A total of 30,338 people visited during the months of July and August the Gaudí Palace in Astorga. This figure yields a growth in the number of visitors compared to 2018 of 9.42 percent. In addition, 8.43 percent of the people took the guided tour and 12.65 percent took the tour with the audio guide of the Palace.
As is usually the case, August was the most crowded month, with 19,665 visitors. Although the largest percentage increase occurred in the month of July, which in 2018 received 9,489 visits and this 2019 a total of 10,673, a 12.47% increase. The latest improvements in the palace, as well as the musealization and recovery of the pieces have increased in recent months the interest in the Museum of the Ways and one of the three buildings designed by Antonio Gaudí outside Catalonia.
In figures, the Palace received a total of 10,673 visitors in July, of which 727 took the guided tour and 1,296 took the audioguide tablet tour. In August, the total number of entries reached 19,665, of which 1,831 were guided tours and 2,543 were visitors who requested the audio guide.
Visits to the temporary exhibition INRI
One of the projects of the current management of Gaudí’s palace in Astorga is the display, through temporary exhibitions, of all the pieces kept in the monument. As part of this initiative, last April 9, the temporary exhibition ‘INRI’ was inaugurated on the second floor of the Palace with twenty pieces from all over the Diocese of Astorga with Christ crucified as the central element. Since its opening, a total of 58,078 people have seen these pieces, a satisfactory balance for this temporary exhibition made from works of art from the palace itself.
