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30th October 2024 DR. ISABELLE BRIANSO ENJOYS IN VALENCIA ‘THE WAY OF THE HOLY GRAIL’ AS A PILLAR OF EUROPEAN CULTURAL HERITAGE
‘The Way of the Holy Grail’ is a tangible and intangible heritage that values memory, cooperation, research and sustainable development along its entire route. Dr. Isabelle Brianso, Vice-Rector of the University of Culture of the University of Avignon, Associate Professor at the Norbert Centre and examiner for the Council of Europe, recently completed an enriching […]
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29th October 2024 DR. ANA MAFÉ RECEIVES RECOGNITION FOR SCIENTIFICALLY DEMONSTRATING THE AUTHENTICITY OF VALENCIA’S HOLY CHALICE AS THE HOLY GRAIL
Dr. Ana Mafé was honoured in a ceremony held on Thursday, October 17, in Valencia (Spain) for her outstanding scientific and academic contributions to the study of the Holy Chalice at Valencia Cathedral. This recognition, promoted by Laboratorios Viñas, highlights the rigour with which Dr. Mafé has demonstrated that the Chalice meets the art historical […]
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26th October 2024 FOOD, LANGUAGE AND ARCHITECTURE: THE REMNANTS OF MUSLIM VALENCIA
Amidst the office blocks, stadiums and beach bars of Valencia, the legacy of Al-Andalus lives on. Valencia, one of Spain’s oldest cities, has been washed over by the tides of history, and each successive wave of empires and religions have all left their mark in its walls. The city surrendered to the Berber and Arab […]
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14th October 2024 LA RIADA DE VALENCIA: THE FLOOD THAT SUBMERGED A CITY
This 14th of October marks the 67th anniversary of “La Riada de Valencia”, the flooding of the River Turia in 1957, which left 81 people dead and three-quarters of the city’s streets underwater. Just like all cities built on the banks of rivers, Valencia suffered an eternal paradox: a river is a source of life […]
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9th October 2024 October 9th is the Day of the Valencian Community!
October 9th is the Day of the Valencian Community and commemorates the entry into the city of Valencia of King of Aragon ‘Jaume I the Conqueror’ in 1238. The “mocaorà The 9th of October is also the feast day of ‘Sant Donís’ (in Spanish, San Dionisio), traditionally considered the patron saint of lovers, which is […]
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7th August 2024 PRESENTATION OF THE EUROPEAN CULTURAL ITINERARY CANDIDATURE: THE WAY OF THE HOLY GRAIL, ROUTE OF KNOWLEDGE, WAY OF PEACE
This morning at 11:00 a.m. (7 August 2024), a meeting was held with the media in the prestigious Silk Museum of Valencia to officially present the candidacy of the “Way of the Holy Grail, Route of Knowledge, Way of Peace” as a European Cultural Itinerary. Dr. Ana Mafé, a specialist in the history of the […]
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5th August 2024 THE IRISH / SPANISH CONNECTION…LETTER FROM CELTIBERIA
As I went out to Dublin city, at the hour of twelve at night, who should I see but the Spanish lady, washing her feet by the candlelight —The Spanish Lady, The Dubliners Tourist in Ireland: What’s the Gaelic for mañana? Irish local: Oh, I don’t think we have a word that describes quite that […]
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9th July 2024 VISITING VALENCIA CATHEDRAL (24/7 VALENCIA)
Exploring the magnificent Gothic masterpiece that is Valencia Cathedral is an awe-inspiring experience on any day, even more so when your visit is guided by passionate experts from the Holy Grail Association. I met Alicia Palazòn and Vicente Navarro of ‘Aula Grial’, Valencia’s local history museum all about the Holy Grail, in front of the […]
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5th July 2024 THE GOVERNMENT OF ARAGON AND THE CULTURAL ASSOCIATION THE WAY OF THE HOLY GRAIL SIGN AN AGREEMENT TO PROMOTE THE EUROPEAN CULTURAL ROUTE
San Juan de la Peña (Huesca), 4 July 2024 – In a ceremony held this week in the Royal Pantheon Monastery of San Juan de la Peña, the Government of Aragon and the Cultural Association The Way of the Holy Grail have signed a collaboration agreement to promote the European Cultural Itinerary inspired by the […]
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3rd July 2024 THE FALLA CONVENTO JERUSALÉN MAKES HISTORY WITH THE CELEBRATION OF THE FIRST FALLAS PILGRIMAGE OF THE WAY OF THE HOLY GRAIL!
This past Sunday, June 30, a historic day occured with the first Fallas pilgrimage of the Way of the Holy Grail. The event has counted with the participation of a hundred falleros and friends of the Commission Falla Convento Jerusalem, who have embarked on this initiative to give visibility to the Way of the Holy […]
