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A Day With Leonardo Da Vinci

Jun 2

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leonardo3Elena, the librarian sent us this post.

“O vindeiro 5 de xunio terá lugar na Biblioteca Pública de A Coruña un obradoiro titulado “Un día con Leonardo da Vinci” para nenos de maís de 7 anos. Trátase dunha viaxe ao Renacemento na que descubriremos o útiles que son as matemáticas para facer arte. Afondaremos nas facetas de inventor, científico e artista de Leonardo para rematar descubrindo o misterio do retrato máis famoso do mundo, o da Mona Lisa. Unha divertida e participativa actividade na que os rapaces interpretan as imaxes artísticas, estimulan a creatividade, e establecen conexións entre as artes visuais, as matemáticas, a lingua e a historia.”

Thank you Elena. It sounds very interesting!

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Día das Letras Galegas

May 17

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Today is Galician Literature Day and we celebrate the history and culture of Galicia through its language and literature. It was first celebrated on 17th May 1963 to commemorate the centenary of Cantares Galegos by Rosalía de Castro. Since then every year on this date Día das Letras Galegas is celebrated and dedicated to a different Galician writer or poet.

This year it is the turn of Uxío Novoneyra, a poet and children’s book writer from Lugo, who died in 1999. Here is a beautiful video dedicated to him with images of O Courel, where he was from.

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DINOSAURS

Mar 6

Posted by andres009 in Animals, History | No Comments

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The newspaper says that the dinosaurs disappeared because of a meteorite and the impact caused many earthquakes.

Click on the image to read more about this story.

Click here to take THE DINOSAUR QUIZ

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A Special Year for Santiago de Compostela

Jan 9

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Santiago de Compostela is the capital of Galicia in the north-west of Spain. The city’s cathedral contains the tomb of the Apostle St. James and since the Middle Ages pilgrims have travelled from around the world to visit it. The cathedral is truly impressive and is well worth a visit regardless of your beliefs. In 1993 it was declared a World Heritage Site.

puerta santa santiagoThis year is a special year as it is the “Xacobeo 2010″ – a Jubilee year. This only occurs when the feast of  St. James falls on a Sunday. On the eve of the Jubilee year a special ceremony is held to open the “Holy Gate” – which is in fact sealed by a wall and is knocked down by three strikes of a silver hammer- to mark the beginning of the Jubilee year.

If you want to learn more about the “Xacobeo” click on the Xacobeo Blog

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The Fall of the Berlin Wall 2009

Nov 9

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The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 to separate East and West Germany. Life in East Germany was strict and very different to life in West Germany. On the 9th November 1989, the people decided that they didn’t want this wall anymore and they got together to pull it down.

Today 20 years later they celebrated this historical event with the fall of a wall of giant dominoes painted by school children and artists around the world. The result was impressive!!

he Berlin Wall was built in 1961 to seperate East and West Germany. Life in East Germany was very different to life in West Germany. On the 9th November 1989 the people decided they didn't want this wall and they got together to pull it down.