Egypt: the step to eternity
From 5th June to 27th September, at the CAEE in Escaldes-Engordany
The CAEE presents an exhibition on ancient Egypt, from the Egyptian Museum of Barcelon-Clos Archaeological Foundation. It includes sarcophagi, funeral masks, amulets, statues of Egyptian gods... a collection of objects, works of art and books related to the funeral rituals of ancient Egypt.
The exhibition is organized into various areas, like the myth of Osiris and the cult of the dead, to present the culture of ancient Egypt, a civilization that loved life so much that it wanted to live forever.
For thousands of years, generation after generation, the Egyptians skimped on no resources to guarantee eternity: tombs, myths, rituals, mummies, funeral dowries... bear testimony to their hope in an existence that desired to be prolonged forever.
The exhibition is completed by the photography display, Tutankhamon, images of a treasure under the Egyptian desert, a graphic description of the discovery of Tutankhamon’s tomb by the archaeologist Howard Carter, in 1922.
Free entry. Guided visits and teaching workshops for schoolchildren.
Other activities:
* 11th June, at 8 pm: Lecture: Egyptian culture. A heritage for posterity, by Engràcia Peña, art historian and teacher.
* 16th July, from 10 pm to 12 midnight: night time visits
* 16th September, at 8 pm: Lecture: Egypt, reality, fiction and fantasy by Albert Salvadó, engineer and writer.
World Music Season: La Banda Bibanjuez
Wednesday 26th, 7 pm – Plaça Coprínceps in Escaldes-Engordany
25th Edition of the Escaldes-Engordany Music Colours Festival
Free concert
For more information: www.e-e.ad
Night of Street Theatre with Action
Thursday 27th August, 10 pm – Plaça dels Arínsols in Encamp
Night of Street Theatre with Action. A travelling street theatre show with cold firework effects and confetti, where three characters from different locations meet for a visit through the town with a single objective: to find the perfect actors to make a film. Guaranteed fun – don’t miss it!
Free concert.
For more information: tel.: (+376) 731 490 and at www.encamp.ad
Cicle Músiques del Món: Gune Line
Friday 28th, 7 pm – Plaça Coprínceps in Escaldes-Engordany
25th Edition of the Escaldes-Engordany Music Colours Festival
Free concert
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Street theatre: Colors
Saturday 29th August, 6 pm – Plaça Major town square in Ordino
Visual and exotic. A show combining circus and dance. A highly spectacular, exciting and fun Afro-American production combining tribal and contemporary dances.
For more information: Ordino Tourist Information Office, tel. (+ 376) 878 173.
children’s activities
Come and enjoy lots of open-air activities in Plaça Carlemany in Canillo.
Canillo comes alive in summer: children’s activities
Saturday 29th: At 6 pm: Boti Boti music for young and old.
Sunday 30th: 11 am to 1 pm and 4 pm to 8 pm: Inflatables.
Sorolla and his contemporaries
In the exhibitions room of the Tobacco Museum in Sant Julià de Lòria.
A collection of oil paintings by Joaquim Sorolla Bastida and other artists who were involved in the artistic movement of the change of century in Spain.
In Valencia, the Luminism movement tried to capture and represent the light and colours of the Mediterranean. Joaquim Sorolla was the leading exponent of this movement. The work of Joaquim Sorolla features scenes of village people, their tasks and interests, and landscapes, dominated by light and its effects.
Important contemporaries of Sorolla include Gonzalo Bilbao, Santiago Rusiñol and Ignacio Zuloaga, and other younger painters, trained in the Valencia school and at Sorolla’s studio in Madrid, such as José Mongrell, Julio Vila Prades, Manuel Benedito and Francisco Pons Arnau.
Until 11th October. For more information, tel. (+376) 741 545. www.museudeltabac.ad