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Spain’s Picasso Museum in Malaga will be showing a work on loan from the Musee national Picasso-Paris

THANKS to an exchange of works, the Picasso Museum Malaga will host, until 2022, the guest work ‘Copa, periodico y dado’ (Glass, dice and newspaper)

27 Mar, 2021 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Valencia’s oldest drive-in cinema under threat thanks to Spain’s COVID-19 curfew

A cultural landmark in the Valencian town of Denia has issued a plea to the local government for help as the impending summer equinox threatens

26 Mar, 2021 @ 13:30

La Cultura·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Judge pauses exhumations of Franco victims from controversial mausoleum in Spain

Spain set to exhume Franco victims from controversial Valley of the Fallen and return them to relatives for burial

SPAIN’S government is set to approve an immediate €650,000 of funding to exhume and identify victims of the country’s Civil War that were buried at

26 Mar, 2021 @ 12:00

La Cultura·Lead·National News

‘Holy Week at Home’ promoted in popular expat town on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SAN FULGENCIO, in Costa Blanca’s Vega Baja region, will celebrate ‘Holy Week from home’ through online concerts and processions. The municipality includes the urbanisation of

25 Mar, 2021 @ 13:00

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

SHIP AHOY! 17th century Spanish galleon replica on show at Valencia Marina

Tickets can be bought at the ship itself, located next to the Veles e Vents complex at Valencia Marina, or at tickets.velacuadra.es.

25 Mar, 2021 @ 11:15

La Cultura·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Carmen Thyssen Museum in Spain’s Malaga celebrates its 10th anniversary with an open day

THE Carmen Thyssen Museum is celebrating its tenth anniversary this Wednesday, March 24, with an open day. Visitors will have the opportunity to visit both

23 Mar, 2021 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Major coup as worldwide sporting event comes to popular city on Spain’s Costa Blanca in December

TORREVIEJA is to host Spain’s first International Women’s Handball competition, this December. Alicante Council is coordinating the event, which is expected to attract the best

21 Mar, 2021 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Sport

Fuengirola’s Marenostrum Festival will return this summer with more than 50 concerts

This summer, Fuengirola’s Sohail Castle will once again host a new edition of the Marenostrum Festival. More than 30 artists, currently Spanish or Latino, are

20 Mar, 2021 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

FALLAS SNOWED OFF?: Parts of Spain’s Valencia covered in white as region registers extremely unusual low temperatures for time of year

Check www.aemet.es for updated weather information throughout Spain.

19 Mar, 2021 @ 11:15

Alicante·La Cultura·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community·Weather

STRIP FOR ACTION: The Full Monty musical to tour Spain

IT’S time to strip for action – in fact, to go The Full Monty. A €2 million production of the musical version of the British

18 Mar, 2021 @ 10:30

Entertainment·La Cultura·Other News

Now’s the time to write your book! English-speaking Kindle books soar during lockdown in Spain

By Henry Baum “I’m an American novelist living in Valencia, Spain. When I moved from Los Angeles in 2014, I brought my book promotion company

16 Mar, 2021 @ 17:00

La Cultura·National News·Other News·Sponsored

WATCH: Endangered sunken wreck from pre-biblical times to be rescued from seabed on Spain’s Costa Calida

A PHOENICIAN ship that sank off the Murcian coast will see the light of day again after some 2,700 years. The wreck of the Mazarrón

16 Mar, 2021 @ 14:30

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead·Murcia

Part of the 'Skins' cast on tour through the UK

ONION SKINS: Local brand of onions from Spain’s Valencia featured in British smash hit series on Netflix

A BRAND of onions grown in a Valencian town has become famous after appearing in British Netflix hit series Skins. The programme is a teen

16 Mar, 2021 @ 12:00

Celebrity·Entertainment·Food & Drink·La Cultura·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

10 ways you can trace your family tree

Finding out where your family came from can be an eye-opening and life-changing discovery. Here are ten ways you can trace your family tree. Delving

16 Mar, 2021 @ 09:19

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1200px Spa 2014 San Lorenzo De El Escorial Valley Of The Fallen (valle De Los Caídos)

Historical memory: Barcelona university enlisted to document Spain’s Valley of the Fallen victims

FAMILIES of the victims buried at the Valley of the Fallen will soon receive information on their loved ones thanks to a new collaboration between

15 Mar, 2021 @ 18:30

La Cultura·Lead

The 20 most common last names in Europe, ranked

Family names are at the heart of a country’s history. So, to find out all you need to know about European nations, looking at the

15 Mar, 2021 @ 09:18

La Cultura

CROWN IMPERIAL as Bronze Age burial area in Murcia suggests that women could have ruled ancient Spain

AN ancient burial site in the Murcia region suggests that women may have ruled the roost in the early Bronze age. That possibility is being

14 Mar, 2021 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Murcia

Fresh bid fails to get iconic ‘Lady of Elche’ back to her home turf on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SPAIN’S Culture Commission in the national senate has rejected a motion that wanted the government to permanently transfer an iconic statue back to Elche. The

13 Mar, 2021 @ 10:30

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

Art Revolutionaries At The Mayoral Gallery

A 1.2 million Picasso on sale at the first Mayoral gallery exhibition in Spain’s Madrid

THE first exposition from the Mayoral gallery in Madrid, ‘Zóbel and great postwar artists’, inaugurated this Thursday, March 11. The display runs until March 21

13 Mar, 2021 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Lead·Other News

‘The Hidden Path’: Feminist masterpiece by beloved Spanish author translated into English for first time

MORE than 75 years after its conception, Elena Fortun’s secret Sapphic novel is coming out in English. Written during her exile in Argentina between 1939-1948,

8 Mar, 2021 @ 20:30

La Cultura·Lead

Malaga village pays tribute to rural women in dramatic urban art piece for International Women’s Day

A SMALL village in deep inland Malaga has enlisted the skills of two local artists to transform the whitewashed walls into a tribute to rural

8 Mar, 2021 @ 12:45

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

‘The Girls’: Convent-school drama by first-time female director scoops Spain’s top film prize

The Girls, a coming of age drama by a first time female feature film director has scooped the best film award in the 2021 Goyas,

8 Mar, 2021 @ 10:56

La Cultura·Lead

Unique museum celebrating famous poet receives continued council support on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA City Council has renewed its association with the Miguel Hernández University and Iberfol SL for the conservation of the Miguel Hernández Fig Tree Museum.

3 Mar, 2021 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

Ex-banker has appeal overturned for smuggling priceless Picasso painting out of Spain

Former Santander Vice President and one of Spain’s richest men has seen his second appeal rejected in court this week for the attempted smuggling of

3 Mar, 2021 @ 14:15

La Cultura·Lead

Over 200 fossilised footprints of animals predating dinosaurs described in Spain’s Catalunya

THE presence of fossilised remains of dinosaurs and bones, footprints and eggs in Catalunya is astounding. Now, thanks to two investigations by the Catalan Institute

2 Mar, 2021 @ 11:15

La Cultura·Lead·Other News

School holidays have gone up in smoke this year

SCHOOL’S NOT OUT: Fallas and Magdalena school holidays cancelled this year

THIS year’s Fallas and Magdalena fiestas in Valencia and Castellon will be normal school days. The Valencian government this week announced the cancellation of the

26 Feb, 2021 @ 17:00

Alicante·Education·La Cultura·Valencia·Valencian Community

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