Plazas y Patios 2015

The program of "Plazas y Patios" continues in Salamanca during the whole summer. Until august 30th we could carry on enjoying a wide variety of theatral performances and musical exhibitions for all the public and moreover for free.

Take a look on what the august program offers!

REPRESENTAtionS

Picture: Europa Press

7 | 14 | 21 | 28 august, 8.30 pm - Plaza de San Benito

El Crimen del fraile Luis - Etón Teatro

Etón Teatro sets up a play based on the key person of the 16 century in Salamanca, starting from an original text by Ángel González Quesada.

Saturdays, 12.00 pm y 7.15 pm - Salida Casa de Santa Teresa 

Theatralized tour - Mi nombre es Teresa - Los Absurdos Teatro

Through this thetralized tour, let's discover the traveller Saint who intellectually and spiritually enriched the lives of all salmantinos.

Fridays y Saturdays, 9.00 pm | 9.30 pm | 10.00 pm - Cueva de Salamanca

Summer in the Cave - El estudiante de Salamanca. Theatralized Visit - By Luis García Jambrina

In the most symbolic and legendary place in Salamanca, this theatral adaptation of El estudiante de Salamanca by Espronceda tries to approach the spectators in a new way.

Pictures: salamanca.es

MuSIC

1st of august, 10.30 pm - Santo Domingo de la Cruz (gardens)

Et Encore

A really original repertoir of songs from the Irish tradition mixed with Belgian popular songs and a touch of rock and folk.

8th of august, 10.30 pm - Santo Domingo de la Cruz (gardens)

Randy Greer Quintet

The heir of the inimitable Nat King Cole offer us a quality repertoir developed during more the 30 years of career.

15th of august, 10.30 pm - Santo Domingo de la Cruz (gardens)

Patio Chico

A performance of the real flamenco of Salamanca.  

22nd of august, 10.30 pm - Santo Domingo de la Cruz (gardens)

Thaïs Morell Quartet. Cancioneira

Thaïs Morell offers us a combination of themes from the Brazilian popular music with Africans and Europeans folklorics details.

29th of august, 10.30 pm - Santo Domingo de la Cruz (gardens)

Rubem Dantas. Rubem Dantas Cajón Tour

Another Brazilian artist, Rubem Dantas is a famous percusionist all around the world. 

You can download pdf program at this link. 

¡Viva Sevilla!

Last weekend we went with a group of 30 students from different language schools in Salamanca to Sevilla with the company Viamar. Sevilla is located in the south of Spain and is the capital city of Andalusia. The city is worldwide known for its culture, traditions, monuments and squares, moreover it´s the city where the Flamengo is born.

We got a tour in Salamanca accompanied by a very enthusiastic guide, who told us a lot of information and history about the city in Spanish. I will share some of the knowledge of the most important buildings we saw during this trip.

Cathedral 

Cathedral of Sevilla
The cathedral of Sevilla, a roman catholic cathedral, is one of the biggest cathedrals in the world. Some parts of the cathedral are still in Arabic style because the cathedral was built over the ruins of a mosque, for example the tower: La Giralda is the former minaret of the mosque. "Hagamos una Iglesia tan hermosa y tan grandiosa que los que la vieren labrada nos tengan por locos" ("Let us build a church so beautiful and so big that those who see it finished will think we are mad").

Orange tree

Santa Cruz
The neighborhood of Santa cruz is picturesque and you should definitely visit this central place in Salamanca, with their orange trees, flowers, white houses and all of this is situated in narrow streets.  

Plaza de España
This plaza is one of my favorite places I´ve visited, it looks like a scenery of a fairytale, it doesn´t surprise me that this place is one of the city´s top attractions. The square is decorated with fountains, bridges and ceramic tiles and was built for the Ibero-American exhibition of 1929. All along the square there are benches representing each of the Spanish provinces.

Plaza españa

Torre del oro
The Torre del Oro is situated next to the Guadalquivir river, opposite to the Maestranza, the famous bullfighting ring of Sevilla. The tower is built by the Arabs in the 13^th century. Probably the name of this tower stems from the gold that was unloaded here during the time that Sevilla had the monopoly over the trade with the New World.

Setas de Sevilla and Flamenco show
We also went in the evening to a Spanish flamengo show and sunday we had a magnificent view over the city from the so called ´mushrooms´ of Sevilla. (see pictures below)

We were just visiting this beautiful city for two days, but if you ever get the same opportunity I recommend you to go!

* all pictures are made by students of Tia Tula.

Liane - intern/student of Tia Tula