Nerja History Group - Visit:
Mosaics and Guitars
On Friday November 4, some of us went to the most
wonderful Roman site at Castulo and then to the city of
Linares. After our breakfast stop, we continued to Castulo,
where we watched an
explanatory video in the
modern Visitor's Centre
and then walked through
the site with Elena
Sanchez, our Guide from
Granada University.
Archaeological Museum, where Elena talked us through some
of the artefacts from the Castulo site.
As a complete
contrast, we finished
our day’s visits at the
Foundation of
Classical guitarist,
Andres Segovia, who
was born in the city -
he was an amazing
musician who had no
formal training to
play the guitar. The
staff in the Museum
were clearly
delighted to have so many adults interested in the man and his
music, but then we had to curtail the visit to board our bus for
the journey back to Nerja.
After explanations along
the way, we finally arrived
at the huge mosaic "Los
Summer Amores”. The
site archaeologist was
thrilled to see us (after so
many school children)
and explained that two
new mosaics had been
found during the
Summer of 2017. He took
off his shoes and
descended to the level to
show us the new mosaics.
He explained that the
condition was quite poor,
as the materials used then
had not lasted well. He
has an App on his phone,
which shows how the
rooms would have
looked, which he gave to
Elena to show us. This is
possible because the
colours of the remains of
the walls are still intact - it was really amazing.
That was the last visit for Nerja History Group of 2017. The
season resumes this month, on January 12, with a talk by Rafa
Anderson “A Fairytale of Barcelona - its past, its present and
future”.
For more information, please go to www.nerjahistorygroup.es
or email: [email protected].
We then boarded the bus for the short journey to Linares. We
went first to the Museum in the Town Hall, which is an 18th C
building, a former grain warehouse, then a prison now
reformed as a Cultural Centre. We watched a most informative
video about the early days and growth of the city of Linares
and then a video and exhibits of Bullfighting and Flamenco.
We then adjourned for lunch and re-convened at the
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