Exil routes - The culture in exile (Agullana and La Vajol) 2 NOV 2019

Exile Routes (3rd edition, 2019-2020)

A day for the memory

October 2019 - June 2020

The MUME presents the third edition of the family outings or Routes of exile. A series of exits to different linked places of the exile of 1939, designed for individual users or small groups: friends, family, couple ...

Saturday, November 2, 2019

Culture in exile: the Catalan Cultural Exile Interpretation Center and the Mina Canta

From 10am to 2pm

We will begin the day with a visit to the Interpretation Center of the Catalan Cultural Exile of 1939, in Agullana, where we will discover the survival of Catalan culture in exile. Exiled politicians, writers and artists who continued to support the republic from elsewhere in the world. We will walk on foot to the woods of La Vajol to discover the Mina Canta, the place that hid the funds and foreign exchange of the Bank of Spain, as well as a remittance of works from the Prado Museum during the war.

Meeting place: Church square, Agullana

The next planned departure will be:

Saturday, December 7, 2019

The fortifications of Franco: the bunkers of La Jonquera

After a visit to the Exile Memorial Museum, we will discover and enter some of the over 30 bunkers in La Jonquera: buildings and military works hidden in the landscape. Settlements of machine guns and anti-tank guns ready to stop a possible external military invasion during the 1940's.

Meeting place: Memorial Museum of the Exile, La Jonquera

To consider:

The scheduled schedule of the activities is half day (10am to 2pm); except for the departure in October, which provides for a full-day route (10am to 4pm).

Prior registration is required and the activity is subject to a minimum number of participants.

The journeys are made by the participant's own transport and lunch is not included.

Prices:

Adult, EUR 15

Young people from 12 to 17 years old, EUR 8

Free up to 11 years

Discount of EUR 3 in the price for groups from 6 participants.

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