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The tricentennial of the birth of the architect Francisco Sabatini, author of works such as the Puerta de Alcalá, the reform of the Royal Palace, the Royal Customs House, the Godoy Palace or the Royal Gate of the Royal Botanical Garden, continues at full capacity in the capital . Throughout this year, the City Council remembers the creator with guided tours, dramatized itineraries, workshop visits, lecture series, concerts and a large temporary exhibition. Registration to enjoy the activities framed in the free cultural program Sabatini Year, which has a capacity of 77,000 seats, open from 10 am next Monday in
https://sabatini.reservaspatrimonio.es/.
The new offer includes three themes: Sabatini in Madrid, Sabatini in the court of Carlos III and Sabatini and Illustrated Madrid. Between the three, they make up a total of 80 visits and 1,076 places, scheduled between September 1 and October 14.
The tour Sabatini in Madrid It will run through the Basilica of San Francisco el Grande, the Royal Palace, the Godoy Palace, the Uceda Palace, the Calle Mayor, the Royal Customs House, the Paseo del Prado and the Calle de Alcalá. For its part, the itinerary Sabatini at the court of Carlos III It will allow you to contemplate the interior of the Godoy Palace, the Royal Palace, the Basilica of San Francisco el Grande, the Uceda Palace and the Plaza de la Villa. Complete the catalog Sabatini and the most Illustrated Madrid, with visits to the interior of the Royal Customs House, the Puerta del Sol, the Paseo del Prado, the Royal Gate of the Botanical Garden and the Puerta de Alcalá.
Family audience
The celebration of the tricentennial also incorporates, under the name of Mini Sabatini, a package of activities specifically aimed at family audiences. Playful concerts, interactive itineraries or educational workshops will allow children and young people to enjoy Madrid’s cultural heritage with their five senses.
Of these proposals, there are still some free places for the didactic workshops Little Sabatinis, that are taking place since last June and will last until September 26. These workshops are held on Saturdays and Sundays for children from 6 years old. Accompanied by an adult, the little ones will learn, in the El Retiro park, the value of an architectural project, the role of the architect as creator and planner and the technical foundations of the material execution of a construction, with the inspiration of the door of Alcala.
It is also possible to participate, from September 4 to November 28, in the interactive itineraries Sabatini as a family. The buildings designed by Sabatini, such as the Royal Customs House, the Puerta de Alcalá, the Botanical Garden and its Royal Gate, and the San Carlos Hospital, are the common thread of these tours in which the participants will not be mere spectators, Instead, they will collaborate in a fluid dialogue and, with the help of paper and pencil, they will solve different games and questionnaires that will favor the enhancement of the heritage legacy inherited from Madrid Ilustrado.
Concert in San Francisco el Grande
Within the series of concerts El compás de Sabatini, which brings the listener closer to the Spanish repertoire of the 18th century with an emphasis on composers who, like the architect, were at the service of the court, is the so-called Neptune Spheres. The soprano Raquel Andueza and the trio la Galanía, made up of Jesús Fernández Baena (theorbo), Manuel Vilas (harp) and Alex Friedhoff, (cello), will perform cantatas by José de Torres (1670 -1738), Antonio de Literes (1673 – 1747) and Sebastián Durón (1660 -1716). The scores in the repertoire are part of the so-called Manuscript of Sir Herbert Mackworth (1737-1791), a lawyer, politician and music lover who treasured an important collection of Spanish music in his music library. There are still tickets for the sessions on September 23, at 6:00 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. in the Basilica of San Francisco, that can be reserved
in this link.
