ROUTE OF EXILE FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND ADULTS
The Republican exodus brought about an enormous cultural loss for the country. Great intellectuals (writers, scientists, musicians…) fell into the uncertainty of exile and were forced to develop their valuable creative work outside our borders, leaving our country culturally orphaned.
The route starts with a tour of the permanent exhibition of MUME in order to get a historical vision of the events of the Spanish Civil War and the mass exodus of people who crossed the Pyrenees border towards a freedom denied to them in their own country.
Two key figures, Pau Casals and Pompeu Fabra, and a place of refuge, Prades, will be the setting and the protagonists of the route during which we will learn about the importance of two major personalities in contemporary Catalan culture. Pompeu Fabra (1868-1948) died in Prades after a brilliant career as a champion of the Catalan language with the publication of a grammar (1918) and a dictionary (1932), among other works. In 1932 he was named Professor of Catalan Language at
· Duration: 1 day / Price per adult / student: €12
· Groups of fewer than 20 adults / students: €240 / group