- The programming «Night of Heritage, NIT Heritage, for Heritage Notes» is composed of a great cultural offer of leisure time in historic headphones and the special opening of monuments and cultural spaces of the 15 monumental cities.
- Furthermore, the eighth edition of The Heritage of the Dance Festival will showcase the 15 pieces by invited choreographers, under the motto «Intimate Vestiges»
- The Night of Heritage, a unique event in Europe, is organized by the group of World Heritage Cities in Spain, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and the National Institute of Performing Arts
The president of the World Heritage City Group and the mayor of Segovia, José Mazarías, presented today the programming of the «Heritage Night, Nit of Heritage, for Heritage Night,» which takes place on Saturday, September 13 in the 15 heritage cities of Spain. An event in which, as Mázarias emphasized, «We open the historic headphones of the 15 monumental cities with a unique program in Europe to celebrate the great cultural heritage party, with hundreds of free proposals for everyone.»
The chapter of the Segovia Cathedral, which celebrates 500 years since the beginning of its construction this year, was the setting for presenting the extensive programming, organized by the World Heritage City group, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and the National Institute of Performing Arts and Music (INAAM). The group president highlighted the cities’ participation «in a spectacular technical and human behavior to show the world the beauty of our monuments, the richness of our history and traditions, and also to share the hospitality that 15 comfortable, friendly, and universal cities offer.»
José Mazarías emphasized the group’s commitment to improving the quality of each edition, indicating that «this year we present a very varied and multidisciplinary program, which includes expressions of intangible heritage and the tradition of each city; music, theater, gastronomy, activities for family audiences, and also with the novelty of a specific generation,»
The dissemination of heritage is one of the main objectives of the Heritage Night, as highlighted during the presentation by the Director General of Cultural Heritage and Plastic Arts of the Ministry of Culture, «Albert León:» The CLOW has existed for more than twenty years between the Ministry of Culture and the Group, as well as the programs, within the dissemination and Value of Heritage «.
On the other hand, the president of the Group’s Culture Commission and the mayor of Toledo, Carlos Velázquez Romo, highlighted the variety of a very ambitious program and encouraged citizens to «visit cathedrals, palaces, museums, or archaeological sites; to enjoy shows and activities in monumental settings and for a monumental scene.
The heritage night is structured in three sections, common to 15 cities:
1.-Live Heritage: A great cultural and leisure offer that will be distributed in their historic headphones
2.-Open Heritage: Open doors of monuments and cultural spaces
3.-Heritage Scene: Festival and creation platform for dance in heritage spaces.
As a preview of the open heritage section, the program includes exceptional opening monuments, museums, and heritage spaces, such as:
- Alcalá de Henares – Paraninfo of the University of Alcalá
- Ávila – The wall of Ávila
- Baeza – The Church of the Incarnation
- Cáceres – Goddelédrica by Santa María
- Córdoba – Alcázar of Kings Christian
- Cuenca – Hanging Houses
- Ibiza – The Museum of Art of Art
- Mérida – House of the Mithraeum
- Salamanca – Towers of Clereía
- San Cristóbal de la Laguna – Hermitage of Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Santiago de Compostela – Pazo de Caxoi in Plaza del Ojodeiro
- Segovia – Jewish Educational Center
- Tarragona – Praetorium and Roman Circus
- Toledo – Garden and the Church of San Lucas
- Úbeda – Basilica of Santa María de los RELESULAS ALCÁZARES
In addition, some units managed by pensions will provide guided and theatrical tours, gastronomic tastings, or musical performances. The Culture Commission president also previewed some of the activities, concerts, or guided tours that can be enjoyed, within the Live Heritage section:
- Alcalá de Henares: Concert by Ismael González at the Cervantes Salon Theater.
- Ávila: Exhibition of medieval and attics costumes at the Verdugo Palace.
- Baeza: Concert by the Baza de Ebimatic Puerto de Toledo Music Band.
- Cáceres: Concerts by young artists at the main entrance of the Cáceres Museum (Plaza de Las Veletas).
- Córdoba: Recitals by young poets of the city at the emblematic Fuenseca tavern.
- Cuenca: The action of the city’s music band in the Poet Garden.
- Ibiza: Concerts of «Night at the Baluard,» at Baluarte from San Pedro.
- Mérida: Popular dance and exhibition of various artistic disciplines related to extreme folklore at the Alcazaba Arabes.
- Salamanca: Guided tours of the Domus Artium exhibitions.
- San Cristóbal de la Laguna: «Heritage in Motion,» an activity where a collection of digitized films of audiovisual heritage in San Cristóbal de la Laguna will be designed. At the former monastery in Santo Domingo, Crystal Room.
- Santiago de Compostela: Thematic activities for the heritage area
- Segovia: Specially guided tours in the walled gardens.
- Tarragona: Activity related to intangible heritage: «Meeting of Diables and Balls de Dables,» a meeting of eleven groups of fire dancers, which will take place in the most central streets of Tarragona.
- Toledo: Concert by ANA Alcaide at Adarve de la Puerta del Sol.
- Úbeda: Historical recreation of Roman legionaries at the Archaeological Museum.
Carlos Velázquez also recalled that on Saturday, September 13, at the Heritage Stage Festival, «15 pieces by recognized and emerging choreographers will be showcased, including 7 world premieres and a national premiere. The Balearic Islands, Castilla y León, Catalonia, Catalonia, Madrid community, guest companies from Italy, Japan, and Taiwan.»
Lorenzo Pappagallo, Artistic Director of the Festival Scene Site, Who Explained that among the artists of this edition is Carmen Fumero and Chang Dance Theater in Alcalá de Henares, Alberto Velasco, Irene Naranjo in Baeza, Sol Picó in Cáceres, Laila Tafur in Córdoba, Java Mardoba, Córdoba, Magdalena Garzón en Ibiza, Marco Flores en Mérida, Antonio Najarro en Salamanca, Carlos Carvento en San Cristóbal de la Laguna, Lorena Nogal en Santiago de Compostela, la Compañía Nacional de Danza, Marc Fernández en Tarragon Center en Toledo y el Celia Swords en Oúbeda.
According to the artistic director, «In this eighth edition of the heritage scene, dance is inscribed in the most personal dimension of historical spaces. Under the motto of «intimate vestiges,» a dialogue is proposed between memory and the present, between the imprint of time and the leadership of the body.
The event featured the director of the National Dance Company (CND – Inam), Muriel Romero, and the choreographer Celia Espada. The closing was carried out by the National Dance Company, which presented a preview of their performance in September with a fragment of the program «We say truths that seem like lies.»
Once again, the tourist pensions, the chain of hotels and restaurants operating in the country since 1928, joined the heritage night to organize in the eleven units located in the World Heritage Cities to bring the rich history and heritage they hold to the public.
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