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Islanders at care centre cap 3 months of activities at sailing school

Tuesday, 11 October 2022 14:12

foto 2022x caiac A Islanders receiving support at the Formentera Day Centre (Centre de Dia de Formentera) who took part in yearly summer activities at the sailing school concluded the season last month by practising a new activity: kayaking. In this way, windy days found participants enjoying activities on the accessible sail boat while on days with less wind, they kayaked. The result, according to the Formentera Office of Sports, was excellent, with participants succeeding in performing activities autonomously and without outside help.

11 October 2022
Communications Office
Consell de Formentera

Registration for course on social and cultural integration for immigrants opens 19 Oct.

Tuesday, 11 October 2022 11:28

The immigration division of the Formentera Office of Social Welfare (Conselleria de Benestar Social, CBSF) is pleased to announce that registration for the 18th Social and Cultural Integration for Foreigners will open 19 October. The course will take shape between 3 and 29 November at Formentera's adult learning centre (Escola d'Adults).

Signups for the free course run 19 to 28 October at the CBSF, located at the Centre de Dia de Formentera, venda des Brolls 7179. For more information call 971 321 271 or email immigracio@conselldeformentera.cat.

Rafael Ramírez, councillor of social welfare, said the course was a sign of local government's "continued commitment to helping newcomers integrate and stay on the right side of administrative imperatives".

Besides helping students prepare for the CCSE citizenship test, participation in the course enables individuals to obtain accreditation from the Balearic government attesting to their will to integrate. Topics covered will include Spain's constitutional values, human rights and civil liberties, the Balearic Statute of Autonomy, the European Union and gender equality, among others Classes will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4.30pm to 7.00pm.

11 October 2022
Communications Office
Consell de Formentera

Artistic calligraphy workshop for children

Tuesday, 11 October 2022 10:13

The Formentera Office of Culture is pleased to announce that Libraries of Formentera have scheduled an artistic calligraphy workshop for children at 5.00pm, Monday 17 October, at the Sant Ferran Reading Spot (Punt de Lectura). The workshop will be given by writer-calligrapher Maria Vila Rebolo.

What is artistic calligraphy?
Artistic calligraphy is the art of drawing letters by hand in an artistic and creative way. In recent years, people from all over the world have gravitated toward the discipline for work (applications exist in graphic design, advertising, hospitality and signage, to name a few) and pleasure. Artistic calligraphy can be anything from graffiti to restaurant menus on chalkboard to Christmas cards.

11 October 2022
Communications Office
Consell de Formentera

With VR videos, Formentera reclaims slice of local history

Tuesday, 11 October 2022 10:33

foto 2022x ca na costa Today the Formentera Office of Tourism unveiled augmented virtual reality (VR) videos on Ca Na Costa, a megalithic sepulchre, and the history of the island's salt flats, part of an effort to use 3D virtual reconstruction to safeguard and share part of local history.

"The aim of this initiative", which Alejandra Ferrer, vice president and councillor of tourism, pointed out would be deployed in other heritage and historical sites, "is to transport visitors to another era, recreating the environment. With the help of mobile technology, we will be able to see in the present what life was like in the past". She called it "yet another tool to attract visitors in the off season and offer a range of activities that bring participants closer to our roots".

The initiative has benefited from the collaboration of the island's heritage office and historian Santiago Colomar, who have helped by contributing historical information. "These videos bring our history closer to residents and visitors and underscore this part of our heritage", said Colomar. In that regard, Colomar hopes that the initiative will continue in order to "uncover more stories of our past".

Carlos Bernús, who heads Formentera's Office of Tourism Marketing, explained that the videos will be promoted on the local tourism website, Tourist Information Points and promotional events. They can also be found on the Formentera Office of Tourism's YouTube channel in Catalan, Spanish and English.

11 October 2022
Communications Office
Consell de Formentera

Researchers present findings from Cap de Barbaria II archaeological push

Tuesday, 11 October 2022 08:50

On 17 October, Doctors Pau Sureda and Edgar Camarós, accompanied by Raquel Guasch, Formentera's councillor of heritage, will present findings from phase nine of Arqueobarbaria, an archaeological project that is being carried out at the Cap de Barbaria II dig site. (This phase found crews performing a combination of excavation and restoration work.) With restoration of the settlement –the principal milestone– now complete, the next step is creation of a related museum. At present field work is complete and the researchers will proceed to laboratory and analytical work. The presentation will be held at 7.00pm in the Consell de Formentera hall of ceremonies (Sala d'Actes).

11 October 2022
Communications Office
Consell de Formentera

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