During the month of September, the European Days of Jewish Culture are held in more than 30 countries, with the aim of raising awareness of the cultural and historical heritage of the Jewish people. It is a joint initiative of the European Association for the Preservation and Promotion of Jewish Culture (AEPJ), the European Council of Jewish Communities, B'nai B'rith Europe and the Network of Spanish Jewish Quarters.
The enhancement of the value of the Jewish legacy in its cultural and historical dimension is one of the objectives that we at Fundación Tres Culturas consider essential.
To this end, we offer a programme that includes a film series dedicated to the Sephardic heritage in Spain and Portugal, given the importance of the cultural contribution that the mark of Sepharad has impregnated in the identity and physiognomy of the Iberian Peninsula.
Tuesday, 20 September, 20:30h
Toledo, the gates of change. Pedro Estepa. Spain, 2017, 59 min.
Documentary portrays those mythical years in which the three great monotheistic religions coexisted within its walls and how the attraction of its streets and its past may have influenced artists and writers of other eras, from the romantic Bécquer and his elegiac vision, to El Greco and his mystical stylisation of reality or Buñuel, Dalí and Lorca with their surrealist vision, without forgetting Baroja and Azorín, who knew how to inscribe it in a very personal way in the Castilian landscape..
Activity carried out with the funding of the Seville City Council within the framework of the programme Seville, land of diversity.
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