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Postcard from Valencia, Spain: Street art key ingredient spicing up cityscape

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Bare walls assume the role of an admission-free museum with constantly changing exhibits in Valencia. Here’s another sprinkling of the street art we encountered as our walks crisscrossed the city.

Batman’s multiple appearances are not merely due to the release of yet another sequel. The superhero is popular as the bat is a symbol of the city dating from the period it was governed by the Crown of Aragon.

And, as I tended to snap away given the wealth of street art in Valencia, expect a sequel to this installment in the near future.

Postcard from Valencia, Spain: Don’t block the driveway

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Guessing the purpose of street art applied to many garage doors in Valencia is two-fold: to alert drivers seeking parking spaces in a competitive environment not to block the driveways and to dissuade both graffiti artists and taggers from assuming the metal louvered doors are blank canvases awaiting their touch.

The same type of louvered doors lowered over shop or business entrances often combine advertising in the colorful artistic expressions characterizing numerous streets.

Postcard from Guanajuato, Mexico: Street art much better than dead dogs

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Living up to the standards demanded of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the city of Guanajuato keeps street art and graffiti under tight control in its historic center. We did encounter a few artistic contributions tucked away on streets above, though.

Art certainly represents a preferable encounter on Callejon Perros Muertos to any of the narrow street’s namesake dead dogs.

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