BRINGING HERITAGE CLOSER. CORELLA

From 24 to 26 August 2010
Corella Youth Creation Centre

OPENING AND PRESENTATION OF THE COURSE

The Chair of Heritage and Navarrese Art of the University of Navarra gave on August 24, 25 and 26, 2010 the course Acercar el Patrimonio. Corella, in the framework of the programming of the "X SummerX of the Universities of Navarre 2010", under the direction of Professor Ricardo Fernández Gracia, and with the special partnership of the City Council of Corella.

The sessions took place mostly at the Centro de Creación Joven of the city, crowded with more than 120 people enrolled, where leading specialists in the subject from the Universities of Navarra and Zaragoza, the Chair of Heritage and Art of Navarra and the Society of Historical programs of study Navarra intervened. The different lessons dealt with the knowledge of the cultural goods and the historical-artistic heritage of the city of Corella from the average age to the 20th century, showing the patrimonial reality as an integral part of a modern, cultured and advanced society. Through a method that combines theoretical and practical sessions with "in situ" visits to the main monumental sites of the city, such as the church of San Miguel, the course analyzed the achievements that transformed the city in the Modern Age, with the Building of its parishes and convents, noble houses promoted by important lineages, together with the study of other manifestations such as sumptuary arts or music.

The opening of the course took place on Tuesday, August 24, whose inaugural session was in position of Mr. Alberto Catalán Higueras, Minister of Education of the Government of Navarre, who was accompanied at the table by Mr. José Javier Navarro, Mayor of Corella, and Ricardo Fernández Gracia, Director of the Chair of Heritage and Art of Navarre of the University of Navarre and coordinator of this cycle. 

The Regional Minister of Education of the Government of Navarre, Mr. Alberto Catalán, opened the summer course in Corella, together with the Mayor of the town, Mr. José Javier Navarro and the director of the Chair de Patrimonio y Arte Navarro, Mr. Ricardo Fernández Gracia. The participants, more than 120 people registered, followed most of the sessions at the Centro de Creación Joven in Corella.