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Thursday 8 October 2026

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Heritage

Museums, monuments and the long story of Spanish art.

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11:40Prado masterpieces light up the windows of Gijón's old tobacco factory“Ventanas al Prado” fills the Tabacalera with 29 backlit reproductions of Dürer, El Greco, Rubens, Velázquez and Goya until January 2027.HeritageAsturias2 min
12:10El Escorial reopens its painting and architecture museums after ten yearsA €3.1 million renovation puts around 100 works by Titian, Tintoretto, Van der Weyden and Ribera back on view, 21 of them for the first time.HeritageMadrid2 min
17:20The Prado gives Christina of Sweden's sculpture collection a room of its ownThe queen's eight Muses take centre stage, with a new installation of Thalia and talks featuring astronauts Sara García and Christer Fuglesang.HeritageMadrid2 min
18:00Sagrada Família takes more time to choose the artist for its Glory façadeMiquel Barceló, Cristina Iglesias and Javier Marín are still waiting for a decision. Meanwhile 2,345 pupils have been rewarded for projects about the new Tower of Jesus.HeritageCatalonia2 min