Category: Gaudí Year
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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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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.
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Palace Ambassadors opens to institutions and companies
On the occasion of Gaudí Year and the centenary of the death of Antoni Gaudí, the Gaudí Palace of Astorga opens a specific line of collaboration, within the program “Ambassadors of the Palace”, aimed at institutions and companies wishing to link their name to one of the most relevant cultural commemorations of 2026.
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Gaudí Palace launches “Ambassadors of the Palace”.
On the occasion of the commemoration of Gaudí Year 2026 and the centenary of the death of Antoni Gaudí, the Gaudí Palace of Astorga presents “Ambassadors of the Palace”, a program aimed exclusively at people registered in Astorga and the municipalities of the region, with the aim of strengthening the link between the monument and…
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Gaudí Palace under the neuroscience lens
The Gaudí Palace will be the subject of a pilot study using eye-tracking techniques to explore how people visually perceive its architecture. This is a pioneering research framed in the IV International Congress of Neurocommunication and Neuromarketing that combines advanced technology with historical heritage to reveal the visual pattern of those who contemplate the monument.…
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Presentation of the calendar for the commemoration of Gaudí Year 2026 at the Gaudí Palace
The Gaudí Palace of Astorga has presented this Friday its calendar of activities for the Gaudí Year 2026, on the occasion of the centenary of the death of the architect. The program, which will run throughout the year, wants to pay tribute to the genius of Reus and its link with Astorga, while inviting all…