Historic museum to get €300,000 facelift on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ROJALES council is to spend over €300,000 on the town’s Archaeological Museum to fix all of the problems uncovered in a survey by its Heritage
Multipurpose venue is a ‘dream come true’ for provincial president at historic coastal site on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A MULTI-MILLION euro project for Torrevieja’s harbourside was unveiled yesterday, and described as a “dream come true” by the president of Alicante province, Carlos Mazón.
Fury in Burgos as residents blast Spanish cathedral’s new doors
IT is one of the most stunning spots in Spain, the former capital of Castilla y León well trotted by pilgrims on the El Camino
Executed victims of General Franco to be exhumed from mass grave on Spain’s Costa Blanca
WORK will start at Alicante cemetery next week to exhume the bodies of 11 people murdered between 1939 and 1945 during the fascist regime of
LIGHTS, CAMERA… : New ‘Almodovar girl’ is from Valencia
IF there is one term that sums up Spanish cinema, it is ‘Almodovar girl’. The country’s most famous and successful director Pedro Almodovar has a
Five incredible castles in Spain’s Malaga every history-lover should visit
THE castles in Malaga provide its landscapes with grandiose silhouettes. Malaga has over 90 legendary fortresses scattered throughout the province, however the passage of time
Rapper’s prison sentence sparks massive free speech legal debate across Spain
THE jailing of Spanish rapper and poet Pablo Hansel over the content of his lyrics has sparked a nationwide backlash in Spain’s punishments for crimes
Costa Blanca city to be the only Spanish representation at international trade show in Shanghai
ORIHUELA will be the only city representing Spain when it attends the 10th Shanghai International Flower Expo The city’s mayor, Emilio Bascuñana, announced their attendance
Annual “riot of colour” on Spain’s Costa Blanca replaced by virtual tour of wall museum due to Covid
THE highlight of Orihuela’s fiesta season, the annual medieval market, has been replaced by a virtual tour of the city’s Museum of the Wall –
Cordoba voted most beautiful historic city in Spain in Lonely Planet survey
THE Andalucian city of Cordoba has been voted the most beautiful in Spain in a recent online survey. The study was carried out on the
Spain’s Malaga to have second largest drive-in cinema in Europe
MALAGA will have the first permanent drive-in cinema in Andalucia, open all year round, and the second largest in Europe. Investor Tamara Istambul and Cristina
Renovated museum reopens after 14 years and puts Vega Baja town ‘back on the map’ in Spain’s Costa Blanca
SAN FULGENCIO council has announced that the town’s Archaeological Museum is to reopen after closing in 2007. A Ministry of Culture report from October last
Spain’s Fuengirola unveils an ancient and restored Venus statue
THE Venus of Fuengirola, a Roman sculpture found in 1979, is back on display after being restored. The white marble sculpture, depicting a Venus Pudica
Virtual tours provide Covid-safe visits to museums on Spain’s Costa Blanca
MUCH of Costa Blanca’s culture will now be accessible to stay-at-home citizens, thanks to virtual tours. Mar Ezcurra, Orihuela’s Councillor for Culture (pictured below), announced
The Dolmens Museum in Spain’s Antequera will open to the public this year
THE restoration work on Antequera’s Dolmens Museum has been completed. After an investment of €4.5 million and 33 months of work, the centre in Antequera
BLOWN OUT AGAIN: Valencia’s Fallas cancelled for second consecutive year due to COVID
THE world-famous Fallas festivities in Valencia have been cancelled again this year due to COVID-19. City mayor Joan Ribo made the dreaded – but expected
Netflix casting call in Spain’s Ronda
NETFLIX is looking for extras for its new series ‘Feria.’ The company Son de Casting has put out a casting call for 700 extras to
Beady-eyed art lovers spot Game of Thrones star lookalike at Madrid museum
FROM Philip Seymour Hoffman as Truman Capote to Emma Corbin being cast to play Princess Diana in the Crown, Hollywood has the ability to find
Spanish Renaissance painter El Greco’s works expand as new painting discovered in private collection
RESEARCHERS from a Spanish University have unearthed a previously unknown piece of original work from famous Renaissance painter known as El Greco. The modest piece
British pianist and sexual abuse activist James Rhodes gains Spanish citizenship
PABLO Iglesias, Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister, announced yesterday via Twitter that English pianist and rights activist James Rhodes has been officially granted Spanish nationality. The
SORE LOSERS: Gallery in Spain banishes popular painting that shows moment Spanish ship is defeated by English privateers
IT seems that some people can’t take defeat – even hundreds of years after the fact. A painting depicting the brave but ultimately doomed final
Excavation for Irish chieftain Red Hugh hits obstacle in Valladolid
THE hunt for the 16th-century Irish chieftan Red Hugh has hit a literal wall in Spain as archaeologists want to burrow through a Santander branch.
Man from Valencia wins €25,000 from Warner Bros after film giants framed him as mafia member in The Accountant
A Spanish judge has ordered Warner Bros to pay a Valencian businessman €25,000 in damages. But this was small change compared to the man’s original
Malaga Contemporary Art Centre to host landmark exhibition of Portuguese artist Pedro Cabrita Reis’ paintings and sculptures
WITH more than 220 paintings and a breathtaking bronze sculpture collection, the work of the Portuguese artist Pedro Cabrita Reis will go on show at
School in northern Spain is sent almost one tonne of Costa Blanca oranges in move to promote city’s produce
ALMOST a tonne of oranges have been sent from Orihuela to a school in a small town in Leon as part of a promotional campaign.
Plastic pollution in world’s oceans inspires unique display in Spain’s Costa Blanca
A ‘floating island’ sculpture consisting of 3,612 plastic bottles is on display in Alicante to highlight the problems of environmental pollution in the world’s oceans.
