Route of Federico García Lorca

Federico García Lorca (1898-1936), the Spanish poet and playwright, was born in Granada, and throughout his life kept a strong link with the city. An emblematic member of the “Generation of ’27” group, he is widely considered one of the authors that has best captured Spanish popular culture in the twentieth century. This tour visits the places where Lorca spent his childhood and youth, and much of his universe was shaped. You will also see interesting collections of original works by Lorca and other artists of the period.

Itinerary

Bus pick up at Palacio de Congresos (venue), Fuente Vaqueros, Valderrubio, Huerta de San Vicente (Granada), back to Palacio de Congresos. We will also visit Alfacar and Víznar.

Duration

3 hours

Description

“The deeply lyrical Albaycín … silent grassy streets of houses with beautiful facades, with white minarets ... Streets which hear the silvery melodies of the Darro, and the ballads of the leaves, that sing the distant groves of the Alhambra.”      [Impresiones y paisajes, translation by A.S. Kline]

The author of Gypsy Ballads and Poet in New York was born in Fuente Vaqueros, on June 5, 1898. His childhood home has been restored and turned into a museum, where a vivid sense of the spaces he grew in can be gathered. The former barn is now an exhibition space, displaying manuscripts and first editions of his works, Lorquian sketches for theater sets, and personal correspondence.

Huerta de San Vicente was the summer residence of Lorca from 1926 until his death. It is located in the largest park in Granada, now named after him. In his studio, overlooking Sierra Nevada and the Alhambra, the poet wrote some of his best works: The Divan of Tamarit , Gypsy Ballads , Poema del Cante Jondo and Blood Wedding . The house, now a museum, preserves the original furniture and belongings as Lorca knew them.

Federico’s father owned a small farmhouse in Valderrubio, where the writer moved with his family from Fuente Vaqueros. The atmosphere of the town and its people was a strong influence on Lorca’s work, drawing inspiration to create, among others, Yerma and The House of Bernarda Alba.

The García Lorca Park in Alfacar opened in 1986. It is located in the Barranco de Víznar, where he was assassinated in the early weeks of the Spanish Civil War. The park is dedicated “to the memory of Federico García Lorca, and all victims of the Civil War”; indeed, the Barranco de Víznar is believed to be the location of mass graves where up to three thousand victims of the war, besides Lorca, were buried. Every August 18th – the likely date of his execution – the poet is honored in this park with a concert and reading of his verses.