Cervantes Theatre

The Cervantes Theatre is located on Paseo de Almería, which runs from the Puerta de Purchena to the sea. It is one of the main streets of the capital. It was built in 1898 by architect Enrique López Rull and could not be finalized until 1921 due to financial problems. This theater has seen many events throughout its history, the most impacting in the city of Almeria was the murder in his setting of the famous actress Concha Robles and the boy Manuel Aguilar in 1922. All the national press eco-called crimes of Cervantes theater was. 

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The television program "Cuarto Milenio", which studies the paranormal activity, made a report on the possible existence of ghosts in the theater, especially after the assassination that took place there.
http://www.cuatro.com/cuarto-milenio/programas/temporada-08/t08xp36/Cuarto-Milenio-Teatro-Cervantes-Almeria_5_1607100001.html Throughout the nineteenth century Almeria staged a major economic boom resulting from the exploitation of its mineral and agricultural resources. The idea of building the Companies Circle arose from the need for a center to be able to meet to coordinate and control the economy of the region. In 1887 the Companies Circle emerges as an entity. The building of the Mercantile Circle comes at the same time as the Teatro Cervantes. For its construction, which it will house the two entities, in 1862 a group of businessmen and politicians decide Almeria raise funds to create a society (1864) that made the project possible.

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The Noble Hall, located on the first floor, was decorated in the style adamesco due to the name of its creators, brothers and British architects Robert, John, James and William Adam. The decoration was entrusted to the Valencian Timothy Villalba (1920). Currently, it is used for meetings, dances and other events.

Other prominent areas of the Mercantile Circle is its library. In some of their windows unquestionable historical and anecdotal value documents are collected. Among them, we can mention some of the first shares issued to finance the construction of the Teatro Cervantes and one of the propaganda leaflets announcing the disastrous performance of the play "St. Elizabeth of Ceres.", where it was murdered the famous actress Conchita Almeria Robles.

Next to the Teatro Cervantes, we can find the "Walk of Fame" with stars of various famous people in the film industry as it is shown in the following photographs.

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VÍDEO Conan en Almería: la visita de Schwarzenegger https://vimeo.com/107524891

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The Cathedral

It is a cathedral-fortress of the seventeenth century, Gothic and Renaissance building portals, which was built for both worship and defense of the attacks made on the city by the Barbary pirates. Construction of the Cathedral began in order of Fray Diego Fernandez de Villalán, bishop of Almeria, after the earthquake of 1522. Although the predominant styles in the Cathedral are Gothic and Renaissance, also it has elements from baroque and neoclassical .

The Cathedral of Almería includes Main Gate Renaissance made in 1567, the Gate of Pardons and Renaissance style also made in 1569, the altar neoclassical work of Ventura Rodriguez, made in the      eighteenth century, the Chapel of Santo Cristo of complete Renaissance style in 1560, the Chapel of Mercy    Renaissance style, the Chapel of San Indalecio Renaissance made in 1562, the Renaissance Choir with two  baroque and neoclassical Trascoro bodies ended in 1772.

Side door of the cathedral

It is a high relief depicting an anthropomorphic sun surrounded by garlands and appears carved in the front wall of the funerary chapel of Bishop Diego Fernandez de Villalán in Almeria Cathedral, built during in the sixteenth century.

The symbol of the city of Almeria is the "so-called" Sol de Portocarrero. It is known to have existed since the sixteenth century and since then greets the dawn every morning thus becoming one of the main images of Almeria.

It seems that the idea came from the stonemasons and cathedral builders. It could be an occult pagan symbol housed in a Christian cathedral.

http://www.unique-almeria.com/almeria-city.html#Cathedral

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Almería as a european - Hollywoodland!!

In this link; http://www.filmaps.com/spain/almeria/ you´ll find some examples of the various films shot in Almeria and if you can speak Spanish, I would recomend you this blog http://almeriacine.blogspot.com.es/. But now, we´ll talk about the latest movies shot in Almería.

EXODUS

Shooting of the film began in October 2013 in Almería, in Tabernas (Almería) as the first and main location, and other locations like Sierra Alhamilla and Macael with its big marble quarry. This  epic film was directed by Ridley Scott and the film stars Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, John Turturro, Aaron Paul,Ben Mendelsohn, María Valverde, Sigourney Weaver, Ghassan Massoud, Golshifteh Farahani and Ben Kingsley.

Here you could find a viedo comparing locations in Almería with the real landscapes of Egypt.

These are some locations in "El chorrillo" Pechina (Almería) that were used in this film.

Fotos: Mª ANGELES LÓPEZ TERUEL

Aaron Paul lived a great personal experience in Almería as we can see in these tweets!

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CLAVIUS/RISEN

Kevin Reynolds chose Almería to the filming of 'Clavius' attracted by the light. He marveled not also at the light but locations offering this land. After the shooting, the film changed its name to "Risen"

The film was shot in various places, such as, Tabernas,  Genoveses,  Alcazaba and the decorations of "la Hoya".

The film are stars Joseph Fiennes  and Tom Felton. Also the Spanish Leonor Watling and Maria Botto.

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FOTOS: Mª ANGELES LÓPEZ TERUEL

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Tabernas desert

 It is the only desert in Europe, where annual rainfall reaches levels as low as 156 mm in coastal areas. It  is located in the interior, about 30 kilometers north of the provincial capital, Almería, in Tabernas town. The Tabernas Desert is situated between the Sierra de los Filabres to the north and the Sierra de Alhamilla to the south-southeast.

The Desert of Tabernas is still used today for the shooting of many films and westerns, above all, the genre known as Spaguetti Westerns like A FIST FULL OF DOLLARS (1964), FOR A FEW DOLLARSMORE (1965)  and THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (1966).

But also other famous films such as King of Kings (1960), Cleopatra (1963), and the winner of seven Oscars, Lawrence of Arabia (1962).

The film studios of Tabernas have grown into the wild west tourist attraction know as Mini Hollywood; Oasys Park, Fort Bravo and Western Leone. They can be visited by tourists and they offer wild west performances.

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Recently, it has also been filmed movies such as EXODUS GODS AND KINGS and CLAVIUS, now it is know as RISEN.

Oasys Park also has a reserve of African animals and a pool to cool off from heat.

http://www.unique-almeria.com/deserts-of-the-world.html

http://choose-almeria.com/attractions-mini-hollywood.php

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Old Train Station in Almería

The old railway station began its construction in 1890 and it was completed in 1893, but it would not come into use until the inauguration of the section Almeria-Guadix in July the 23rd,1895. It is an example of the architecture of iron and glass. The initial objective of the line was to transport minerals from Sierra Morena to Almeria port, but later was also used to transport people and other goods. This is a symbol of modernity in the late nineteenth.

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