Las Fallas de Valencia

Every March, the city awakens to the smell of gunpowder, its streets transformed into open-air museums, and a joyful bustle that seems to never end. Baltasar Bueno Tárrega takes us, with the curious eye of a chronicler and the passion of a lover, through the history and soul of Las Fallas. He discovers the origins of these bonfires that defy the night, how the ninots (papier-mâché figures) were born, and why satire and beauty walk hand in hand here. He does so with rigor, yes, but also with the wonder we all feel when we see Valencia burn… and be reborn amidst applause. Because Las Fallas are precisely that: ephemeral art, living memory, and a way of understanding life through color, music, and laughter. A captivating journey to the heart of the Mediterranean's most luminous festival.