Tag: lorca
Nijar town hall joins with owners of Cortijo del Fraile to save farmhouse which inspired Lorca’s Blood Wedding
Mayor accuses Junta of 'showing no interest' and playing 'tricks' when it comes to saving the building
Review of 2011… from the mountains
Here’s Paul Whitelock’s personal review of the year – of events which have affected Spain in general and the Serranía de Ronda, where he lives, in particular
Thousands spend the night in the streets after Spain’s worst earthquake in 50 years killed eight people
Up to 20,000 people slept in squares, parks and nearby countryside as concerns are being raised over the standards of building
Saved at last?
Spanish farmhouse that inspired poet Lorca's Blood Wedding may now have been saved from collapse
No more Lorca hunts
Hunt for dead poet's remains to end despite new key report claiming he is buried 400 metres away
Boneheads!
After years of speculation, months of investigations and weeks of digging, Spanish poet Lorca's remains are nowhere to be found. A big mistake, or did Franco's troops clear the mass grave just weeks after it was used?
Lorca’s Family Overuled
The wishes of the family of Andalucia's most famous writer have been ignored
Battle Over Blood Wedding
As debate rages about the exhumation of Federico Garcia Lorca’s body will the chapel that inspired his most famous work be allowed to sink into the ground?
The search for Lorca’s Grave
WHEN the Spanish Civil War broke out in 1936, Gerald Brenan was living with his wife Gamel Woolsey in Churriana, a village west of...