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Every day in March until the 19th, the mascletà, a deafening, rhythmic barrage of firecrackers, goes off on the town hall square at two o'clock. From 15 to 19 March, hundreds of enormous satirical figures, some several storeys high, fill the streets.",{"type":343,"attrs":530,"content":531},{"textAlign":17},[532],{"text":533,"type":348},"On the night of 19 March they are all burned, except one saved by public vote. It is called la cremà, and few nights in any European city are as overwhelming. Eat paella in Ruzafa and rest your ears in the Turia gardens, the old riverbed turned park.",{"type":343,"attrs":535,"content":536},{"textAlign":17},[537],{"text":538,"type":348},"The catch: the city is loud around the clock during Fallas, and hotels sell out months ahead. 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