Territorio Mudéjar awards three stays and three artistic residencies for innovative projects that promote the conservation and use of Mudejar heritage in rural areas.

The Gonzalo M. Borrás Gualis stays to develop pilot projects will last six months and almost 15 villages, out of the 48 partners, will receive expert visits from the researchers.
Territorio Mudéjar has awarded three research stays and three artistic residencies aimed at supporting the work of researchers and project promoters who want to work on the development of villages through the responsible and sustainable use of cultural and natural heritage resources. This is the fifth edition of the Gonzalo M. Borrás Gualis research stays and projects and both the stays and the artistic residencies.
The projects selected range from research into new models of spiritual or religious tourism away from overcrowding, the study of painted inscriptions in Mudejar art, symbolism in our heritage, Mudejar ceramics, light in Mudejar spaces and dance and space from an artistic point of view.
These projects are in addition to the 23 from previous editions and the nearly 50 professionals who have formed the network of researchers of the stays since they were launched in 2019 and have provided new perspectives on the management of Mudejar heritage, have had a positive impact on the villages and have promoted an interdisciplinary work network. In addition, specifically, they have improved knowledge of the Mudejar as a World Heritage Site and the benefits it brings as an international brand recognised by Unesco.
The projects selected for Research Stays are:
  • New narratives on Mudejar heritage aimed at the public of knowledge and spiritual tourism in a global way. The author is Bárbara Ruiz Bejarano, PhD in Arabic and Islamic Studies (University of Alicante and Las Fuentes Foundation). This research project is part of the line “Strategic management of Mudejar heritage. Cultural landscape and urban landscape” and aims to generate dissemination narratives about the territory and research on a muslim-friendly, religious and knowledge tourism that adapts to the reality of the Mudejar heritage and its villages.
  • Reading the Mudejar: Arabic inscriptions in medieval Aragonese churches (13th-15th centuries). The author is María del Mar Valls Fusté, PhD in art history (Rovira i Virgili University) and the research project is part of the “New perspectives on Mudejar art” line. The project aims to study the inscriptions in Arabic preserved in medieval Aragonese interiors, with special attention to those present on the wooden roofs and alfarjes of Mudejar buildings.
  • Aesthetics and symbolism in Mudejar heritage. The author is Estrella Noguera Iturralde, philosopher and master in ancient world and archaeological heritage (Basque Public University and University of Zaragoza). It is part of the line “New views on Mudejar art” and studies the symbolism in the ornamental object of Aragonese Mudejar buildings from the point of view of art history and philosophical aesthetics.
The selected artist residencies are:
  • Mudéjar clay, by Javier Seral Posac, industrial designer, engineer in industrial organisation and senior technician in artistic ceramics. Mud is the basis of Mudejar construction and the author intends to use it to create pieces that reflect the Mudejar tradition and inspiration in the transformation of mud into ceramics. The residency will consist of the search for quarries, analysis of the plasticity of the samples, extraction of the clays and construction of the pieces.
  • The wall as dermis. Light in the Mudéjar II by the artist and visual arts researcher Pilar García Verón (Complutense University of Madrid). This residency continues the stay that the author carried out in 2022-2023 and studies the Mudejar as a screen for the projection and manifestation of light as a manifestation of divinity. On this occasion, she studies the filtered light of Mudéjar sacred spaces and its transcendence in space and time.
  • Incorporate. On the vulnerable or how to channel knowledge by Patricia Álvarez Álvaro, a graduate in Arabic Philology (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) and trained in dance and dramaturgy of the image. This residency is based on a dialogue between the body and the Mudejar heritage space, through dance, using different techniques and skills: dance, theatre, performative installation, creative writing…

DIGITOUR Project: Visit to Pensiunea Septiembrie in Elsenita, Romania

We travelled to Romania to further advance the DIGITOUR project, which aims to boost the tourism sector by bringing together tourism companies with innovative and digital solution providers and by using territorial and cultural heritage for tourism purposes.

Our destination was Eselnita, the location of the hotel Pensiunea Septiembrie which, together with the Posada del Almudí in Daroca, is part of the pilot project we are working on. Specifically, the hotel in Eselnita is a recently constructed building in the Puertas de Hierro Natural Park and there we have been working on the ground (and with a view) together with Alexandro Cunicel, the owner of the establishment.

We remind you that Territorio Mudéjar is coordinating the design of a quality seal to distinguish local establishments and help them to offer appropriate services for scientific tourism linked to heritage and cultural resources.

Our work consisted of studying and analysing common needs through technical visits in order to study the design of a branding and virtual spaces for dissemination following the guidelines of heritage identity as a singularity.

The two establishments of the consortium -Pensiunea Septiembrie in Romania and the Posada del Almudí in Daroca- have common characteristics: they are large spaces, with a strong link to their natural context, located in rural areas with a very low population density, which nevertheless maintain strong links with important cultural entities due to the rich cultural heritage of the area.

This project values the possibilities of the two hotels as remote workplaces for researchers, creatives and other professionals who can develop their work individually and where the influence of the context can be of great help to the research/creative process.

The recent events of the pandemic have led many workers to reconsider their workplace, understanding that new technologies offer many possibilities of connection and on the other hand allow an approach to remote places whose characteristics, relationship with the environment, surrounding landscape, etc., can be very beneficial for the work process. can be very beneficial for the work process.

To this end, it is necessary to work on their strategic positioning and on a rebranding that attracts this type of travellers/workers who can stay in these establishments for long periods of time, linked to their work processes.

*The DIGITOUR project is funded by the European Commission ‘s Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in the framework of the COSME COS-TOURINN-2020-3-04 programme.

Special activity in Castejón de Valdejasa: exhibition”Mudejar, the guide” and heritage visit.

We have celebrated a special activity in Castejón de Valdejasa: Exhibition “Mudejar, the guide” and heritage visit. We started at 12.00 with a welcome and presentation and a guided tour by Territorio Mudéjar.

In addition, on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th, there will be a free visit to the exhibition from 12:00 to 14:00.

We continue to work with our partner towns and villages to disseminate their heritage and contribute to boosting cultural activity.

FREE ACTIVITY: Financed by Castejón de Valdejasa Town Council. Technical management from the area of activities and communication of Territorio Mudéjar.

INFORMATION

Telephone: 876 634 125

WhatsApp: 648 799 405

E-mail: info@territoriomudejar.es

TM participates in the ‘Landscapes and Sites’ event of the Cultural Landscapes Alliance

Territorio Mudéjar participates in the event ‘Landscapes and sites. Participate to coexist’, framed in the technical conferences of the Alliance of Cultural Landscapes and Related World Heritage Sites, which began today in A Coruña.

The event is organised by the Tower of Hercules and the Alliance of World Heritage Landscapes and Sites, with the support of the City Council of A Coruña and the Tourism and Congress Consortium, the Ministry of Culture and Sport and the Provincial Council of A Coruña. The event will address the role of society in the conservation of World Heritage landscapes and sites, inviting reflection on the participation of institutions, communities and associations to protect and enhance these places.

Specifically, we will talk about the monument in the landscape: historical and artistic heritage, architectural heritage, heritage of the building trades. As well as intangible heritage and landscape as a builder of the concept of heritage.

We started with the presentation of Moisés Jorge Naranjo, manager of the A Coruña tourism consortium; Alicia Castillo, ICOMOS Spain and UCM; Pablo Jiménez Díaz, UNESCO convention and Ministry of Culture; Antoni Fuster, Consell de Mallorca; and Maral Kekejian, from the office of culture for the Spanish presidency of the Council of Europe 2023.

We have continued with the presentation of María Del Pozo, from the Consortium of Aranjuez World Heritage and secretary general of the Cultural Landscapes and Related Sites Alliance. And the presentations by Miriam Ugarte from the Ministry of Culture, Alicia Castillo, Iría Caamaño (University of Coruña), Xavier Simón (University of Vigo). And a round table moderated by Xosé Allegue (architect of the Consortium Santiago de Compostela World Heritage City) with the speakers: Manuel Rodríguez Lopez (Fundación Ría), Cristina García Fontán (UDC) and Xavier Simón Fernández (CISPAC).

We also took advantage of the day to visit the Tower of Hercules, the oldest lighthouse in the world in use with a fundamental link to the landscape.

TM participates in Cultourfair, the premium cultural tourism fair held in Seville

Territorio Mudéjar participates from 24 to 26 September in Cultourfair, the only international B2B fair of premium cultural tourism in the world. This event takes place in Seville and positions us as an example of management. In fact, we have scheduled 30 meetings with entities that promote heritage destinations and intense networking with international agencies and media.

The event organisers carry out an intense campaign of direct international promotion to its network of contacts, which exceeds 300,000 executives, to attract between 300 and 600 potential buyers, of which only the 50 with the greatest business potential are approved to participate. All of them directors and executives with decision-making power, specialising in: luxury travel, events (sports, music, wine, gourmet, etc.), MICE, city breaks, heritage, gastronomy, folklore, religion, etc…

The event’s programme offers an agenda of pre-established appointments with carefully selected buyers. The conference will be complemented by a high-level networking programme, promoting contact between all participants to foster business alliances that will facilitate the return on investment.

We are thus making progress in our mission to consolidate a unified and collaborative management network for the use of the historical-artistic resources linked to the important Mudejar heritage, understanding them as a driving force for the development of the villages and as an element of identity for the maintenance of the communities that make up our territory.

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First measures to implement the Daroca Tourism Sustainability Plan with the advice of TM

Daroca has launched the first measures to implement the Tourism Sustainability Plan with several strategic meetings and the formation of a technical and scientific advisory work team for the management of historical-artistic heritage. This team has been created thanks to an agreement with the association Territorio Mudéjar, which is in charge of leading this team and providing strategic support to the Sustainability Plan, and is made up of a scientific-technical advisor, two emerging professionals as project assistants and a training internship for recent graduates.

The Tourism Sustainability Plan, endowed with two million euros, seeks to improve the local projection with a commitment to tourism as a driver of local economic development, profitability for existing entrepreneurs and to promote job creation. It also aims to boost the existing tourist offer through various actions based on the historical, natural and cultural heritage available in the municipality.

Last Monday 18th, a strategic meeting was held with the participation of Miguel García, mayor of Daroca; Fernando Ara, secretary; Pascual Sánchez, councillor of Culture; Felipe Gonzalo, AEDL Daroca; Carolina Julián, tourism technician of the Daroca region and Victoria Trasobares, director of Territorio Mudéjar, together with part of her project team. Both these meetings and the formation of the working team will allow for the prompt implementation of the two central activities contemplated in the plan.

Territorio Mudéjar celebrates its fifth anniversary

On a day like today in 2018, after many months of work, the association Territorio Mudéjar was set up as a unified and collaborative management network for the use of the historical and artistic resources linked to the important Mudejar heritage and which would serve as a driving force for the development of our villages.

Five years later, we celebrate our anniversary as a solid entity of 47 partners, with a multidisciplinary team of professionals, researchers and students; with international projects, a rich calendar of activities and, above all, an experience in responsible and professional heritage management always in search of local development and impact on localities.

The birthday surprises us at work, as usual. After attending our partners in a personalised way, today we are participating in an event of the Digitour project, which promotes the digitalisation and innovation of SMEs in the tourism sector. In this session, Victoria Trasobares, director of Territorio Mudéjar, and Miguel Bielsa, from Estudio Mique, will participate virtually in a meeting held in Burgas, Bulgaria, where they will give details of the project led by Territorio Mudéjar. Our organisation is coordinating the design of a quality seal to distinguish local establishments that offer appropriate services for scientific tourism linked to heritage and cultural resources. Specifically, the pilot project phase has begun with the redesign of the brand of the Posada del Almudí in Daroca, a hotel opened in a historic building with an interesting rehabilitation, and an establishment in Romania, Pensiunea Septiembrie in the town of Elsenita immersed in the spectacular cultural landscape of the Danube River.

At the same time, we are working with the Andalusian Medinas Network to form a working team that we will soon be telling you about. This network is an instrument for the economic and social development of the territories participating in the tourist experience. It aims to enhance the value of the Andalusian medinas and what their tangible and intangible heritage represents as a contribution of the Andalusian civilisation, particularly in its diversity (ethnic, linguistic and religious), as well as its techniques, sciences and arts.

We are also making progress in personalised management with our partners, studying their needs and signing various special agreements with them to form work teams to provide technical and scientific advice on projects such as the Tourism Sustainability Plan for the destination of Daroca or the special ones for Fuentes de Ebro, Ricla and San Mateo de Gállego to carry out specific activities.

We are about to launch our Mudejar Territory Routes 2023-2024 through the villages.

We continue to participate in international events that position us as an example of management, such as Cultourfair in Seville, one of the most prestigious fairs in cultural tourism related to heritage. In addition, we have already closed some 70 meetings with organisations from all over the world.

Soon we will also inform you that the Territorio Mudéjar team led by Victoria Trasobares has been selected by the Ministry of Culture to carry out the preparatory work for the management plan of the “Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon” as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Our network of researchers continues to grow with the new call for Stays and Projects that we are about to resolve and with the great success of our call for artistic residencies.

Our team of students is also growing thanks to the Desafío-Unita programme, which trains new professionals in heritage management.

And we are also growing in membership, which is our essence. With the incorporation of Tarazona, Pozuel de Ariza, Herrera de los Navarros, Ariza, Cariñena and Muel we have reached 47 members plus one collaborating member.

Many thanks to all of you who make it possible for us to continue growing with the compass that the Mudejar heritage is an engine for the development of the villages and an element of identity for the maintenance of the communities that make up our territory.

Special agreement with the municipality of Daroca to form a technical and scientific advisory work team for the Tourism Sustainability Plan.

Territorio Mudéjar has signed a special agreement with the town council of Daroca to form a technical and scientific advisory work team for the local tourist destination sustainability plan.

The “Sustainability and Modernization Plan of the City Council of Daroca. Facilitating access to Heritage from accessibility” (PSTD) has included Territorio Mudéjar -an association of which Daroca has been a founding member since 2018- in its technical-scientific work table. The entity will collaborate in the project through advice, consultation, monitoring and scientific support in terms of historical-artistic heritage management for the development of the Plan.

We recall that this project was approved by the Secretary of State for Tourism of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism and the Department of Industry, Competitiveness and Business Development of the Government of Aragon at the end of 2022. And it is focused on several actions:

  • The adequacy of the walled framework.
  • The adequacy of the area of the Castillo Mayor.
  • The adequacy of roads and trails that allow access and visit both castle, walls and other existing monuments (towers, La Mina, green areas, etc.).
  • The decoration of facades within the Lienzos de Historia project, also known as Muralea.
  • The adequacy and rehabilitation of streets with the burying of wiring.

A large part of the actions of this sustainability plan affect the Historic-Artistic Site of Cultural Interest of the city of Daroca, declared according to Decree 1450/1968 of June 6 and published in the BOE nº158 of July 2, 1968. And to assets of different nature included as the fortified enclosure of Daroca and “La Mina”, both declared BIC.

In this context, Territorio Mudéjar will create a specific work team to support the municipality of Daroca in the development of the PSTD. The team will have a group of experts coordinated by the management team. To form this team, Territorio Mudéjar will select:

A scientific-technical advisor expert in the management of the historical-artistic heritage of Daroca from the field of preventive conservation, intervention and the study of the use of heritage in the service of cultural and heritage tourism.

It will also have two emerging professionals as project assistants and will create a training internship position for recent graduates through an agreement signed with UNIVERSA – Employment Counseling Office of the University of Zaragoza-.

Finally, a PSTDoffice will be created for neighbors, businesses and those interested in the project in order to study the synergies arising from the Plan .

CONVOCATIONS:

  • Extraordinary professional call.

Selection of an assistant professional

Project Management

Advice, consultation, monitoring and scientific support in the management of historical-artistic heritage for the development of the Tourism Sustainability Plan for the city of Daroca.

Electronic address: https://www.territoriomudejar.es/convocatoria-plan-de-sostenibilidad-daroca/

Publication of terms and conditions: August 16 , 2023

Submission of bids: Until August 31 , 2023 at info@territoriomudejar.es.

  • Call for internships for recent graduates.

Selection of a “Training internship through projects” position.

Information: info@territoriomudejar.es

Applications: As of September 1 , 2023

If you have any doubts or would like to consult us about any particular issue regarding the project, you can call us at 876 634 125 or write an e-mail to info@territoriomudejar.es.

Territorio Mudéjar announces a new edition of its research stays to promote projects related to heritage in rural areas.

¿Te gustaría trabajar en el aula con materiales educativos en torno a la identidad mudéjar de los pueblos? ¿Entiendes el espacio patrimonial como un espacio de aprendizaje innovador?

En las próximas semanas dará comienzo la primera acción del proyecto “Circular por la escuela rural”, un curso de introducción al proyecto en el que Territorio Mudéjar ofrece a los interesados en vincular educación, patrimonio e innovación conocer el punto de partida y la metodología con la que se trabajará hasta mediados del 2022 junto a siete de los grupos de desarrollo local de la provincia de Zaragoza coordinados por el grupo ADRI Calatayud Aranda.

“Circular desde la Escuela Rural” es un proyecto de cooperación entre grupos de desarrollo rural coordinado por el grupo ADRI Calatayud-Aranda, junto a Cedemar, Adefo Cinco Villas, Asomo Moncayo, Adrae Comarca Ribera Alta del Ebro, Fedivalca y Adri Jiloca Gallocanta, y financiado por el Gobierno de Aragón, desde el programa Leader, y la Diputación Provincial de Zaragoza a través de la asociación Territorio Mudéjar, como entidad privada colaboradora que dirige la puesta en marcha y ejecución de la iniciativa.

El objetivo es desarrollar materiales educativos en torno a la identidad mudéjar de los pueblos poniendo como centro del proyecto a las escuelas rurales y a la comunidad educativa de los pueblos con una triple finalidad:

◾️Trabajar en la introducción de la identidad patrimonial mudéjar en los programas de trabajo de las escuelas más allá de las áreas artísticas o complementarias.

◾️Implicar a la comunidad educativa en la valoración del patrimonio mudéjar como parte de su historia personal lo cual favorece el conocimiento, la conservación y la difusión de la identidad de las localidades.

◾️Utilizar el trabajo realizado en las escuelas como material de difusión y uso turístico sobre el patrimonio mudéjar de los pueblos para un público familiar e infantil.

🔺 En el CURSO explicaremos la metodología de trabajo y los resultados del proyecto piloto que se llevó a cabo en el CRA Vicort Isuela en el curso 2018-2019 y que supone el punto de inicio para la implantación del proyecto en las escuelas de los pueblos de Territorio Mudéjar.

Los encargados de impartirlo serán Laura Castejón y Víctor Gumiel, maestros que llevaron a cabo el diseño y prueba del proyecto piloto, y Victoria E. Trasobares, directora de Territorio Mudéjar y con amplia experiencia en gestión e implantación de proyectos de gestión de patrimonio mudéjar en ámbito rural.

El Departamento de Educación lo ha incluido como curso homologado en su catálogo de actividades de formación permanente del profesorado y reconoce las horas de formación.

El curso se desarrollará telemáticamente a través de la plataforma digital de trabajo de la entidad que habilitaremos para la formación específica.

Información sobre el curso: https://mcusercontent.com/…/c70fb223…/CURSO_CIRCULAR.pdf

Solicitud de inscripción:

Opción 1: Si dispones de certificado o firma electrónica https://doceo.catedu.es/…/portadaInitConsultarActividad…

Opción 2: Si no dispones de certificado o firma electrónica escribe un mensaje a: info@territoriomudejar.es

Información sobre el proyecto: https://mcusercontent.com/…/9591a…/PROYECTO_CIRCULAR.pdf

 

Si tienes dudas o quieres consultarnos cualquier asunto particular puedes llamarnos al teléfono 876 634 125 o escribir un correo electrónico a info@territoriomudejar.es

 

Cultural Landscapes and Related Sites Alliance Technical Visit

Territorio Mudéjar continues weaving networks. This time we do it with the Alliance of Cultural Landscapes and Related Sites, with whom we have been working for some time and who are visiting us these days to learn about our heritage and work methodology, share experiences and move towards joint activities.

The technical visit began in Tobed, headquarters of Territorio Mudéjar. The director of the organization, Victoria Trasobares, guided our guests through the church, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and through the town to learn about its heritage, urban and agricultural landscape. They also visited the headquarters of Territorio Mudéjar.

We have been accompanied by María Del Pozo, general secretary of the Landscape Alliance and director of the Aranjuez Cultural Landscape Foundation; and Miguel Vadell, insular director of Territory and Landscape of the Consell de Mallorca on behalf of the presidency of the Cultural Landscape Alliance, which holds the Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana.

The visit continued throughout the week:

Wednesday 7.

#Tobed. Visit to the Mudejar church World Heritage Site and continue to know the landscape of the town. Visit to the pottery pottery of Conchita Gimeno and breakfast with local products.

#Ricla. Visit partner village. Heritage, urban landscape and agricultural landscape as incipient lines of a strategic plan for the management of heritage resources.

#Borja. Visit to the locality and study of the cultural landscape of the Casa de la Estanca.

#Daroca. Walk and visit to the Posada del Almudi to learn about the project ” qualityseal for establishments oriented to scientific tourism “.

Thursday 8

#Daroca. Walk through the streets decorated for the Corpus Christi and monuments. Walk, dinner and lodging at the Posada del Almudi, a 16th and 17th century house recovered 25 years ago for lodging.

The Alliance of Cultural Landscapes and Related Sites is an initiative that aims to bring together different cultural landscapes and related sites, which illustrate the evolution of society and human settlements over the years, under the influence of the constraints and/or advantages presented by the natural environment, and internal and external social, economic and cultural forces to create a joint work of man and nature of exceptional universal value.