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Spain to get it’s first large-scale Jewish museum based in Madrid

SPAIN will get its first large-scale Jewish museum which is scheduled to open in Madrid in 2025. The Hispanic-Jewish Museum will aim 'to unearth...

Catalunya mass graves discovered of foreign fighters who resisted Franco’s forces in Spain’s Civil War

212 international fighters from Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands who disappeared in Catalunya during the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939 have been...

Spain’s Malaga museum welcomes over 94,600 visitors in first five months of 2023

THE Malaga Museum, nestled within the iconic Palacio de la Aduana, has witnessed an impressive surge in visitors during the initial five months of...

Spain’s Valencia gears up for ‘Battle of the Flowers’ where using a racket is certainly not for tennis

OVER A MILLION locally-grown carnations will feature in one of Valencia's brightest coloured events on July 30- the traditional 'Battle of the Flowers'. 40 floats...

Crowdfunding used to pay for repairs to historic village church in Spain

CROWDFUNDING with a €55,000 target is being used to pay for renovations to a historic church in Burgos province. As of mid-July, €26,000 had been...

Thyssen Museum Malaga casts a spotlight on 1930s Barcelona with a photographic exhibition

THE Museo Carmen Thyssen presents a new exhibition of urban photography and casts a spotlight on the 1930s Barcelona street life. This urban photography exhibition,...

Roman Theatre in Spain’s Malaga to have a new viewpoint and information platform

MALAGA'S Roman theatre, which lies at the foot of the Alcazaba fortress in the western part of the city, will soon include additional walkways,...

Bid for ancient waterwheels to get UNESCO status on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA council will apply for UNESCO World Heritage status for its traditional irrigation system in the Las Norias district. Orihuela mayor Pepe Vegara announced the...

World-famous Pamplona bull-runs start this Friday in Spain

PAMPLONA'S famous bull-running festival starts on Friday(July 7) and continues until July 14 in the streets of the northern city which is the capital...

Exhibitions to celebrate Spain’s Picasso receive more than a million people in first half of the anniversary

THE Picasso Celebration 1973-2023, an initiative promoted by the governments of Spain and France that pays tribute to the artist on the 50th anniversary...

Spain’s Hispania Nostra removes Acinipo from Heritage Red List

AFTER a decade, the Spanish association Hispania Nostra, a non-profit association, which aims to defend, safeguard and enhance Spanish Cultural Heritage, has removed Acinipo...

Archaeologists go scuba diving to see how unique ancient ship can safely be extracted in Spain’s Murcia

AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL team from Valencia has made an extensive survey of a 2,500-year-old Phoenician ship to work out the best option to get it...

Mosque-Cathedral in Spain’s Cordoba set to break record visitor numbers

THE Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba (World Heritage Site since 1984) is on the verge of breaking its record number of visitors. The iconic Cordoba monument is...

Priceless illegally-kept archaeological relics dating back to Roman times discovered in Spain’s Andalucia

A COUPLE from Baena, Cordoba province have been arrested for illegally hoarding 119 pieces of great archaeological value in a store room. The man and...

Graffiti artist duo from Spain’s Valencia fuse contemporary and classical art in Greek murals

TWO Valencia graffiti artists have built up an international reputation for creating murals of the ancient Greek gods on large high-rise buildings across the...

Big success for 2022 Youth Cultural Bonus in Spain as applications are invited for 2023

SPAIN'S Youth Cultural Bonus for 2022 which provided €400 per head to invest in culture to young people who reach 18 years has distributed...

The Waterboys among star-studded performers at 2023 San Javier International Jazz Festival in Spain’s Murcia

SAN JAVIER in Murcia will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the first staging of the San Javier International Jazz Festival this summer. The event which...

Thousands of people sign petition to stop historic cinema building becoming a gym in Spain’s Murcia City

OVER 11,000 people have signed a petition opposing the conversion of Murcia City's last historic cinema building into a multipurpose area which would include...

One of the world’s best restaurants reopens as a museum in Spain’s Catalunya

EL BULLI, repeatedly voted the world's best restaurant before it closed in July 2011 is reopening as a museum to tell the story of...

Major Spanish writer Antonio Gala dies in Cordoba at the age of 92 

BRILLIANT writer Antonio Gala has died at the age of 92 in Cordoba today (Sunday 28 May). Gala, born in Ciudad Real in October 1930,...

Literature lovers treat returns with annual Madrid Book Fair in Spain

ONE of Europe's biggest book and literature events has returned to Spain with the 82nd staging of the Madrid Book Fair at El Retiro...

Top Japanese author Haruki Murakami wins Princess of Asturias literature award in Spain

BESTSELLING Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami has won this year’s Princess of Asturias Award for literature. The Princess of Asturias Award jury praised the 'uniqueness' of...

Madrid’s Prado Museum to welcome award-winning author JM Coetzee for special three-week stay

MADRID'S Prado Museum will be welcoming Nobel laureate JM Coetzee for a special three-week stay as he becomes the first author to get involved...

Drone discovers 7,000 year-old cave paintings in inaccessible areas of Spain’s Alicante area

AN Alicante University team has used a drone to get down inaccessible caves and record video footage of 7,000 year-old rock paintings. The works found...

New museum housing Spain’s Royal Collections to open in Madrid next month

A NEW museum in Madrid's Royal Palace area hosting Royal Collections accumulated since the Middle Ages will open on June 28. The official opening ceremony...

Spain’s Torremolinos to host a jazz festival this weekend

THE 'Torremolinos international jazz day' festival will kick off this coming Friday, April 28. The jazz extravaganza which will include free recitals and run until...

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