings together the main species of trees and shrubs in the Valencian Community. There are also sports facilities, highlighting a rugby field.
1700h TURIA GARDENS. VI section
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Section VI of the Jardín del Turia runs from the San José bridge to the Trinidad bridge and has an area of 129,320 m2.
In 1981, the first democratic city council contracted the Advancement of the Special Plan for the Interior Reform of Old bed of the Turia to Ricardo Bofill's architecture workshop.
1700i TURIA GARDENS. VI section
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In section VI the vegetation zone is combined with the sports zone; having five soccer fields, a baseball field and a skating rink.
Section VII of the Jardín del Turia runs from the Trinidad bridge to the Real bridge. In it there was a municipal nursery that became a garden in the years 2002-2003.
The final works on the bed, from Ricardo Bofill's architecture workshop, were exhibited at La Lonja in Valencia in 1982.
With the progress projected by the architecture workshop of Ricardo Bofill, the results of the public participation program and the suggestions of professional associations and citizen associations, the definitive plan of the Special Plan for Internal Reform of the Old River weir of the Turia was drawn up, which was approved in 1984.
Section VII is about 68,800 m2. In 1997 works were carried out to install a central collector and, once finished, the center was converted into a bicycle lane. Outdoor sculptures are shown in this section.