Paterna

Paterna is a municipality in the province of Valencia inside the Valencian Community, Spain. It is placed northeast of the comarca of L'Horta de Valencia, 5 kilometres northwest of Valencia, and at the left financial institution of the river Turia. Its population in 2014 changed into 67,156 inhabitants, being the eleventh metropolis by way of populace in the Valencian Community. The first signs of human settlement in Paterna lower back to the Neolithic and Bronze Age, and relics were discovered in settlements of The Vallesa and Despenaperros, in an area of small hills close to the river Turia, which allowed the water supply.

The Iberians also left their imprint in The Vallesa and Despenaperros, where there have been located remains of a shielding wall and the walls of small huts. Documentation referring to the appearance of the Romans is restrained to literary references of events close to Valentia, Edeta and Saguntum. It is thought that it changed into at this time the original place name of Paterna changed into first used which is supposed to make connection with the Latin phrase "Paternus" or belonging to the father, alluding to the social and prison popularity of the assets. In the municipal district, there had been located stays of an aqueduct system that extends to Massamagrell and may link thru to Sagunto, a big Roman site.