Enabling children to discover that “Restoring is funny” was the main aim of the workshop developed by the promoters of the Atlantic Romanesque Plan at the AR&PA, the Iberian Biennial of Cultural Heritage, which took place from 8 to 10 November at the Miguel Delibes Cultural Centre in Vallladolid.
64 children aged between 6 and 12 divided in four groups were able to better understand why and how some actions are taken in the scope of our cultural heritage, through dynamics and games carried out by a youth worker. They learnt what would be needed before restoring a mosaic or a Romanesque façade and for some moments they even became real restorers using the booklet published within the educational activities of the Plan.
The workshops were held within the Plan for dissemination focused on making the society acquainted with the actions taken. It is worth recalling that the Atlantic Romanesque Plan is promoted by the Council of Castile and León, Iberdrola Foundation and the Ministry of Culture in Portugal, with the collaboration of Santa María la Real Foundation and the dioceses of each region, and it aims to restore and enhance about twenty Romanesque churches situated in the Spanish provinces of Zamora and Salamanca and the Portuguese regions of Oporto, Vila Real and Bragança.
