Routes of Exile 2024 - A Day for Memory, May

The Exile Memorial Museum presents the sixth edition of the Exile Routes. A series of outings to different places linked to the exile of 1939, designed for individual users or small groups: friends, family, couples...

Sunday, May 12.

Paths of exile: monuments of Vajol, Mina Canta and Coll de Manrella.

We will start the day visiting the most emblematic monuments of Vajol. We will continue the route on foot until we reach the Mina Canta, an old talc mine where Juan Negrín ordered to hide a consignment of works of art from the Prado Museum, as well as the funds and currency of the Bank of Spain. After returning from the mine, we will travel by vehicle to the Coll de Manrella, one of the important border crossings of the time, where we will find the famous monument to Lluís Companys.

Meeting place: Vajol car park.

Information to take into account:

• The planned schedule of activities is half a day (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.).
• Prior registration is required and the activity is subject to a minimum number of registrants.
• Travel is made using the participant's own transportation and lunch is not included.

PRICES: Adults: €12 / Young people from 12 to 17 years old: €8 / Free up to 11 years old.

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Tel. 972 55 65 33 / info@museuexili.cat.

Next planned departures:

• Saturday, June 22, Escape on foot: Climb to Coll de Lli (La Vajol)
• Sunday, July 14, Culture in exile: The interpretation center of cultural exile and the Can Palau bunker (Agulllana)
• Saturday, September 7, The Camp d'Argelès Memorial and the Elna Maternity Hospital.
• Sunday, October 12, A poet in exile: MUME, Collioure and Antonio Machado

  Do not miss it!