Tag: heritage
Campaigners call on Valencia City Council to save historic lighthouse earmarked for demolition
CAMPAIGNERS are up in arms over plans to destroy a century-old lighthouse at the entrance to Valencia Port described as a relic from the...
Schoolchildren promote rich cultural and religious heritage with video made on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ORIHUELA schoolchildren have participated in a video to remind us of Spain’s rich religious cultural heritage.
The City Council has been working with an organisation...
Locals offered sneak peek inside new Dolmens Museum in Antequera in Spain’s Andalucia
THE new Dolmens Museum in Antequera will offer a series of museum open days starting this coming Monday, September 27.
After an investment of €4.5...
Alhambra Museum in Granada receives more than 43,000 visitors in first half of the year
THE Museum of the Alhambra in Granada has received 43,470 visitors in the first half of this year, with a staggering 20,463 people visiting...
Andalucian village makes UNESCO bid to protect tradition of neighbourly doorstep chat
A SLEEPY town in the southern tip of Spain wants to elevate the long held tradition of having a neighbourly chat on one’s doorstep...
Green group in Spain call for protection of historic mine town
Ecologists campaign to preserve the town from demolition
Gibraltar International Bank wins heritage award for ‘sensitive conversion’ of its head office
Ince’s Hall, last used as a nightclub, has been carefully restored
Sohail castle: Steeped in history
Throughout its long and turbulent history, it has been Fuengirola’s stand-out monument
Sierra Nevada National Park added to worldwide list of protected reserves
The Sierra Nevada National Park has been added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature list of protected reserves
Ronda’s Roman ruins’ future in jeopardy, says Spanish heritage group
Andalucia has more 'at-risk' cultural sites than any other region
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