At the end of May, when we visited Genevilla, I knew we had to come back. Its heritage, landscape and friendly people are well worth visiting again.
But I never imagined that the visit would come so soon.
A newspaper advertisement
I was reading a local newspaper when I came across news from the government of Navarra. They invited the city halls of the different villages of the region to participate at The European Heritage Days. One of the conditions was to present the program with a cultural association.
Patrimonio para jovenes had kept in touch with the people of Genevilla and offered our proposal: A workshop about the altarpiece of the parish. An awesome, stunning piece of art from Renaissance.
And the day arrives!
And the 1st of October, there we were. And we couldn’t believe how many people came. It was a joy. But we were certainly dealing with a challenge: to talk to such a big group with a range of age we are not used to.
Everybody was very interested and some of them looked carefully with bicoulars. So they appreciated the details from sculptures and how they were carved and polychromed.
The children
For children we prepared some big papers with the designs from the friezes of the altarpiece. Kids were looking at the altarpiece first and then they colored in the way they preferred. They had fun. By the way, thank you to the team that came as volunteers to take care of them.
And the party
After visiting the altarpiece, we had appetizers courtesy of the village council. It was a great time to talk, find old friends and make new ones.
Here is a picture with some of us. It was such a cute, nice, friendly morning at Genevilla.
And here you have the links to some websites that can be helpful if you want to visit this area :
http://www.turismo.navarra.es/eng/home/
http://www.turismotierraestella.com/
http://www.turismo.navarra.es/esp/organice-viaje/recurso/Localidad/2670/Viana.htm
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