Author: PeterB
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181015 Egyptology 15th Oct: Kadesh: Aaron and Moses in Jordan
Date: 15th October 2018 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Kadesh: Aaron and Moses in Jordan Lecturer: David Rohl We are continuing with our Exodus theme, this time covering the thirty-nine years the Israelites spent in the wilderness, once they left Mount Sinai and before they began…
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Teulada-Moraira features in TV programs
Teulada-Moraira featured in two episodes of La Aventura de Saber (The adventure of knowledge) in September 2018 on TVE 2. From minute 20.55 the first program provides a detailed overview of the area and its culinary characteristics and its industry. From minute 25.46 to 36.00 the second program continues with more information about the history…
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Moraira-Teulada U3A presents cheque to the ‘Make a Smile’ Children’s charity.
At the General Meeting held on Monday the 3rd September the members of Moraira-Teulada U3A were pleased to welcome for their second visit Tony Grande and his wife Lucy. Tony, a representative for the ‘Make a Smile’ charity had visited earlier in the year and everyone was impressed with the work and dedication of the…
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Spicy Dining
Social evenings enjoying the delights of more exotic foods such as Indian, Mexican, Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese, Greek, Iranian or Turkish food. The group meets monthly.
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190128 Art Talk 28th Jan 2019: Political Art
Date: Monday 28th January 2019 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Political Art Lecturer: Rosalind Miranda It is possible to confuse political art with propaganda but there is a difference between the two. Propaganda is usually associated with the propagating of a doctrine…
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Egyptology 21 Jan: Rostau: The Mysterious Necropolis of Giza Before the Pyramids
Date: 21st January 2019 10:30 Lecturer: David Rohl Subject: Rostau: The Mysterious Necropolis of Giza Before the Pyramids Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) I will be presenting the evidence to show that the Sphinx was the guardian of Rostau (the ancient name of Giza) long before the three…
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180514 History Talk 14th May: History of Spain Part 3; The 16th to the 18th Centuries
Date: Monday 14th May 2018 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: History of Spain Part 3; The 16th to the 18th Centuries Lecturer: Peter Atkinson This lecture will begin with the same principal players who concluded Part 2: Isabella I of Castilla and Fernando II of…
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180430 History Talk 30th April: History of Spain Part 2; The Moors in Spain
Date: Monday 30th April 2018 10:30 (note new date) Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: History of Spain Part 2; ‘The Moors in Spain’ Lecturer: Angela Chantry The word “Moors” derives from the Latin “mauri”, a name for the Berber tribes living in Roman Mauretania. It has no ethnographic…
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180611 History Talk 11th Jun 2018: Pride and Prejudice
Date: Monday 11th Jun 2018 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Pride and Prejudice Lecturer: Mike Rendell The talk will look at the history of this famous book and follow its impact on British literature and subsequently on film and television from printed page to silver…
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180411 History Talk 11th April 2018: History of Spain, Part 1: Ice age to the Romans
Date: Wednesday 11th April 2018 18:00 (note change of date and time due to public holiday in Moraira!) Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: History of Spain Part 1: Ice age to the Romans Lecturer: Cheda Panajotovic Man flourished on the Iberian Peninsula throughout the last…
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180326 History Talk 26th Mar 2018: The Ancients of Mexico
Date: Monday 26th Mar 2018 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: The Ancients of Mexico Lecturer: Cheda Panajotovic We often see TV programmes about the great Inca Empire stretching down the whole of the Andes or about ‘The Aztecs’ of Central America. It is a quirk of…
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Advice on what to do in the event of a death – and before then.
We have all been confronted at one time or another by the myriad bureaucratic problems that living in Spain entails, and unfortunately the red tape doesn’t end with death. Below is a guideline for information purposes only on Procedures to be followed at death: 1. Death at home: If the deceased has been treated or…