València, North Live Cam

The first human settlements found in the Province of Valencia date from the Middle Palaeolithic Period, ie, from between 100,000, 80,000 and 30,000 BC. The traces at the Cova Negra in Játiva (Xátiva) and at Las Fuentes de Navarrés belong to Neanderthal man, while the first vestiges of Valencia art found in the Caves of El Parpalló (Gandía), Mallaetes (Bárig) and Barran Blanc (Rótova) date from the Upper Palaeolithic Period.Phoenicians and Greeks appear in its history, followed by the Iberians in the 5C BC of whom there is a record until the new era. In 219 BC, Hannibal, the Carthaginian general, conquered Sagunto causing the 2nd Punic War. With the founding of Valentia in 138 BC, the region is totally romanized, while the greatest splendour of Roman Valencia is reached in the times of Augustus. lt became part of the Visigothic monarchy in the 6C and came under Muslim rule when Musa ibn Nusayr entered the Province of Valencia by way of Catarroja and conquered the capital.