The Regional Directorate of Culture of the Algarve (DRCAlg) launches this Monday, March 6, at 17 pm, the Castro Marim itinerary of the “Saramago Literary Route in the Algarve”.
The launch will take place at the Municipal Library of Castro Marim.
Accompanying the moment will be the exhibition “Photographic Journey to the Algarve”, which shows the places in the Algarve visited by the Nobel Prize in his book “Journey to Portugal”.
The “Saramago Literary Route in the Algarve” is promoted by DRCAlg, as part of the commemoration of the centenary of the birth of the writer José Saramago, which took place in November 2022.
In this project, a set of literary itineraries complementary to those existing in the Literary Route of the Algarve are being developed, in collaboration with the association 1/4 Escuro – Association of Amateur Photographers of Vila Real de Santo António. The Vila Real de Santo António Itinerary was presented last November and is available on the DRCAlg website.
Written by Diego Mesa, “Rota Literária Saramago no Algarve” had as its starting point his book “Viagem ao Algarve”, inspired by Viagem a Portugal by José Saramago and was developed in collaboration with the association 1/4 Escuro, with the aim of objective is to create a set of literary itineraries complementary to those existing in the Algarve.
The exhibition will continue to tour the other municipalities in the Algarve covered by Saramago's journey (Alcoutim, Aljezur, Faro, Lagoa, Lagos, Loulé, Olhão and Portimão, Silves, Tavira and Vila do Bispo), and also by the Municipalities of Lepe and Ayamonte, in Spain.
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