Art and Anecdote on the Road to Santiago
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Channel: The Met · 2011 · Education
David L. Simon, Ellerton and Edith Jetté Professor of Art, Colby College This year marks the holy year of Santiago de Compostela, when the Feast Day of Saint James the Greater—July 25—falls on a Sunday. This program revisits the magnificent Romanesque structure with a virtual presentation reconstructing the Romanesque Cathedral, related talks, and a musical feast including pieces from the famed Codex Calixtinus performed by the group Lionheart. Welcome and introduction by Roberto Varela Fariña, Conselleiro de Cultura e Turismo, Xunta de Galicia and Ignacio Santos Cidrás, Director-Xerente da S.A. de Xestión do Plan Xacobeo.
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