Fallas streetlights FAQs - Valencia Guide

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: The term iluminaciones de barrios refers to the streetlights that are put up every year in Valencia during the Fallas festival.
: The encendido de luces is the moment the streetlights are turned on in a particular street, revealing the installation’s design.
: The Fallas committees that routinely compete to have the best display are Sueca-Literato Azorín, Cuba-Puerto Rico, Cuba-Literato Azorín, Cádiz-Los Centelles and Malvarrosa-Antonio Ponz-Cavite.

If you’d like to know more about the programme, you can check out the relevant section of this article.
: The streetlight installations are all turned on at different times, so each year a schedule is released by the participating committees. In any case, you can expect most displays to be turned on between 8:00 pm and 9:00 pm.

If you’d like to have more details about the programme, you can check out the relevant section of this article.
: It really does depend on the committee. Some of them are massive, while some of them are a bit simpler and smaller.

All the bigger installations are in the A-Category, meaning they cost more than €15,000.
: Again, it depends on the committee and the budget. One of the biggest ones was the 2013 A-Category winner, Falla Cuba-Literato Azorín, which used 850,000 light bulbs for its installation.