The University of Jaén and the ONCE Foundation have designed an inclusive route called ‘The Renaissance of the South’, which allows universal access to the Andalusian Renaissance jewels, included the World Heritage cities Úbeda and Baeza. This route is part of the promotional actions carried out by the Provincial Council. To design it, they have […]
Month: April 2017
Juan José Marmolejo, a master precious-metalsmith reproducing Visigoth jewelry
He inherited his father’s trade, a prestigious metalsmith from Seville, Andalusia, who opened his workshop during the forties. His childhood memories are closely linked to working with noble metals. Today, Juan José Marmolejo is one of the most important metalsmiths in Spain. The sculptures of the Spanish Holy Week are embellished by his works. For […]
Narrating Landscapes, a site to discover 100 of the most prominent cultural landscapes of Spain
Narrating Landscapes is an interactive platform that distributes 100 of the most prominent cultural landscapes of Spain through videos, maps and articles that travel through the centuries of historical heritage. It is the result of two years of research by the Polytechnic University of Madrid which has formed the Seville company, Geographica. The initiative is […]
Juan Rosendo, a gold embroiderer at the service of the Holy Week for 40 years
Juan Rosendo Rodríguez started working as a gold embroiderer in 1976. He began his training in the congregation Las Religiosas Filipenses of Malaga and then, he spent several years in the workshop of the master Esperanza Elena Caro, in Seville. With more than 40 years of experience, his workshop, Bordados Juan Rosen, was awarded the […]