The Foundation also has an Honor Committee. To learn more about this committee, visit:
Honorary Committee of the Camilo José Cela Public Foundation
CAMILO JOSÉ CELA…Managing director: Covadonga Rodríguez Del Corral
Executive Secretary: Oliva Mella Cea
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Cultural Activities Coordinator : Lourdes Regueiro Fernández
Librarian: Iván Rodríguez Varela
Monitoring and maintenance: Jesús Vázquez Blanco
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A short tour of 790 meters through the parish of Iria Flavia.
A year ago we started a collaboration with Rosalía de Castro HOuse-Museum on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the awrad of the Nobel Prize to Camilo José Cela through which all visitors who came to the Casa da Matanza during 2019 would receive a free ticket to visit the Museum of the Padrón writer.
This collaboration was intended to strengthen the link between the two institutions,which not only are leading models in the region, but also managers of house-museums recognized nationally and internationally.
In this year 2020 we will maintain this very successful …
From last 1st of February to the 11th of April, the “Kumano Kodo exhibition. Pilgrimage Way" can be visited at the Camilo José Cela Museum, comprised of more than thirty photographs of the sadly deceased Luis Ocaña.
The Kumano-Kodo Way is one of the most important pilgrimages that take place in Japan and, together with the Camino de Santiago, they are the only two pilgrimage routes in the world listed by UNESCO, in 2004, as World Heritage Sites. Both paths have been declared sister routes since summer of 1998.
In Japanese culture, Kumano is a sacred land that is…
This third installment of the event, which began in November 2019, included the participation of José Ovejero - who presented his new work Insurrección - and Pedro Feijoo - who presented in Lugo his Un lume azul - and aims to be a bridge between author and readers: a dynamic and attractive event where the true protagonists are the authors, their characters and how the readers see themselves reflected in said characters.
Where: Librouro Bookshop (Vigo)
When: 28th of February 2020, 19:00pm
Host: Javier Pintor, Inma Lçopez Silva and …
From the Cela Foundation we want to welcome you to our new website.
In order to improve the dissemination and promotion of Camilo José Cela's legacy, we renewed our website to make it more interactive and easier to use. On this page you can find information about the Nobel Prize author and his literary and artistic legacy.
Through articles and media content, we present the Foundation's news and approach the figure of Camilo José Cela and his work from all perspectives. The new page also shows practical information about the…
FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY, ONLY IN THE MORNING: from 10:00 to 14:00 (Saturdays, Sundays and holidays closed).
LAST ENTRY 13:30
ONLY BOOKED VISITS: by appointment, calling to our telephone number (+34) 981 81 24 25 or writing an email to visitas@fundacioncela.com.
The visit will be individual, meaning not as a single person, but as a family or a household units. Group reservations are not allowed.
Camilo José Cela Foundation has its headquarters in the Houses of Canons (built in the 18th century) and, with the collegiate church of Santa María de Adina, they are a part of the historical-artistic ensemble of Iria Flavia, declared Property of Cultural Interest in 1975.
Iria (Flavia) was a Roman city which was awarded the Ius Latii or "Latin citizens’ right" by the emperor Flavius Vespasianus in the year 74 (hence the name Flavia). It was an episcopal see in medieval times until Alfonso VI moved the bishopric to Santiago de Compostela after the discovery of the sepulchre of…
El pasado diecisiete de enero la Fundación Camilo José Cela recordó al escritor en el día en el que se cumplían veintiún años de su fallecimiento. Para la ocasión, se realizó una ofrenda floral junto a la tumba de CJC en el cementerio de Adina. El acto contó con la presencia del Director Xeral de Cultura, Anxo Lorenzo Suárez; el alcalde y la concejala de cultura del ayuntamiento de Padrón, Antonio Fernández Angueira y Lorena Couso; los alcaldes de los ayuntamientos de Rois, Ramón Tojo, y de Dodro, Xavier Castro, y el presidente de la Casa-Museo Rosalía de Castro, Anxo…