LITERARY ROUTES TO DREAM MALLORCA- Walking on Words
The Balearic islands They have already shown that they are much more than sun, playa, and party. In any season you can enjoy multifarious cultural proposals. A good example is the literary tours de Mallorca. Cross the island through 49 writers who have exercised the office on the island and also speak about it. poets, novelist Jules Verne or playwrights, Frédéric Chopin, Julio Cortazar, Josep Pla Villalonga.
The literary tours part of the project Walking on Words (WoW) Mallorca, Developed initiative from the Foundation House Museum Villalonga, Father and Ginard Blai Bonet and the Department of Culture of the Consell de Mallorca.
Within 7 you will find literary tours 72 Guided points that go beyond words. Opening new eyes to look magically heritage, a genuine journey discovering the charms of the past and present. I have been delighted with the route 4, Literary Landscapes Tramontana, which starts from Pollença and ends at the port of Sóller.
Quiet picture of the island of Mallorca. Sóller.
Why are Literary Tour?
This line of work arises from the intention of consolidating the literary heritage of Mallorca. Vindicates the great value of literature as artistic creation. Thanks to which history is collected, popular wisdom, testimonials, culture in general.
Literary routes also claim that literature is accessible to all audiences in a different way, accompanying his footsteps. It's a creative way to give tangible presence to these contents of the intangible heritage of the island of Mallorca that would otherwise be almost invisible.
Puerto de Sóller in the twentieth century.
Literary routes to Dream
The project Walking on Words includes:
– Other: chosen literary texts that are physically marked on the place that are related. selection and geolocation offered 72 Other, and samples of oral and popular literature.
– Locations: spaces with special relationship to literature because they have been visited and / or described by writers. Or identified in the collective imagination as places of legend.
– museums: constitute the starting point of each of the routes.
– Routes: They are connected together literary paths. Cover the whole island.
READING IS: “Reading is like kissing. Who does not often he is seen in the language”.
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