Hey readers, today I'm going to talk about a very peculiar festival held in Zaragoza, his name is La Tomatina and yes it is a festival from tomatoes, is a "tomato fight" to my personal opinion is fun and very peculiar.
Now I will talk more about this rare form of celebration.

LA TOMATINA

La Tomatina is a festival street as riot held in the Valencian town of Buñol. Here participants throw tomatoes at each other. The last Wednesday of August, nestled within the week of festivities of Bunol is celebrated.

The "battle" coincides with the feast of the patron saint of the city that is held in the course of a week, taking place in various activities and previous celebrations culminating with this tomato battle that ends the festivities.

The night before La Tomatina, the streets are filled with much more appetizing than the next day will be tomatoes. In the square, full of paella is cooked over wood fires and drink wine until the wee hours of the morning. On Wednesday early morning, traders and owners of premises around the Plaza are struggling to protect doors and windows before the chaotic avalanche.

Participant of the tomatina's festival 

Around 10 am begins the first event of the Tomatina. Is "soap stick", similar to the greasy pole, which involves climbing a greased pole with a ham on top. As this happens, the group works in a frenzy of singing and dancing while they shower hoses. Once someone has managed to drop the ham off the bat, the signal for the start, which is usually at about 11 when the casing rings, and given the chaos begins. Several trucks unload tomatoes in abundance in the Plaza del Pueblo. The tomatoes come from Xilxes Castellón, where they are less expensive and are grown specifically for the holidays, as its flavor is not suitable for use . For participants using goggles and gloves are recommended. Before launch, the tomatoes must be crushed so that it does not harm anyone.
According to an estimate, around 150,000 tomatoes are distributed among 20,000 participants from around the world who come to play in this strange battle are used each year.


Some rules of the celebration of the festival of Tomatina:

The party has some rules for the safety of participants and the party continues as every year, without any incident:

-No need to throw bottles or other objects that could cause damage or accidents. You can only throw tomatoes.
-Do not break the shirts of other participants.
-Tomatoes should crush before launch to not hurt anyone.
Be careful-the passage of trucks carrying tomatoes.
Al-shot the second housing is finalized the launch of tomatoes.
-All participants using goggles and gloves are recommended.

The origins of La Tomatina festival

There are several interpretations of the origin of this popular festival. According to some historians, the origin is due to a joke. A man was in the town square singing and playing music, when a group of youths who heard him began to throw tomatoes removed from a fruit and vegetables from the square, because the man was singing very badly.
Everyone who had decided to join in the square and ended up in a battle of tomatoes.

Now, one of my favorite countries, the majestic and beautiful,

france

this county is colder than Italy, their temperatures are lower than in France and that makes it a more beautiful place to visit in the winter seasons instead.
Italy is larger than France but I think France seems a more exquisite place to visit and live.


architecture

The Eiffel Tower (Tour Eiffel in French ) , originally named tower 300 meters ( 300 mètres tour ) is a wrought iron structure designed by Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nouguier and built by French engineer Gustave Eiffel and his staff for universal Exhibition of 1889 in Paris .

Located at the end of the Champ de Mars on the banks of the River Seine , this Parisian monument, symbol of France and its capital, is the tallest structure in the city and the most visited monument entry charges in the world, with 7.1 million of tourists every year. With a height of 300 meters, later extended with an antenna 325 meters , the Eiffel Tower was the highest structure in the world for 41 years.

It was built in two years, two months and five days , and eventually generated some controversy among artists of the time , who saw her as a monster of hierro.3Inicialmente used for testing Army communications antennas , today serves also tourist attraction and as a broadcaster of radio and television programs.

gastronomy 

(Italy for my taste at this point takes my appreciation, as I am a lover of Italian Gastronimia which to my taste is more palatable to the French Food). 

Characterized by its variety , the result of regional , cultural as well as diversity of raw materials , as well as for its refinement , French cuisine is considered world leader. His influence is felt primarily in the cuisines of the western world have been incorporated into French technical knowledge bases . The international reputation of its leading chefs , as Taillevent , La Varenne, Carême , Escoffier , Bocuse Ducasse or contributed to the spread of French haute cuisine by restorers from the late thirteenth century . The art of the table or art table, developed a series of recommendations on how to make the table, serving dishes and taste them . The famous Michelin Red Guide ( Michelin Guide Rouge ) establishes a classification of the world's best restaurants by a hierarchy by star rating , the highest of them reserved for the few considered supreme quality .

Traditionally, each region has its own cuisine , characterized by products

In the northwest : the butter, cream , apple , fish , shellfish , and cider .

In the southwest : the duck , birds ( foie gras ) , mushrooms, red wine and Cognac .

In the Southeast: olive oil , olives , herbs de Provence, tomato, Mediterranean vegetables , fish and rosé wines.

In the North: potatoes, pork , beans and beer.

In this : pork , foie gras , meats and sausages , potatoes , cabbage , beer and white wine .

Center: pork and beef , ham and sausage , potatoes , mushrooms and red wine .

If anything stands in French gastronomy , besides for its breads , cheeses and pastries, is for its wines and liquors of all kinds , from burgundy to sparkling region of Champagne. They are also typical French and domestically produced absinthe , Armagnac , Calvados , the Chartreuse , Cointreau , brandy and pastis .

Tourism 

Tourism is a major source of the French economy. It is the country with more visitors in the world, approximately 80 million years; its tourists come mainly from North America, Japan, China, and other countries in Europe. Paris is the main attraction, but also receives many visitors the Riviera. France is a country with multiple points of interest: besides having one of the greatest historical and artistic heritage of the world, is among the few countries that can provide beach activities, mountain and golf. 

France also has several theme parks. The most famous are: 

Disneyland Resort Paris (15 million visitors in 2008) 

Parc Asterix (1,8 million visitors in 2009) 

Futuroscope (1.825 million visitors in 2010) 

Puy du Fou (1.471 million visitors in 2010)

The walled city of Carcassonne is a great tourist attraction.

Vineyard in the region of Champagne-Ardenne.

Architecture 

In regards to architecture, the Celts left their mark also in the erection of large monoliths and megaliths, and the Greek presence from the sixth century . C. is remembered today in the classical heritage of Massalia ( Marseille ) . The Roman style has examples in the Maison Carree , a Roman temple built between 138-161 a. C. , or the Pont du Gard built between 40 and 60 d. C. , in Nimes and declared World Heritage in 1985 . French Gothic cathedrals as embodied in Reims , Chartres, Amiens , Notre Dame and Strasbourg was invented. The revival emerged in Italy, has masterfully architectural style represented in the Castle of Chambord or at the Palace of Fontainebleau and others.

Baroque art (also of Italian origin ) and Rococo ( French invention ) have extraordinary works in France. Such is the case of the Louvre Palace and the Pantheon in Paris among many others. Modernism in architecture and modern art spans the nineteenth century and the mid-twentieth , and Gustave Eiffel he revolutionized the theory and practice of architecture of its time in building huge bridges and in the use of materials such as steel . His most famous work is called Eiffel Tower. Another big universal architecture Le Corbusier , an innovative and functionalist celebrated especially for his contributions in urban residential buildings and housing complexes .

Now, let's compare two countries starting with Italy

Italy : 

Most of Italy corresponds to Mediterranean forest biome, although temperate hardwood forest in the valley of the Po and the Apennines, and temperate coniferous forest in the Alps are also present.

transports

Ferrovie dello Stato born in 1905, and is the largest public rail company of Italy. From 2000 , following the European legislation which requires the separation of passenger transport sector , the infrastructure sector , the company was reorganized . For example , Ferrovie dello Stato Spa is the leading company , Trenitalia is the company that is responsible for the transport of cargo and passengers, the Railway Rete Italiana is the company responsible for rail infrastructure and Treno Alta Velocità is the company that has charge of the construction of the high speed network , although there otras.60 currently, high-speed trains are the Italian ETR 500 and the lines that currently exist are: Rome-Florence , Rome , Naples, Turin - Novara, Padua -Venice - Milan and Milan -Bologna Treviglio .

Overall in 2003, there were 16,287 kilometers of railways , 668,721 km of roads , of which 6,487 kilometers were highway and 4,379 miles of pipeline transport . Airports with more air traffic in 2003 was Rome -Fiumicino , Milan -Malpensa , Milan -Linate , Venice and Fontanarossa . Meanwhile, more loading ports were Genoa, Trieste, Taranto , Augusta and Gioia Tauro. In 2005 , 590 of every 1,000 Italians had a car and in most cities 60 % of people were dissatisfied with public transport, why the number of passengers in such transport has declined.

Tourism in Italy

Tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors in the national economy with 43.7 million tourists per year and a total of 42,700 million dollars generated , making it the fourth country in the world with more tourism . Rome, the capital , is one of the most visited destinations in the world , with an average of 7 to 10 million tourists a year . The Coliseum in Rome with four million tourists , is 37 . º world's most visited place . It also benefits the religious and cultural tourism that generates the neighborhood to the Vatican City as visited places as the Vatican Museums and St. Peter 's Basilica .

Other places of interest include Pantheon , Trevi Fountain, Piazza Navona , Roman Forum , 66 Castle Sant'Angelo or the Basilica of St. John Lateran , the last sovereign of Vatican City . The cultural interest of the country is also reflected in all the World Heritage of Unesco, which has , as it is the country that has as many places in the world with 47.

Venice

Pink Beach, Isle of guts, Sardinia

 Ac.pantheon

Italian art

Renaissance painting reached its perfect stage shortly after his pioneering sculpture, that is, during the fifteenth century in Italy and well into the next century in other countries. In general, the fifteenth century is initiation and the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries are apogee for the classic renaissance painting. Some of his best-known painters are: Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Marco Palmezzano, Andrea Mantegna, Raphael Sanzio or Cariani. But in Italy, and the decline begins shortly after the mid-sixteenth century by the artists want to imitate the previous works of the great masters. The total decline in different countries corresponds to the eighteenth century following him some restoration at the end of that century.

Gioconda, By leonardo da vinci

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