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Las Edades del Hombre - Cartel 2024High resolution image. This link will open using lightbox, there may be a context switchLas Edades del Hombre - Cartel 2024 The XXVII edition of The Exposition "Edades del Hombre" is celebrated this year 2024 from June 13 to November 17 in Villafranca del Bierzo , Leon, (church of Santiago and collegiate church of Santa María) and in Santiago de Compostela (crypt of the Portico of Glory in the cathedral and monastery of San Martín Pinario). The exhibition will be inaugurated on June 12 by His Majesty King Felipe VI.

Hospitalitas is a term with Greek roots and a Latin background that the exhibition addresses from the primitive concept of solidarity, as it has been transferred and evolved to the present day. In the same way, his story will transcend towards a contemporary prism taking into account a fragmented reality.

Through the chapters that make up the exhibition articulated through works created by the best artists in the history of Spanish art who bequeathed us extraordinary pieces of sculpture, painting, goldsmithing... we approach hospitality, which is also one of the hallmarks of identity. both from Villafranca del Bierzo, located in the heart of The French Way of Saint James, and from Santiago de Compostela, the final destination of the pilgrims heading to the tomb of the Apostle.

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Exhibition Features

Villafranca del Bierzo

In the church of Santiago, the production of an audiovisual experience that will welcome the visitor is planned. A project that, under the theme of hospitality, will be developed with pioneering techniques and that will convert this emblematic temple into an unprecedented immersive projection room.

The collegiate church of Villafranca del Bierzo will host approximately a hundred pieces from all over the country, with artists of the stature of Gregorio Fernández, Luisa Roldán, El Greco, Gil de Siloé, Juan de Juni and Luis Salvador Carmona, who will share space with other artists more recent ones like Venancio Blanco or Vela Zanetti. These works will be distributed in a preamble and four chapters called "stays":

Prelude: works of mercy.

  1. Bunk Gesta. All part of a story
  2. Allegoria Credere. What am I to believe?
  3. Moralis Agere. How should I act?
  4. Anagogia Tendere. What can I expect?

Santiago de Compostela

Exposition “Edades del Hombre” Tourist Passport 2024, Hospitalitas

Exposition "Edades del Hombre" 2024

The Junta de Castilla y León, in collaboration with the tourism business sector of the Bierzo region and the Bierzo Wine Route , launches the HOSPITALITAS Exposition "Edades del Hombre" tourist passport, which will allow its users to obtain discounts on integrated tourist services. in said tourist passport, accommodation, restaurants, active tourism activities and others.

This passport can be obtained when purchasing the ticket for the exhibition, as well as at the tourist offices of the Junta de Castilla y León in all the capitals of Castile and León and at the tourist offices in the Bierzo region.

* If you are a businessman, with any tourist service in the Bierzo region, you can request your membership to the tourist card from our form .


How to get?

By bus to Villafranca del Bierzo: www.alsa.esThis link opens in a popup window

Practical information

Villafranca del Bierzo

  • Church of Santiago
    • Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
    • Passes every 20 minutes (approx.)
  • Collegiate Church of Santa María
    • Tuesday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
    • Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
    • It will be closed on Mondays
    • Last admission at any of the locations 30 minutes before closing

Plano Villafranca del BierzoPlano Villafranca del Bierzo

Santiago de Compostela

  • Crypt of the Portico of Glory (Cathedral) and Monastery of San Martín Pinario
    • Monday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
    • Last admission at any of the locations 45 minutes before closing

Plano Santiago de CompostelaPlano Santiago de Compostela

Tickets

Individual entry

  • Villafranca del Bierzo venues: €6
  • Santiago de Compostela venues: €10*
  • Joint entry to all venues: €15*

*Includes entrance to the Cathedral Museum of Santiago

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