PICK OF THE WEEK: Monday, 27th May – Sunday, 2nd June, 2019
MUSIC
Wednesday, 29th May at 21.30h at the National Auditorium, Ordino. (Tickets: 15€, side gallery seats: 8€. Carnet jove with advanced booking, 15% discount.
The 2019 Season of the National Auditorium Christina Rosenvinge: A Blond Man. We are pleased to present the winner of the 2018, …
MoreVillefranche de Conflent (Villefranche-de-Conflent in French or Vilafranca de Conflent in Catalan) is a French commune, located in the Eastern Pyrenees Department, in the Occitanie Region.
All signs at the entrance to the city and Fort Liberia are bilingual, they are in French and Catalan.
History
Villefranche de Conflent is in Occitanie, at the confluence of …
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The Minister of Culture of Andorra, Olga Gelabert, took part in the 39th General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), which was held in Paris on 2d November. The Andorran delegation also included Ambassador of Andorra in France, UNESCO Permanent Delegate Cristina Rodríguez and Secretary-General of the …
MoreNew infrastructure on the best hiking routes of the Pyrenees. The opening of mountain shelter (el refugi de l’Illa), Madriu-Perafita-Claror, Andorra, 30.06.2017
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The delegation of Andorra, led by Xavier Cañada, the director of the government’s social affairs department, arrived in New York at UN headquarters to attend the 10th conference on the rights of people with disabilities. The conference is held from 13 to 15 June.
In his speech, Xavier Cañada stressed that Andorra regularly …
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Art Camp Andorra exhibition took place at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. This event is the 5th, about 30 works took part in it.
The exhibition was opened by the Ambassador of Andorra in France, Christina Rodríguez. She noted that “the exhibition is held every two years with the support of UNESCO and …
MoreInternational dance day, 29th April
Never heard of International Dance Day? I have to confess I hadn’t, though it was first introduced worldwide in 1982. And now, this Saturday, 29th April, it’s coming round again so it is perhaps not surprising that the main cultural events in Andorra this week also revolve around dance.
Some 35 years ago, …
MoreJAUME RIBA SABATÉ – PHOTOGRAPHER EXTRAORDINAIRE
“L’art és imaginació convertint la vida en art”.
(Art is imagination converting life into art’)
I first met Jaume when visiting his small shop in the village of La Massana. A tall, handsome, gentle man with soft, sad eyes. Eyes that see nature as no others see it. I was there to …
MoreAndorran photographers Jaume Riba and Àlex Tena opened an exhibition “Madriu 8.8” in the hall of the Government of Andorra ARTALROC, which presents 42 black-and-white photographs, dedicated to the eponymous valley Madriu-Perafita-Claror.
Both authors in 2014 made a documentary film about the history of the valley of Madriu-Perafita-Claror, and this year they have decided to return …
MorePhoto exhibition “Madriu 8.8” opens on 24th January 24 at 20:00 in the exhibition hall ARTALROC. The exhibition is dedicated to the Andorra valley Madriu-Perafita-Claror. The area of the valley is about 9% of the territory of Andorra and it is included at UNESCO World Heritage Site in the category of “cultural landscape”.
The exhibition is …
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