The Exile of the Intellectuals. Collioure and Antonio Machado

ROUTE OF EXILE FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND ADULTS

The Republican exodus brought about an enormous cultural loss for the country. Great intellectuals (writers, scientists, musicians…) had to leave their occupations and fell into the uncertainty of exile. Within the Catalan cultural sphere there was an authentic decline because of the persecution of the language carried out by the Franco dictatorship. At state level, the injustice also took on progressivism and creative freedom. The case of the poet Antonio Machado is the example par excellence. Machado, sick and exhausted, died shortly after crossing the border and was buried in the cemetery of Collioure.

This route aims to explore the relation between exile and the cultural world. It starts in La Jonquera with a tour of MUME. Next, the route continues to Collioure, where the poet Antonio Machado arrived with his family, from Barcelona, and this was the last stage of his gruelling flight from Franco’s victory. Throughout the itinerary we read and discuss texts by Antonio Machado and exiled Catalan authors.

· Duration: 1 day (5/6 hours) Price per adult / student: €12

· Groups up to 20 adults / students: €240 / group