TALK SERIES
Memory of Displaced Cultural Heritage
Throughout 2025, as part of the cultural project Nostra et Mundi, a series of talks will be held across all the provinces of Castile and León with a threefold objective: to enhance public awareness of the project, to contribute to the enrichment of local culture, and to facilitate citizens’ access to the Castilian and Leonese heritage dispersed around the world.
Ávila
March 27, 2025 | 19:00h
Auditorio de San Francisco
In collaboration with
Memory of an Absence: The Dispersed Cultural Heritage of Castile and León
María José Martínez Ruiz
Universidad de Valladolid
Dispersed Musical Heritage of Ávila: A History of Loss and Forgetting
Ana Sabe Andreu
Institución Gran Duque de Alba
Ciudad Rodrigo
April 24, 2025 | 19:00h
Salón de Actos del Obispado de Ciudad Rodrigo.
C/ Díez Taravilla, 15, Ciudad Rodrigo (Salamanca).
In collaboration with
The Main Altarpiece of Ciudad Rodrigo Cathedral and the Dispersal of Fernando Gallego’s Work
Fernando Gutiérrez
Baños
Universidad de Valladolid
León
May 9, 2025 | 19:00h
May 16, 2025 | 19:00h
Museo de San Isidoro. Real Colegiata de San Isidoro.
Acceso por plaza Santo Martino, 5, León
In collaboration with
May 9
A Lion from San Isidoro in the Louvre: Fragments for a New Interpretation of the North Portal
Francisco Prado Vilar
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
May 16
Leonese Cultural Heritage Outside Spain
Ángela Franco Mata
Museo Arqueológico Nacional
Burgos
June 12, 2025 | 19:30h
Salón de actos del Museo de la Evolución Humana.
Paseo Sierra de Atapuerca s/n, Burgos.
In collaboration with
The Dispersed Heritage of the Charterhouse of Miraflores
René Jesús Payo
Universidad de Burgos
The Mural Paintings of San Pedro de Arlanza: Their Sale and Exportation
Inmaculada Socias
Universidad de
Barcelona (emérita)
The Beatus Manuscript of San Pedro de Cardeña: Its Fragmentation and Dispersal
Esther Alonso Cardona
Doctora en Bellas Artes
Especialidad pintura medieval
Segovia
September 11, 2025 | 19:00h
Museo Zuloaga
Iglesia de San Juan de los Caballeros. Plaza de Colmenares, s/n.
In collaboration with
The Monastery of Sacramenia and the Apse of San Martín de Fuentidueña: Two Segovian Monuments in the United States
María José Martínez Ruiz
Universidad
de Valladolid
The Sepulchres of the Alburquerque Family from San Francisco de Cuéllar and Their Dispersal
Miguel Ángel Marcos Villán
Museo Nacional de Escultura
Soria
September 26, 2025 | 19:00h
Centro Cultural Gaya Nuño
Plz. de las Mujeres, Soria
In collaboration with
The Sale and Dispersal of the Mural Paintings of San Baudelio de Berlanga
Elías Terés Navarro
Ex director del Museo Numantino
Numantia, Schulten, and the Archaeological Finds That Traveled to Germany
Raquel Liceras
Universidad Complutense
Zamora
October 16, 2025 | 19:00h
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In collaboration with
The Funerary Monument of Alonso de Mera in Boston and Other Dispersed Sculptures
Luis Vasallo Toranzo y
Sergio Pérez Martín
Universidad de Valladolid
Paintings from Zamoran Altarpieces Now Dispersed Around the World
Irune Fiz Fuertes
Universidad de
Valladolid
Palencia
October 30, 2025 | 19:00h
Salón de Actos del Palacio de la Diputación de Palencia.
C/ Burgos nº 1, Palencia.
In collaboration with
Tapestries Originally from the Cathedral of Palencia, Now Housed in Brussels
Miguel Ángel Zalama
Universidad de Valladolid
The International Dispersal of Medieval Textiles from the Funerary Treasures of Castile and León: The Villalcázar de Sirga Collection
Laura Rodríguez Peinado
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Palencian Romanesque Heritage Dispersed Outside Spain
Pedro Luis Huerta Huerta
Fundación Santa
María la Real
Valladolid
November 13, 2025 | 19:00h
Sala de conferencias del Museo Nacional de Escultura.
Palacio de Villena. C/ Cadenas de San Gregorio, Valladolid.
In collaboration with
The Choir Screen and the El Greco Paintings from Valladolid Cathedral in North America
María José Martínez Ruiz
Universidad de Valladolid
Treasures from Valladolid’s Convents in International Institutions
Jesús Urrea
Académico de
la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de la Purísima Concepción
Sculpture by the Great Castilian Masters Far from Spain: Alonso Berruguete and Juan de Juni
Manuel Arias Martínez
Museo Nacional del Prado
INFO
The Nostra et Mundi talks
- Free admission until full capacity is reached.
- All talks will begin at 7:00 p.m., unless otherwise indicated.
- Each lecture will last between 30 and 50 minutes, depending on the specific program of each session.
The exact titles of the presentations are subject to change.
Memoria de una ausencia: Patrimonio cultural de Castilla y León emigrado
María José Martínez Ruiz
Patrimonio musical abulense disperso: Una historia de pérdidas y olvidos
Ana Sabe Andreu
El retablo mayor de la catedral de Ciudad Rodrigo y la dispersión de la obra de Fernando Gallego
Fernando Gutiérrez Baños
Un león de San Isidoro en el Louvre: Fragmentos para una nueva visión de la Portada Norte
Francisco Prado Vilar
Patrimonio leonés fuera de España
Ángela Franco Mata
Las pinturas murales de San Pedro de Arlanza, su venta y exportación
Inmaculada Socias Batet
Beato de San Pedro de Cardeña: su fragmentación y dispersión
Esther Alonso Cardona