Tag: museum of the roads
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Santiago Peregrino from the 13th century, September’s piece of the month
The Museum of the Ways of the Gaudí Palace proposes a 13th century sculpture as September’s Piece of the Month.
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August’s Piece of the Month: 17th Century Peace Holder
As the Piece of the Month for August, the Gaudí Palace’s Museum of the Pathways offers a 17th century peace holder.
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Santiago pilgrim of Turcia, piece of the month of July in the Gaudí Palace
Coinciding with the feast of St. James, July 25, the Palace this Sunday the commemorative piece for the patron saint’s day: Santiago pilgrim of Turcia.
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The macolla of the processional cross of Santiago Millas, piece of the month of June.
Santiago is the patron saint of several localities along the Jacobean Way and the Diocese of Astorga, as is the case with the Maragata locality of Santiago Millas.
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A sculpture of Santiago pilgrim on horseback, piece of the month of May
The Gaudí Palace presents the piece of the month of May which, coinciding with the Jacobean Year, has the figure of Santiago as its central theme.
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Piece of the month: a Flemish plate of St. James the Pilgrim in alabaster
This April, the Gaudí Palace proposes as the piece of the month a small but beautiful alabaster slab that preserves its original frame.
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The Gaudí Palace opens its doors to the public next May 1
The Gaudí Palace will reopen its doors to visitors as of May 1, after having been temporarily closed at the end of last year due to the health situation and mobility restrictions.
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Gaudi’s Palace to reopen May 1
Gaudi’s Palace announces it will reopen its doors this May. The monument will resume visits on May 1.
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An oil painting of St. James and St. Philip, February’s piece of the month
Coinciding with the feast of St. James, the Palace presents every 25th of the month a different piece dedicated to the phenomenon of St. James in the Museum of the Ways. This month it gives prominence to an anonymous panel from the church of San Román de Bécares (depopulated since the mid-eighteenth century belonging to…
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Gaudi Palace resumes online ticket sales in anticipation of its reopening
The Gaudí Palace informs this Wednesday that tickets to visit the monument that the Catalan architect designed in Astorga can now be purchased telematically.
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Gaudí Palace completes the museumization of the basement
The Gaudí Palace in Astorga has culminated this December the musealization project of the basement directed by Manuel Arias, deputy director of the National Sculpture Museum of Valladolid, and developed by Imagen MAS. One of the most important aspects is not the installation of new pieces but the new location and display elements, which have…
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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.