For centuries, a town’s mark was its walls. They were its visible “face” and the emblem of its personality, determining the townspeople’s status…

Some cities are pictorial and others are literary. Few can be considered both, but that’s just what happens in Toledo. It’s often said that this…

The National Library of Spain presents the exhibition “Miguel de Cervantes: From Life to Myth (1616-2016)” on the 4th Centenary of the death of…

CA2M, the Dos de Mayo Art Centre, is a living institution that is focused on the art of today. It shelters the Contemporary Art Collection of the…

Standing in the heart of the Literary Quarter is the house where Félix Lope de Vega (1562-1635), one of the foremost poets and dramatists of Spain…

Centre Cultural Blanquerna is the cultural headquarter of the Catalan Government Office in Madrid. Since 1993 it has been Madrid’s reference point…

CentroCentro, Cibeles for Culture and Citizenship is a dynamic space of cultural and citizen action devoted to thought on urban life. It opened in…

The historic Cuartel del Conde Duque, an outstanding 18th-century edifice in the heart of Madrid, is now a big cultural centre with over 58,000…

We usually associate a knowledge of history with cold facts and dates. But history is not only a subject to be studied or learned. It is also…