NATIONAL Police in Valencia found a bomb in the port district of Valencia and had to cordon off the area.
The explosive device, which measured 30 centimetres (about a foot) in length and 7.5 centimetres (three inches) in width, was an obus-type bomb dating back to Spain's Civil War between 1936 and 1939.
Officers from the police's detonation squad, the TEDAX team, were called in to carry out a controlled explosion.
Even though the artefact was up to 80 years old, it still may have contained active explosive elements which could have caused a serious accident if not deactivated.
Police searched the port area, known as the Marítim district, for other bombs like it, but did not find any and eventually removed the blockade.
