Category: News
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Three didactic experiences for schoolchildren at the Gaudí Palace
The Gaudí Palace in Astorga, with the aim of showing young people one of the three monuments of the modernist architect outside Catalonia, has prepared a project of educational visits aimed at students of kindergarten, primary and secondary school. For high school students offers general admission or with Tablet, and more according to their ages…
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A restored 16th century Madonna returns to Gaudi’s Palace
May is for the catholic tradition the month of the Virgin Mary. In her honor, the restoration of a polychrome carving of the Virgin and Child made by the sculptor Francisco de la Maza and originally polychromed by Cosme de Azcutia has been carried out. The image can be seen from this week in the…
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Gaudi’s Palace presents a new visual guide
The Gaudí Palace in Astorga presents the first visual guide to the monument designed by Gaudí in three languages. The publishing house Dosde has been commissioned to carry out this work, the first of its kind that speaks exclusively of the Palace of Astorga.
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The Gaudí Palace inaugurates the temporary exhibition ‘INRI’.
Twenty pieces from all parts of the Diocese of Astorga make up the exhibition ‘INRI’ dedicated to Jesus crucified. The director of the Gaudí Palace, accompanied by the guide Alfonso García Nistal, presented this Tuesday, April 9, the new exhibition that can be visited on the second floor of the Palace until August 31.
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The Gaudí Palace gives a personalized digital souvenir as a gift
The Gaudí Palace in Astorga launches My Visit, a way to take home a personalized digital souvenir of the tour of the monumental building designed by the Catalan architect.
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Gaudí Palace hosts a temporary exhibition dedicated to Christmas
On Wednesday, December 5, a temporary exhibit dedicated to Christmas was inaugurated in the Gaudi Palace. Present at the ceremony were the Bishop, the Vicar General and the Vicar of Astorga-Zamora, the director of the Palace, the diocesan bursar and a representative of the city council. Under the title NATUS EST this exhibition will remain…
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Gaudí Palace joins the collection of 0€ banknotes
The idea was launched in 2015 by Richard Faille, in France, and from there it spread to Germany, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Portugal. The Banknote with a face value of 0 euros has a common side with the most emblematic monuments of Europe and the other personalized with the image of each venue.
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Bricks made with Gaudí’s original molds are now on sale.
The signing of the agreement dated May 25, 2018, in Astorga, for the dissemination of Gaudinian heritage between the Gaudí Palace of Astorga and the Alfar Museum of Jiménez de Jamuz, has borne fruit.
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The Chapel murals
The two lateral walls of the Chapel are covered by two fresco paintings that occupy an approximate surface of 35 square meters each. They were made in 1913 and 1914 by the painter Fernando de Villodas y Revillas, under the bishopric of Julián de Diego y Alcolea.
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On October 12, 1913
On October 12, 1913 the works of Gaudí’s Episcopal Palace were completed by the Madrid architect Ricardo García Guereta, in the bishopric of Julian de Diego y Alcolea. It was 24 years earlier when the works had begun under the direction of Antonio Gaudí, requested by Bishop Grau, both natives of Reús.
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Opening of the Jiménez kiln with the first batch of bricks designed by Gaudí.
On the morning of Friday, August 24, the opening of the Arab oven of the Alfar Museum of Jiménez de Jamuz took place, where the first batch of bricks designed by Gaudí was made. An act in which participated the director of the Gaudí Palace, Victor M. Murias, who stressed that this “is a true…
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Tablets renew the visit to the Gaudí Palace
The new interactive audio guide includes 3 tour routes, audiovisual resources in 3 languages, and content accessible through subtitling, audio description and Spanish Sign Language.
