Study-trip to Cortona (Italy): Territorio Mudéjar participates once again in the COrtonaOPen3d workshop.

This week saw the end of the eleventh edition of the workshop organised by the Politecnico di Milano, the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, the Urbino Academy of Fine Arts and the Aragon School of Design COrtonaOPen3d, in which Territorio Mudéjar participated for the third consecutive year.

In this edition, the director of the entity, Victoria Trasobares, travelled to the Tuscan town to share with the participants in the workshop her strategic vision of the possibilities for development offered by Heritage in the rural environment and to explain to the students, students of architecture, design and Fine Arts, the management processes that enable the implementation of innovative projects, such as those developed in the Gonzalo M. Borrás Gualis Research Stays and Projects.

The students of the workshop have developed a total of 23 proposals centred on the possibilities offered by the Girifalco Fortress, located in the upper part of the city, as a pole of innovation and cultural development with a theme that this year revolved around the theme of music. Reflections ranging from its connection with existing structures in the town centre such as the Signorelli Theatre, the development of installations along the routes leading to the fortress or the refunctionalisation of some spaces have materialised the ideas on the future of heritage as a driving force for local development shared during these days.

On the other hand, various meetings have been held with the cultural institutions responsible for the Cortona On The Move International Photography Festival, the managers of different heritage sites such as the Girifalco Fortress itself and the heads of Culture and Tourism of the local council in order to set up joint projects that, with a strategic vision of the management of the heritage of these territories, will allow new actions to be developed over the coming year.

COrtonaOPen3d is a SmartCityDesign workshop in a Cultural Heritage context held in the town of Cortona (Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy) from 29 July to 7 August. During the workshop, participants develop individually or in groups an architectural design project or an artistic installation inserted in the context of the city of Cortona.

The workshop lasts approximately 100 hours divided between frontal lessons, lectures and project workshops and is conducted in Italian, English and Spanish. Each year around 50 to 100 international students participate.

The students of the Desafío Programme, Unita and the collaborators of Territorio Mudéjar attended the presentation from the organisation’s headquarters in Tobed.

Students of the Desafío and Unita programmes begin their training in heritage management

Territorio Mudéjar is once again taking part in the Desafío Programme, popularly known as “rural Erasmus”, and this summer we will once again be hosting students on work experience in our villages.

The students will live in Tobed, Velilla de Ebro and Castejón de Valdejasa thanks to this programme promoted by the DPZ Chair on Depopulation and Creativity, financed by the Diputación de Zaragoza and managed through Universa, the Orientation and Employment Service of the University of Zaragoza.

The initiative is in line with Territorio Mudéjar’s objective of promoting curricular or training internships and professionalising profiles linked to heritage in order to boost employment in rural areas, attract professionals and develop projects that lead to investment in our villages.

In the same way, this summer we will also train students thanks to the European university project UNITA-universitas montium. This initiative is being developed together with the universities of Turin (Italy), which acts as coordinator, Pau and Savoy Montblanc in France, West Timisoara in Romania and Beira Interior in Portugal.

All of them, during their scholarship, will be trained in the methodology of cultural heritage management projects with professionals from different disciplines. In addition, they were immersed in the different models of accessibility to the monuments in the towns of Territorio Mudéjar, among other issues.

Territorio Mudéjar explores new collaborations in the event Atardecer con Zaragoza Nsencia in Ejea

It has been a pleasure to participate in ‘Atardecer con Zaragoza Nsencia’, an event held on the 28th of July at La Botillería in Ejea de los Caballeros. ?

There we explored new broadcasting collaborations and enjoyed the performance of the violagambist, vocalist and composer Pilar Almalé, and the Rondalla Cinco Villas, the best BSO for an afternoon of networking.

The event was attended by Javier Lambán, President of Aragón; Ros Cihuelo, Deputy for Culture of the DPZ; Elena Guinda, Director of INAEM, councillors from Ejea Town Council, businessmen and journalists, among others.

Cycle of talks at the Monastery of the Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchre in Saragossa

This week, the church of the Monastery of the Canonesas Regulares del Santo Sepulcro is holding a series of conferences open to the public, with the aim of showing the important historical and cultural heritage of this building.

The director of Territorio Mudéjar, Victoria Trasobares, participated on Wednesday with a talk on “Mudéjar architecture in Aragon”.

There he spoke of Mudejar architecture as a living heritage with open lines of research in which transdisciplinary viewpoints and teams are necessary in which the monument is understood in an urban context, in a cultural landscape and in relation to the inhabitants who live in the context of the heritage.

About 75 people attended this event in which Victoria Trasobares addressed the knowledge of the heritage monument from a management approach to generate impact and innovation projects.

The presentation was attended by the canonesses represented by Sister Ana, the general director of culture of Zaragoza City Council, Elena de Marta Uriol, and José Juan Fras, the City Council’s Culture technician.

This series of talks is part of the agreement that Zaragoza City Council and the Canonesas Regulares del Santo Sepulcro signed last year to promote the recovery of the Monastery.

Territorio Mudéjar puts its projects on the road into practice at the Grasshopper Festival in Torralba de Ribota.

This summer we are continuing to make territory and participating in the activities programmed in our villages. This weekend we were at the Grasshopper Festival in Torralba de Ribota.

This event aims to generate an experience that favours meeting and exchange between the inhabitants of the village and visitors, both urban and from the region.

The differentiating value of this festival is that the public can access places that they do not usually have the opportunity to see, thus broadening the vital experience of getting closer to rural life and its small details.

In short, it seeks to create bridges between the town and the city, reactivate the territory and attract new audiences.

And we were there to contribute to that end with our Projects en route, thanks to which we took a walk through Torralba de Ribota talking about culture, history and Mudejar heritage.

Thank you for counting on us to enjoy this great opportunity to experience the town together and to see how artists, inhabitants and public mingle in a creative environment where culture is the protagonist.

Study visit to Territorio Mudéjar with experts from Cordoba, USA and Qatar

This Tuesday, Territorio Mudéjar held a study visit to its localities in which the director of the organisation, Victoria Trasobares, was accompanied by Bárbara Ruiz Bejarano, professor of Islamic studies at the University of Alicante and project director of the Las Fuentes Foundation with its headquarters in Córdoba.

Attiya Ahmad, Associate Professor at George Washington University (Washington DC); Hadeel alhosani, Reem jassim, members of the Qasd Foundation (Qatar) also participated in the meeting. All of them related to the Medina Network.

The study visit covered the towns of Daroca, Morata de Jiloca, Maluenda and Tobed, where Mudejar culture was explained in its broadest sense, covering monuments, civil architecture, town planning, landscape and trades and traditions.

Maluenda
Morata de Jiloca
Daroca

Territorio Mudéjar brings Mudejar heritage and culture to the Armantes Wine Festival in Cervera de la Cañada

Summer is a time for festivals and in them, we can always find a space to talk about our heritage.

This Saturday we were invited to participate in the Armantes Wine Festival in Cervera de la Cañada, a meeting organised by the cultural association Los Bubillos to focus on the enormous potential of the town: for its Mudejar church declared World Heritage by UNESCO, for its spectacular landscape of ancient vineyards, for the Armantes mountain range and for its gastronomy and human wealth.

At this festival, the children of Cervera showed us their work inside the church. An activity in line with our project Circular from the rural school, in which we want the youngest children to understand, appreciate and help us to promote the heritage of their localities.

Territorio Mudéjar took part in a presentation in which we explained our raison d’être and developed the activity ‘Proyectos en ruta, un paseo por Cervera’ (Projects en route, a walk around Cervera). We talked about the cultural and landscape heritage of the area and, of course, we made a special stop at the Mudejar jewel: the church of the Assumption or Santa Tecla, the work of the master builder Mahoma Rami. This fortress church, which the visitor finds austere in appearance, hides in its interior an impressive painted and stapled mural decoration, plasterwork in the windows and the parapet of the choir loft, in late Gothic style, and splendid Mudejar pottery.

Thank you very much for inviting us!

Territorio Mudéjar will launch a new call for research stays on June 1, with two new features: digital strategy as a vehicle for innovation and the incorporation of the creative field through the modality of “artist residencies”

On June 1, Territorio Mudéjar will open the fourth edition of the “Gonzalo M. Borrás Gualis” Fieldwork Stays and Projects, aimed at directly supporting the work of researchers and project promoters who want to work on the development of the towns based on the responsible and sustainable use of cultural and natural heritage resources.

The call offers advice on possible projects for all those professionals who need guidance regarding what kind of proposals can be submitted.

For this reason, we invite you to the presentation programme, where we will explain the rules for participation and you will get to know the results of the projects and the researchers of the 2021 stays.

Each presentation will include an activity related to the project and the space chosen. We look forward to seeing you!

🔴 The first presentation will take place on Wednesday, June 1, at 18.30 with the collaboration of the Monasterio de las Canonesas del Santo Sepulcro.

There, researchers Myriam Monterde, Elisa Plana, David Guirao and José Manuel Herráiz will explain the project Educational Mudejar: the guide.

The stay has focused on the creation of educational material for primary and secondary school students in order to help them interpret the Mudejar through a combination of illustrations and real images as well as to value its rich legacy.

🔴 On Thursday, June 2, at 18.30 in the parish church of San Félix in Torralba de Ribota, Laura Villacampa, Ignacio Pérez Bailón and Javier Gómez Patrocinio will present the project Preventive Urbanism, a tool to take care of our towns.

This research stay offers an analysis and comparative study of the urban planning regulations governing architectural interventions in various towns in the Mudejar Territory.

🔴 On Friday, June 3, at 18.30 in the church of San Miguel de Daroca, María Amor Borque and Serge Dambrine will present Scenic Mudejar, a challenge.

This study has focused on defining strategies in the territory that promote Mudejar identity and reinforce its professional networks through research, creation and artistic dissemination in the field of musical and performance art. It has also designed actions that will enable the programming of future performing art events in the region.

🔴 On Sunday, June 5, at 11.30 a.m. in the church of La Virgen de Tobed, Chema Agustín will present the project The Mudejar and Euclidean geometry or plane geometry.

This fieldwork stay deals with the plastic study of the Aragonese Mudejar in the area of the Mudejar Territory and, by extension, in the province of Zaragoza. The project has made it possible to collect and study Mudejar layout, studying it in depth and with geometric rigour.

These activities are free of charge and prior registration is recommended until 18.00 the day before the activity takes place, by telephone (+34 876 634 125), Whatsapp (+34 649 799 405) or email (info@territoriomudejar.es)

We will soon give the details of the event and inform you of all the news and we hope you will participate. See you in Territorio Mudéjar!

First Master Class on photography applied to heritage

Territorio Mudéjar has held its first Master Class on photography applied to heritage in which, for two days, participants rediscovered the treasures of the Mudejar through the lenses of their cameras and mobile phones and learnt how to use the heritage space.

The technical visits have covered:

  • Tobed: with its fortress church, a Unesco World Heritage Site, the headquarters of the Territorio Mudéjar organisation and an urban promenade.
  • Torralba de Ribota: church of San Félix, town planning and vernacular farmhouse, where we have seen construction techniques and textures.
  • Cervera de la Cañada: following the Unesco World Heritage mark on the church of Santa Tecla.
  • Aniñón and the church of the Virgen del Castillo, with one of the most impressive Mudejar exteriors in Aragon.
  • Daroca: its history as a frontier land outlines its urban planning and rich heritage. We also visited the Museum of History and the Arts.
  • Borja: its historic centre and the Casa de la Estanca, which is one of the few remaining examples of 16th century Mudejar civil architecture in Aragon.

All this with:

  • The Territorio Mudéjar team: Victoria Trasobares, Irene Ruiz, Derry Holgado and Maru Gallego.
  • Internship students: Bruno Scibilia (UNITA) and Elena López (Desafío).
  • We were joined by Alfredo Notivol, Patricia Scherzer, Rosario Gómez and Pilar G. Verón.
  • And in Torralba de Ribota we have José Luis Cortés.
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Territorio Mudéjar and the DPZ launch the second edition of their guided tours to discover and enjoy this unique style.

Territorio Mudéjar, viaje a la belleza’ (Mudejar Territory, a journey to beauty) offers 12 tours around the province based on the Mudejar jewels of 40 municipalities. They will begin on 2 July and can be booked on the association’s website.

With the Mudejar as the common thread, these routes aim to disseminate and promote the historical and artistic heritage of the localities, as well as other tourist attractions (trade, crafts, nature, gastronomy…).

One of the novelties this year is the collaboration with local producers.

All the information can be found in the 10,000 leaflets published. A QR code appears on them, which can be used to reserve a place for a visit, a procedure that can also be carried out on the Territorio Mudéjar website, by calling 876 634 125 or sending an email to rutas@territoriomudejar.es.

‘They are very accessible, close and comfortable routes, in which we try to disseminate the great Mudejar heritage of our province through local professionals, which at the same time serve to make lesser-known localities more visible’, explains Victoria Trasobares.

Along the routes, visitors can enjoy the urban beauty of the coexistence of the Christian, Jewish and Muslim populations, the emergence of the key works of the 14th and 15th centuries such as the fortress churches and towers and of course the Mudejar architectural jewels of the province which have been declared World Heritage Sites by Unesco.

Will you join us?

BOOK HERE: https://www.territoriomudejar.es/rutas-territorio…/