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Gaudí and Bishop Grau, Senior Friends of Astorga Cathedral
The Association of Friends of the Cathedral of Astorga has agreed to designate Antonio Gaudí and Juan Bautista Grau Vallespinós as Senior Friends of the Cathedral 2026. The decision, adopted unanimously at the ordinary meeting of its Board of Directors held on February 25, is also part of the commemoration of the centenary of the…
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Gaudí Palace exceeds 5,000 visitors during Easter Week
The Gaudí Palace received more than 5,000 visitors during Easter Week, a figure that is in line with previous years and confirms the consolidation of the monument as one of the main tourist attractions of the city at this time of the year.
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Two models, from the Sagrada Familia, ‘Piece of the Month’ for April
The Museum of the Ways of Gaudí Palace presents this Wednesday the Piece of the Month of April, which is part of the special program dedicated to Antonio Gaudí on the occasion of the centenary of his death. After the first months of the year, in which original pieces by the architect preserved in the…
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The history of Bishop Grau and music come together in the month dedicated to the prelate of Asturias
Two cultural activities, framed in the program of the Gaudí Centenary Year, took place this weekend as part of the actions that during the month of March put the focus on the figure of Bishop Juan Bautista Grau y Vallespinós, promoter of the building designed by the Catalan architect.
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Gaudí Palace hosts the cycle “The sound of architecture” of the Conservatory of Astorga
The Gaudí Palace in Astorga will host, from March 23 to 26, the concert series “The sound of architecture”, a musical proposal organized by the Professional Conservatory of Music “Angel Barja” of Astorga within its Cultural Week. The initiative will bring together students and teachers of the center on the first floor of the Palace,…
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Sacred music will resound at the Palace with the Easter Week Concert on the Gaudí Centenary
The Gaudí Palace will host next Saturday, March 14, the traditional Easter Concert of the City of Astorga Choir “Excelsior”, which this year is part of the Gaudí Year program, with the collaboration of the Escarcha Choir. The musical event was presented this Monday morning at a press conference with the participation of the councilman…
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Gaudí’s original plans, ‘Piece of the Month’ of March
The plans of the Southeast façade (scale 1:100) and the Site (scale 1:500) are part of the nine surviving ferroprussian drawings of the original project of the Episcopal Palace of Astorga by Antonio Gaudí.
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Gaudí Palace recognizes the media as Ambassadors
The Gaudí Palace hosted this morning an institutional ceremony in which diplomas were awarded and various media from Astorga, León and Castilla y León were named Ambassadors of the Palace, in recognition of the constant work they do in the dissemination, projection and enhancement of the monument.
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The Gaudí Palace and Caja Rural seal an agreement to boost its cultural projection
The Gaudí Palace of Astorga has awarded this Wednesday to the Caja Rural Foundation the institutional title of “Ambassador of the Palace”, within the framework of the institutional program that articulates the strategic alliances on the occasion of the Gaudí Year 2026, commemoration of the centenary of the death of Antoni Gaudí.
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More than 125,000 people visited Gaudí’s Palace in 2025
The Gaudí Palace in Astorga has closed the year 2025 with a very positive balance, once again surpassing the figure of 125,000 visitors. This is especially significant if we take into account that the fires that occurred during the summer months partly affected the number of visitors during that period.
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Two documents with Gaudí’s signature star in February’s ‘Piece of the Month’.
The project of the Episcopal Palace of Astorga was administratively complex and full of uncertainties for Antonio Gaudí, who had to submit to the tutelage (after the decisive mediation to obtain economic funds from the then Governor of the Bank of Spain, the Astorga-born Mr. Pío Gullón Iglesias), the Ministry of Grace and Justice and…
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The Gaudí Palace recognizes the City Council of Astorga as “Ambassador” for its support of the Gaudí Year
The Astorga City Council receives this first appointment for its support to the Gaudí Palace and the collaboration for the commemoration of the Gaudí Year 2026 in the city.