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Zaragoza is a city full of cultural life where visitors can find new events to attend every day, new art exhibitions to visit, and plenty of films on show.
Art
There are many museums examining different issues regarding its two thousand years of history, from the first Roman settlement on the banks of the River Ebro to new contemporary Aragonese art and culture. Both the Forum of Caesaraugusta Museum (the Roman colony that gave to Zaragoza its name) and the Zaragoza Museum are very representative because they offer an accurate perspective of local culture, ways of living, and art through the history of the city, from the Roman period to the Islamic.
As for fine arts, a number of collections of Spanish and foreign artists from the 16th to the 20th centuries are exhibited in Camón Aznar Museum, the Royal Aragonese Society Museum, and the fine art section of the Zaragoza Museum. Important emphasis is given to the works of some of the most important Aragonese artists, such as the world-famous painter Francisco de Goya, and sculptors Pablo Gargallo and Pablo Serrano, all of them very important in the renewal of fine arts of their periods. Many works of art of these three artists are displayed as monographs in emblematic buildings such as the el Princess' Courtyard (Espacio Goya IberCaja), The Argillo Mansion, and the Provincial Orphanage. If you like Goya, visit Fuendetodos, the village where he was born, less than an hour away from Zaragoza. Here you can visit Goya's birthplace (the original house where he was born), which has been rebuilt and furnished as it was in the 18th century, and also the Museum of Goya Sketches, where four series of drawings are displayed.
It is important to note the effort that Aragonese institutions are making to increase the number of places dedicated to art collections. There are new projects to create a monograph area dedicated to Goya, and another one dedicated to the painter Antonio Saura, one of the brothers of the famous film director Carlos Saura. There are also very important collections relating to different artistic disciplines such as ceramic and tapestry. The development of beautiful Aragonese pottery, both those from Teruel and Muel, is perfectly traced in the ceramic section of the Zaragoza Museum and in the Muel Ceramics Museum. Muel is a village famous for its pottery and quite near Zaragoza. As for tapestries, the collection exhibited in the Tapestries Museum of La Seo (San Salvador Cathedral) is considered one of the best in the world in French and Flemish tapestries of the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries.
The most important temporary exhibitions to come to Zaragoza are displayed in Sástago Palace, La Lonja, and Montemuzo Palace. The artistic offer is completed by more than thirty exhibition areas and art galleries that are scattered all over the city.
Cinema
The numerous cinemas in Zaragoza, a majority of them very modern and located in the centre, make it very easy to find a good film for everyone. The most modern cinemas are located in shopping districts, where visitors can spend the evening enjoying shops, bars and restaurants. Film lovers will also find specific screening rooms such as Renoir Cinemas, Filmoteca de Zaragoza, and Cine-club Pedro Cerbuna, where European and repetoir films are shown, most of them in their original language.
Theatre
The most important theatre in Zaragoza is the Teatro Principal, located right in the centre of the city. In this theatre, the most successful plays (both Spanish and foreign) are put on. The most modern and innovative theatre is usually performed in the Teatro del Mercado, with the youngest Spanish plays and multimedia spectacles on show. Both new companies and the university theatre usually perform their plays in the Teatro de la Estación, in Colegio Mayor Universitario Pedro Cerbuna (the Cine-club venue) and some other cultural centres.
Music
Finally, the temple of music in Zaragoza is the Auditorium, where there is a room (Sala Mozart) with perfect acoustics for classical music. Present-day rhythms such as pop, rock, and others, are mostly played in Concierto Sentido. El Cantor de Jazz (The Jazz Singer) is a good jazz and blues house, and the best place to dance salsa is the Café Hispano. And if you want more entertainment, besides drink and music, try in Edison Estudio.
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