More than 50 years ago, three Lladró brothers produced the first of their famed porcelain sculptures. Nowadays, their factory on the city's northern outskirts employs hundreds of people, and exports its figurines worldwide. Its retail outlet is deliberately sited on the city’s smartest street. In what is almost a mini-museum, you can browse among and purchase its winsome figurines.
Lladró
Valencia
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