Monthly guided tour to the Canta Mine - Negrín Mine

A visit to the Mina Canta de La Vajol site for private individuals will be scheduled for the third Saturday of each month.

• Session: Visiting hours: from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Price of the visit: €7/person.
• Book at: Entrapolis (MUME): la Vajol/ Mina Canta
• More information: [email protected] and 972 55 65 33 or the website: www.museuexili.cat.
• Meeting place: municipal parking lot at the entrance to Vajol, at 11am

The Mina Canta de la Vajol building has recently undergone restoration and restoration due to its role during the Spanish Civil War in the evacuation of the Republic's economic and artistic heritage. Its opening to the public is a further, but crucial, step in its recognition as a space of remembrance, a process that began decades ago.

In 1937, the Canta mine in La Vajol was seized, and a fortified building was constructed to serve as a refuge and storage facility. Initially, funds from the Ministry of Finance and the Reparations Fund were used, and later, funds from the Central Board of Artistic Treasures were also stored there, using depots in Figueres, Perelada, and La Vajol. For months, a group of workers from Cartagena carried out the adaptation and construction work at the Canta mine under the direction of architect and Lieutenant Juan Negrín Mijailov of the People's Army of the Republic, son of the Prime Minister, Juan Negrín López. The main function of the fortified building was to provide access for the temporary storage of these economic assets—gold, jewelry, and art—via freight elevators to the vault that was set up inside the mine.

Organized by: MUME.

In collaboration with: La Vajol Town Hall.

With the support of: Diputació de Girona.

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