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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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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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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 Palace dedicates the ‘Piece of the Month’ this 2026 to the figure of Gaudi
The Museum of the Ways of Gaudí Palace continues in 2026 with the project The Piece of the Month, an initiative already consolidated in recent years that invites the public to discover, month by month, unique works linked to the history and story of the Episcopal Palace of Astorga. This year, linked to the centenary…
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A seventeenth-century silver peace holder, this December’s Piece of the Month
The Museum of the Ways of the Palace of Gaudí closes this year 2024 highlighting a Portapaz of gilded silver and in its color of unknown authorship and provenance. This December’s ‘Piece of the Month’ focuses on the Nativity of Jesus, the central image in the work. It will be on display throughout the month…
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November’s ‘Piece of the Month’ tells the life of St. Martin of Tours
The Museum of the Ways of the Gaudí Palace presents as November’s Piece of the Month an anonymous panel recounting the life of Saint Martin of Tours, from Requejo (León) dating from 1500. The featured piece is on display throughout the month on the second floor of the Gaudí Palace.
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“La danza de Salomé”, by Demetrio Monteserín, October’s ‘Piece of the Month’.
A traveling artist, in this work, singular for its subject matter, he demonstrates his ability to show a showy scenography with a theme that constitutes one of the Gospel stories with more dramatic and novel elements
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Roman loom weights, September’s ‘Piece of the Month’.
The Museum of the Ways of the Gaudí Palace presents as September’s ‘Piece of the Month’ some loom weights from the Roman period from archaeological sites in Astorga. It is on display until the end of the month on the second floor of the Gaudí Palace in a prominent place.
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A carving of the Infant Jesus, the ‘Piece of the Month’ of August
The Museum of the Ways of the Gaudí Palace presents as ‘Piece of the Month’ a 17th century polychrome wood carving from Viloria representing the Infant Jesus. The image will be on display throughout the month of August in a prominent place on the second floor of the Gaudí Palace.
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A Sargadelos bath jug, ‘Piece of the Month’ of June
The Museum of the Ways of Gaudí Palace presents as ‘Piece of the Month’ a ceramic bath jug made by the Royal Factory of Sargadelos (Lugo) in the last third of the 19th century. This piece will remain on display throughout the month of June in a prominent place on the second floor of the…
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A Virgin and Child of the s. XIII, ‘Piece of the Month’ for May
The Museum of the Ways of the Gaudí Palace presents as ‘Piece of the Month’ for May a 13th century Virgin and Child from Quintanilla de Losada, in the diocesan region of La Cabrera. The polychrome wood carving is on display throughout this month in a prominent place on the second floor of the monument.
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A baroque processional cross from Brimeda, April’s ‘Piece of the Month’.
The Museum of the Ways of the Gaudí Palace presents as ‘Piece of the Month’ for April an 18th century processional cross from Brimeda (León). The work is exhibited throughout this month in a prominent place on the second floor of the Gaudí Palace.