Palau de les Arts opera house closed after damage by gales
Monday, December 30, 2013 @ 1:18 PM
VALENCIA'S famous opera house, the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, has been shut and cordoned off after a chunk of the roof came off in high winds.
The ball-shaped concert hall's ceramic tiled rendering on the upper part was ripped off by gales reaching at least 80 kilometres per hour (50mph) yesterday (Friday), but did not pose any risk to passers-by as it is normally fenced off until just before the shows inside start, and these are usually at night.
Nevertheless, it meant a Christmas concert featuring 150 top Valencia-born musicians – all of whom now work outside the region and were visiting for the festive season – due to take place last night had to be called off.
The Palau de les Arts, built in 2005, is the second-newest...
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