A Trip into the Past: Monterozzi Necropolis

By Miguel Núñez García, 3rd year ESO A. 

A group of students from I.E.S. de Catabois in Ferrol have travelled to Bassano Romano in Italy as part of an exchange of students during the present scholastic year 2018/2019. One of the most interesting places we visited during our stay was the town of Tarquinia and the Etrurian necropolis of Monterozzi, which is located in the town outskirts.

Monterozzi has about 6,000 tombs which are classified as: external tombs or underground chamber tombs. The external ones are more ancient and display funny shapes as if they were huge mush-rooms of the Boletus family. The corpse of the dead was incinerated and the ashes were put in clay made funerary urns which were kept inside the stoned-coffin like the one in the photograph.

Prague: A Fairy Tale city.

By Nuno Baamonde Beceiro (4th year ESO)

This year we´ve been lucky: we took part in a foreign exchange with a school from Prague, seventeen of us and fifteen Czech students. They came to our school and houses in February, and we returned the visit in March, the week before Easter.

                                   
THE VISITS:
The first day we arrived late, but we had already booked the apartments for the first night. Next morning, all of us were surprised at how soon the sunrise was, and went to the most famous bridge in Prague, Charles Bridge, before breakfast. It was less than five minutes from the apartment!.  

 

My Experience in Prague.

By Lara Castro López (4th year ESO)

The foreign exchange I took part in this year with the boys and girls from Prague was an unforgettable experience. Despite the cold,we could go to a lot of amazing places.
The first day, we arrived in the evening and we slept in an apartment. We had dinner in a tasty restaurant which was next to our apartment. We ordered a lot of drinks and we spent a lot of money because, for example, a bottle of water (a small one) cost 4 euro! When we had finished dinner and were going to the apartment it started to snow. We stayed at the apartment and noticed that my suitcase was open. We called the boys and one of them came and slept at our apartment.

                              

STREET ART SPREADS ITS WINGS

By several students at IES de Catabois.

Street art or the expression of artists on the walls of many European towns and cities today has provided them with a new image, as you can see in the photograph below. It is called Polish-Hungarian Friendship Tree and shows the close connection between the Polish and Hungarian cultures. There is a text on the mural which reads:
“Hungary and Poland are two forever-living oaks, which have their own trunks, but their roots are far beneath the earth: they have joined and invisibly merged. So the existence and strength of each one is tied to life and health of the other.” — Stanislaw Worcell

MASTER AT BLENDING STYLES: BUDAPEST

Architecture in Budapest

By Carla Gago Castro, 4th year ESO.

Where does the beauty of a city reside? In its history? In its people? These are two valid answers but where you can perceive its beauty the most is in its architecture, and the city of Budapest dominates this matter. 

                                          Statues decorating the Opera House. 

Banksy: 'The New Generation'

  

By Bella Jasmin Kahia González, 4th year ESO.

When we think about street art, the first name that comes to our mind is the name Banksy.

There are a lot of great talents in the streets at present, but undoubtedly, this guy has marked urban art forever and he's and he will be a role model for a whole generation of young artists in the world of graffiti.

'His Hidden identity'

Banksy is an England-based graffiti artist, political activist and film director of unverified identity. His satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed by a distinctive stenciling technique.

His works of political and social commentary have been featured on streets, walls and bridges of cities throughout the world. Banksy's work grew out of the Bristol uderground scene, which involved collaborations between artists and musicians.

Observers have noted that his style is similar to Blek le Rat, who began to work with stencils in 1981 in Paris. Banksy says that he was ispired by 3D, a graffiti artist who later became a founding member of Massive Attack, an English musical group.

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THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORLD HERITAGE SITES.

By a group of participants from IES de Catabois in the project.

World Heritage Sites are patrimony of humanity. And what does that mean? It means precisely that: patrimony of all human kind, something that is important or relevant to any human being on planet Earth, something that has been inherited from our ancestors and that we must preserve. Why are there places which are catalogued like that? Its just because of their importance or relevance through history. They are usually beautiful outstanding monuments or traditions which our ancestors from different cultures have built with big effort, which have survived in good conditions to the passing of time and which deserve being preserved for future generations so that our descendants get to know what the world was like in previous times.
 

UNESCO is the international organization which is in charge of the World Heritage Sites. It belongs to the United Nations organism and its acronym means United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 195 countries form it and other 9 are associates.

SYRACUSE: MEETING POINT OF MEDITERRANEAN CULTURES.

 By the students and teachers who travelled to Sicily.

The city is a modern one today with a population of about 125,000 inhabitants, located in the south-east of Sicily and home to many different cultures since its birth about 2,700 years ago. Travelling to Syracuse from Catania is easy but the traveller will need at least two days or three days if he wants to explore the area a bit in depth. Buses depart from Catania but they are not very frequent. A return ticket costs about 10 euro and the trip takes about an hour and a half.

Home town of Archimedes, the famous Greek mathematician and philosopher, it was described as 'the most beautiful Greek city' by Cicero. It includes two parts, the one on the main island, where Neapolis and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica (about 40 kms away), are located and the island of Ortygia, inhabited for around 3,000 years. They were included in the World Heritage Sites list by UNESCO in 2005. 

Miguel Bardem films '22 Angels' in Ferrol.

By Marta Díaz Freire.

Ferrol has been chosen, once again, as the setting for a film.

Last February, Miguel Bardem, cousin of the popular Spanish actor Javier Bardem (married to Penelope Cruz), was filming his new TV movie, '22 Angels', in Galicia. 

3 YEARS..

A poem by Carla Gago Castro.
Some people have the ability to communicate feelings through poems. Here is one written by a young student in 3rd year ESO which can touch you deep inside.

                                
Click on the link below to read it.
3 Years poem

Sicily: An island of contrasts.

Have you ever wondered what a trip to Sicily would be like?
This is what we found on our recent visit to the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an island full of history which wants to keep its rich cultural bakground at the same time as it is trying to meet the new requirements to fit the needs of the modern society of the 21st century we live in.

Through this series of photographs, some of them with comments, you'll discover a little bit of its history as well as some of the most important UNESCO sites on the island, together with their beautiful traditional music and astonishing landscapes and monuments.
You'll also have a look at one of the most important journals on the island: Il Giornale di Sicilia, which we visited as an important part of the project we're working on.

Click here to watch the film.

ENNIO MORRICONE: THE MOST FAMOUS FILM COMPOSER OF THE 20TH CENTURY

Ennio Morricone, born in Rome in 1928. He is an italian composer and orchestrator . He composed soundtracks for more than 500 films and tv series.  He became famous thanks to his soundtracks made for western genre, for example  “  A Pistol For Ringo”, “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly .
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Who is she?

Martyna Skoczylas, Martyna Kocurek
Gimnazjum nr 2 im. św. Walentego w Bieruniu

She is 1,75 meters tall. She has got blue eyes and brown hair. She was born on 4th June, 1975. She raises six children: three biological and three adopted.

Do you recognize her?

OUR TRIBUTE TO HENNING MANKEL, by the library team.

     We would like to dedicate a few words to Henning Mankell, a writer from far away from us who became closer through his novels.

Oscar Fredrik Church: A nice example of neo gothic in Gothenburg, by Ángela Rodríguez Fernández.

NEO-GOTHIC.

Neo-gothic is an architectural movement that started in the late 1740s in England. It became popular rapidly in the early 19th century, trying to revive medieval Gothic architecture, in contrast to the neoclassical styles which were popular at the time. This Gothic Revival displays characteristics from the original Gothic style, including decorative patterns, finials, lancet windows, hood mouldings, label stops and others.

Efficient means of transport in Scandinavia, by the Spanish group travelling to Kungsbacka.

EFFICIENT MEANS OF TRANSPORT IN SCANDINAVIA.

         
 

     In a recent journey to Sweden we realized how easy a trip can be when the means of transport you use are well coordinated in terms of schedules as well as in terms of the nearness of the different stations (trains, ferry, bus, underground…) We had been advised by our teachers to pay a lot of attention to the means of transport we were going to use and these are the conclusions we got after travelling from Copenhagen to Kungsbacka via Helsingor. We also found out how security measures can differ from one country to another.

Street art: Las Meninas de Canido are exported to Europe, by Bella Jasmin Kahia González.

      'LAS MENINAS' IN CANIDO ARE EXPORTED TO EUROPE. 

Canido, in Ferrol, and Montmartre, in Paris, share nothing in common but the fact of being located on a hill at the top of the city and keeping some characteristics of the villages they used to be long ago. Those aspects create a personality of their own in both quarters.

The heart of the Jewish quarters in Cracow. Part II.

CURIOUS JEWISH SYMBOLS FOUND ON OUR WAY:

INTRODUCTION.
Our teachers had previously asked us to pay attention to any strange symbols to us we might find on our way. They had told us to take photographs because, later on, we would have to investigate if the symbols had any meaning. Below, you can have a look at the conclusions we got after our investigation.

Hamsa (in Jewish), Hand of Fatima (in Muslim):
This is a talisman frequently used for protection amongst Jewish and Muslims. It is a hand-shaped symbol, a sign of protection against all evils and it is potent in deflecting the evil eye. 
It’s also called: Khamsa, Hamsa, Chamsa amongst Jewish while amongst Muslims, it is known as  Hand of Fatima after Mahoma’s daughter, Fátima Azzahara  or The Eye of Fatima (some of them may display an eye in their interior).  

Photographs from Szeroka, Kazimierz, where a restaurant was displaying this symbol (we guess that for protection).

The heart of the Jewish quarters in Cracow. Part I

A WALK FROM FLORIANSKA TO PODGORZE: Deep into the heart of the Jewish quarters in Cracow.
Following some indications prepared by the teachers involved in the visit to Poland beforehand, it was decided that the students would be in charge of guiding our tour to Podgorze in Cracow, with a previous stop at Kazimierz. 

                                 

CUMINȚENIA PĂMÂNTULUI: AT OWNER CROSSROADS

By Salome Petra Lezeu, IXth D grade; Coordinating teacher: Tamara Motorga School: Samuil Vulcan National College

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”Cumințenia Pământului” (Wisdom of the Earth) reflects Brancusi's philosophy that has its roots in an earlier Christianity Wisdom. The sculpture represents a woman very focussed on herself, her figure carrying a mystery that has become a universal portrait. The statue attitude emits a sense of attachment to Mother Earth.