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jueves, 16 de abril de 2009

THE THEATRE PALACIO VALDES by Florentina Antuña NB2F

The architect Manuel del Busto built the theatre Palacio Valdés in Avilés in 1920 when this town had 12.000 inhabitants. It was built in the neobaroque style.

This teathre was named “Palacio Valdés” because Armando Palacio Valdés was a writer who lived in Avilés when he was a child and he sited some of his novels in this city. He was born in Entralgo, Asturias, in 1853 and he died in 1938 in Madrid.
His most important bibliography : “Marta y María”, “José”, “La hermana San Sulpicio”, “La aldea perdida”, etc.

In the theatre people could see plays and films (silent movies until the 1930’s, and then movies with sound) from 1920 to 1972.
In 1972 the theatre closed its doors for financial troubles.
Later, the town council bought it, that has been a public property and it has been open since 1992.

At present, there are a lot of plays, ballets, operas, concerts, etc., all year.

domingo, 5 de abril de 2009

EASTER IN AVILÈS

Easter, starts on the 5th of April and finishes on the 13th of April.
These public holidays have a lot of religious and festive events.

The most significant day for people who love Easter is “Domingo de Ramos”.
People go to the different churches of Avilès where the priest blesses a kind of typical palm.
After that, there is a procession called “La Borriquilla” that marches down some of the most important streets of Avilès.
And finally there is a mass.

The second festive day is called “Jueves Santo”, on this day there are some processions at night that are followed successively by others the next few days.

The third important day is “Viernes Santo”, when there are also some processions with a different religious meaning to the day before.
The streets are crowded with people watching these processions, , moreover the young go out at night to the different pubs in the city-center.

The last day is called “Lunes de Pascua” and this is the most exciting day for the young who call it “Lunes de la comida en la calle”.
It begins in the morning. A lot of tables are put out on the main streets. People take their own food and cider to have a nice day with their relatives or friends.
The young do the same but in the biggest park of Avilès.
This festivity has been declared of National Tourist Interest.

By Sonia Suárez 2IE

“A SPECIAL EASTER”

Every Easter Holidays, there is one day (Monday after Maundy Thursday), when everybody in Avilés leaves their homes to fill all the streets in the city. Families, teenagers, children, meet in different parts of the town to eat together. No problems, no work, only celebration. It´s a fantastic day, unique in our village.
The city council puts tables and chairs along the parks or squares for people to eat on. You can eat anywhere. Everything is free, you only have to bring your food and enjoy yourself.
People sing and dance to the sounds of the bagpipes and drink lots of cider, too. The atmosphere is really special. You can see people wearing the typical costume from Asturias.
Happily more than 23.000 people share this beautiful day with their relatives and friends. Although the weather is not always on our side, it´s an exciting experience, anyway.
You should check it out!

By Olaya Abad 2I E

lunes, 23 de marzo de 2009

Avilés as cultural village

Aviles is a small town, but has a huge history. Its theatre is very famous in Spain, its cultural life is very intense all year.You can see Spanish TV actors and actresses in our theatre and the tickets are at a very good price.

If you prefer to see the architecture of Aviles, here there are a lot of ancient buildings of PreRomanesque style, and you can pay a visit to all of these and know their history. Also, you can see a fragment of the wall that has sorrounded Aviles for a long time.

Aviles is not only a cultural town, it has also been an industrial town for many yearsand has had factories that have employed people and made some of them rich. One of this is the iron and steel industry, it makes the metal for our cars, lorries, vans, trams and planes. This industry also contributes to protect the environment with the manufactures of windmills. . This wind is used to produce electrical energy.

Aviles is also a sport village, it has various sport centres, where you can do sport,get fit and have fun. I enclose a photo I took of athletics track in Quirinal.

domingo, 15 de marzo de 2009

Carnival in Avilés

viernes, 6 de marzo de 2009

Carnival in Avilés, by Irene Menéndez Valle

Aviles Carnival

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Legends from Avilés, by Laura González Granda

The old quarter of Aviles declared artistic and monumental heritage in 1995 is a lively museum of our past. Going all over its streets and squares makes it possible for us to discover the XII century history.

Especially during the summer when the legends take place. The legends are short theatre plays which are shown at representative places of the city such as Vadecarzana’s Palace, Ferreras’ park or Camposagrado’s Palace every week during August, usually on Thursday. The old quarter legends invite us to go for a magic walk enjoying adventures, customs and traditions which have given sense to the town.

Most of the actors are students so this also means a chance for them to practise what they have learned during the school year. As a result of this remunerated chance they show the best of themselves, there are ballet dancers too who have to make a heavy effort dancing most of the times in the street in front of the public.

In other words it is a great opportunity to watch good theatre free.