These visits were announced by the president of the Cortes, Carlos Pollán, on October 31 and can be booked since last Monday. Specifically, There are six meetings until the end of the year -November 15, 22 and 30, December 20, 21 and 27- for groups of 30 to 35 people, they explain in a press release.
That is why, taking into account the influx of requests and the success of the public, which exceeded its forecasts, it is planned that a new schedule of visits will be opened for 2025, which will be announced soon.
During the visit, the art historian Beatriz Sánchez Valdelvira is responsible for explaining some of the curiosities of the more than thirty works of art exhibited throughout the visit. Walking through the corridors and rooms of the Cortes de Castilla y León allows you to directly see much of the contemporary art of the Community.
The tour begins in the main hall, where two great historical works from the 19th century are exhibited, such as Los Comuneros and Batalla de Villalar. The first, a pictorial work by Juan Planella and the second painting, the work of Manuel Pícolo. In front of them, the large sculpture by Venancio Blanco: Forms for the Spirit of Castile.
Other rooms of the Parliament, such as the Reception Hall, house works by pioneers of abstraction like Modesto Ciruelos, Luis Sáez, Esteban Vicente, as well as landscapes by Díaz-Caneja and Cuadrado Lomas. Like the Senate, the Cortes de Castilla y León has a corridor known as “lost steps”, where there is an authentic art gallery where young and established artists shake hands.
There you can admire the works of Fernández Pinedo, Ricardo Sánchez, Raquel Bartolomé, José Sánchez Carralero, Cuasante or Vela Zanetti, among other authors. One of the works that will attract the most attention of visitors is the one located in the heart of Parliament, the Hemicycle, and it is the 4th century mosaic found in the surroundings where the building of the Cortes de Castilla y León is located today.
Finally, and after having been able to contemplate the 36 visits to the city of Zamora, of Félix de la Concha and to Santa Catalina of Luis Moro, a plea in favor of peace, you will be able to see outside the graffiti of Xolaka and Eneko Azpiroz, who represent Miguel Delibes and hope in Looking Ahead. The visit ends with the snakes of Dialogue around noise, by the sculptor Ana Jiménez, the bronze sculptural work Móvil disturbing, by Coomonte, which will surprise more than one visitor because it is a tilting sculpture, and the Seated Woman by Baltasar Lobo, which has the category of Asset of Cultural Interest with the mosaic of the Hemicycle.
