The Group now has 16 of these establishments which are managed by non-profits for the inclusion of people with disabilities Inditex has opened the Group’s first for&from store in Mexico specifically in the capital city's Samara Shops shopping centre making it the fourth market to welcome this retail format for the integration into society and the workplace of people with disabilities All of Inditex’s for&from stores are managed by specialist non-profit organisations and they all replicate the same model: starting from an upfront donation by Inditex to help get the store up and running the establishments become self-sustainable through the sale of prior-season products at discounted prices; the profits generated go entirely to finance charitable projects organised by the partner charities a local entity with more than 46 years’ experience represents a network of +100 organisations in Mexico women’s and kids’ footwear establishment in Mexico City where nine people with different disabilities work.  Inditex currently has 16 for&from stores which between them have generated employment opportunities for over 850 people with different abilities and more than €8.5 million for the charitable work done by the various managing organisations this initiative seeks to create beacon retail venues that raise awareness about the importance of integrating people with disabilities by fostering inclusion and accessibility and eliminating barriers.  For&from dates back to 2002 when Massimo Dutti opened the platform’s first store in Palafolls (Barcelona) Oysho and Tempe Inditex are also part of the platform.  2008: Bershka For&From. Palafolls (Barcelona).  2012: Stradivarius For&From. Manresa (Barcelona).  2016: Massimo Dutti For&From. Igualada (Barcelona).  2016: Pull&Bear For&From. Ferrol (A Coruña).  2018: Zara Home For&From. San Sebastián de los Reyes (Madrid).  2024: Zara Home For&From. Lisbon (Portugal).  Spain – February 2025 – During the weekend of February 22-23 and young people from the Catechumenate of various Salesian houses in the Salesian Province of "Saint James the Elder" (SSM) gathered in Arévalo to participate in experiences within the framework of the Faith Education Itinerary (IEF-Itinerario di Educazione alla Fede) Under the motto “Always Cheerful,” the PREAS groups from Madrid and Castilla La Mancha engaged in a variety of activities and even moments dedicated to reconciliation and the Eucharist for the Ados 2025 Congress under the theme “Journeying Towards the Future.” organized by the IEF Coordinators of the Youth Ministry Delegation of the SSM Province and the Federación Valdocco brought together more than 500 young people the Salesian hostel in Allariz hosted a significant gathering for animators of adolescent and Catechumenate groups from the northeastern region of the SSM Province Participants delved into an in-depth analysis of the development of these groups highlighting the importance of continuous guidance tailored to the evolving needs of today’s youth animators shared experiences and perspectives from youth centers in Galicia ANS - “Agenzia iNfo Salesiana” is a on-line almost daily publication the communication agency of the Salesian Congregation enrolled in the Press Register of the Tibunal of Rome as n 153/2007 This site also uses third-party cookies to improve user experience and for statistical purposes By scrolling through this page or by clicking on any of its elements Manuel Blanco Romasanta was tried for the murder of 17 people: he confessed to nine of them but declared himself not guilty because he was suffering from a curse that turned him into a wolf Although this defence was rejected at trial his death sentence was commuted to allow doctors to investigate the case Romasanta has become part of Spanish folklore as the Werewolf of Allariz or less commonly as the Tallow Man so named for the rendering of his victims fat to make high quality soap.  this case still haunts our collective memory and baffles criminologists who was named Manuela at the time of his birth and raised as a girl until the age of 6 could have lived with a rare syndrome of intersexuality. My methodology of work is based on research: accumulating huge amounts of data When making the book – together with Art Director Ramon Pez – the process was similar: in addition to researching the story we added layer of visual and production research linked and got inspired by hundreds of visual inputs from the most remote sources - often they had nothing to do with photography or the story itself.  We wanted to find the mood that would help us build the ideal object one that would transmit the desired feeling by keeping only a few keywords in our brains: Galicia and superstition. The project moves slightly away from documentary photography It seems that our continuous and insatiable brain storming has led to the invention of a constructed world a narrative based on the semiotics of the feminine and masculine in the inhospitable sceneries of the Galician lands Too many automated requests from this network all images courtesy of javier de paz garcía curated to appear as an outer space-like environment, the meteors are grounded on gravel and stones with a backdrop that resembles stars. the exhibition is also complemented by various interactive installations including an informative desk in the center that explains the in-depth stories behind each meteor, and 35 LED tube light fixtures by VITAMIN ARTE that are programmed to emulate the fall of the meteorites on earth real time audio recordings of the meteorites can be heard in the background the studios successfully demonstrate the potentials of the ‘fibracolor’ MDF boards especially for decoration and interior design purposes ‘this DM colored in mass provides aesthetic and functional novelties,’ describes ENORME studios ‘it can be covered with natural veneer or melamine and allows the application of textures on the surface the treatment of its surface with lacquers waxes and varnishes is also a new possibility to work with this new material since it is mass colored allows pantography mechanization and leaves the board core as an aesthetic value.’ design: ENORME studio video / interactive design: VITAMIN ARTE client: FINSA wood AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style ASU FOOTBALL BY HABOOB BLOG As Arizona State head coach Herm Edwards famously once said That was advice that former ASU wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk didn’t heed on Wednesday night when he tweeted “I’m cooking Herm in his prime,” jabbing at his former coach who was a cornerback in the NFL for 10 years I love you, but you must be having a nightmare. Wake up! #BadDream https://t.co/mnFd6KfhJq — Herm Edwards (@HermEdwards) May 14, 2020 😂😂 https://t.co/qYiltqEy09 — Brandon Aiyuk (@THE2ERA) May 14, 2020 .@THE2ERA, you already know who's winning this matchup! pic.twitter.com/HUET3hQdwu — Herm Edwards (@HermEdwards) May 14, 2020 was excellent after the catch and eluded defensive backs often He was selected in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft last month going 25th overall to the San Francisco 49ers played college football at San Diego State and went on to play for the Philadelphia Eagles Edwards started all 16 of his team’s games seven times he had a career-best seven interceptions for 59 yards to go with a forced fumble and fumble recovery Edwards finished his career with 33 interceptions and two touchdowns He went on to coach the New York Jets and Kansas City Chiefs after his playing days and is now entering his third season at Arizona State after a career in media at ESPN Follow @AZSports | Seafood/Pixabay Padrón Pepper Festival Pimientos de Padrón are well-loved throughout Spain and are often served as tapas and are celebrated every year with their own festival The festival actually takes place in the nearby town of Herbon The small green pepper is celebrated with floats Pimientos de Padron, Galicia | ©Manuel / Flickr Cheese Festival of Arzúa Northern Spain, particularly Galicia and Asturias, produce some excellent cheeses, and the small village of Arzúa situated along the Camino de Santiago makes some of the best. The soft white Arzúa-Ulloa cheese is honoured during the Festa do Queixo Azúra many stalls are set up where visitors can learn about and try various local cheeses exhibits and cheese-making workshops are also part of the event Galician Tetilla cheese | ©Tamorlan / Wikimedia Commons The Albariño Wine Festival Albariño is Galicia’s famous white wine, which is celebrated during its very own festival, held in the town of Cambados. Taking place in August each year, the event combines wine and music and hosts concerts from various international artists Albariño wines from Galicia | ©Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez / Wikimedia Commons Octopus Festival of Carballiño Pulpo or octopus is Galicia’s most famous dish so of course there’s a festival paying homage to this too It takes place every August in the town of Carballiño in the province of Ourense and attracts many visitors from all over the region between 25,000 and 30,000 kilos of octopus are consumed along with thousands of glasses of Ribeiro wine Pulpo a la Gallega, Galicia | © Javier Lastras / Wikimedia | ©Javier Lastras / Flickr The Festival of the Giant Omelette Unless you’ve been to Galicia, you won’t realise they actually make the best tortillas (potato omelettes) in the whole of Spain the Galicia tortilla is celebrated at the Festa da Tortilla Xigante in the town of Carcacía During the festival a gigantic potato omelette is made measuring around three and a half metres across and able to feed around 500 people It’s so big that a crane is needed to lift the huge frying pan into place Sign up to our newsletter to save up to $800 on our unique trips See privacy policy Tortilla de Patatas | © Tamorlan/Wikicommons The Fair of the Cocido of Lalín Almost every region in Spain has has its own version of the cocido – a hearty stew, which often features chickpeas or beans and various types of meat and vegetables. The Lalín Galician cocido contains everything from tuna and snails to pork, rabbit, chickpeas and potatoes. The Feira do Cocido de Lalín takes place in February and not only features lots of stew and cooking demonstrations but also around 50 different cultural activities and workshops Cocido stew | © Javier Lastras/Flickr where empanadas are accompanied by music and sporting events Empanadas Gallegas | ©Tamorlan / Wikimedia Commons Ribeiro Wine Fair in Ribadavia Besides albarino wine The festival takes place on the first weekend in May in the town of Ribadavia among medieval streets and the ruins of an old castle Wineries throughout the region are represented at the festival with their own stalls alongside live cooking demonstrations and wine workshops The event also brings all of Galicia’s favourite treats together Glass of Ribiero white wine | Max Pixel Santigao Tapas Competition If you want to try many of Galicia’s delicacies in one festival, then make your way to the Concurso de Tapas de Santiago de Compostela, which takes place in the city of Santiago de Compostela in November various 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Bullrings US: +1 (678) 967 4965 | UK: +44 (0)1630 35000 tripssupport@theculturetrip.com © Copyright 2025 The Culture Trip Ltd There are many reasons why we might be spending more time at home this time of year Winter is Netflix and blanket season (or Amazon Prime we still yearn to travel and discover the most beautiful corners of the region There are dozens of films shot in Galicia that allow you to see the region from the comfort of your own sofa get out of the house and visit one of these ten film destinations Just because the carnival is over doesn’t mean that the party stops At least not for the characters in A Esmorga a film based on the novel of the same name by Eduardo Blanco Amor live a series of adventures and misadventures on a night out on the streets of Ourense which in the film and novel goes by the fictional name of Auria The book and film have become so famous that there is even a walking tour of the filming locations and emblematic landmarks such as As Burgas are just some of the corners of Ourense that can be seen on the screen But the capital is not the only town in the wider province of Ourense that appears in the movie locations were chosen such as the Pazo of Tor where both indoor and outdoor scenes were filmed Ourense can lay claim to being the film set of Galicia documentaries and even video clips are set in and around the streets and surroundings of its towns One of the latest to join the long list of films shot in the province was Cu�ados This comedy was released in 2021 and is set in the world of wine cellars And what better backdrop than the stunning landscapes of O Ribeiro San Cibrao das Vi�as and the capital itself were also some of the locations where the actors Xos� A Award-winning director Isabel Coixet also found the inland province of Galicia to be the ideal place to film Elisa y Marcela A Netflix production that tells the story of the first marriage between two women in Spain one of them had to pass herself off as a man A story about love and the fight for LGTBI rights that found its perfect setting in Ourense Although most of the story between Elisa and Marcela actually took place in A Coru�a the teachers’ school where the protagonists fall in love is in fact the monastery of San Salvador one of the jewels of Celanova’s rich heritage Other locations in the province that appear on the screen include Pazos de Arenteiro and Moldes you feel like visiting the places where the real story took place why not treat yourself to a guided tour of the city of A Coru�a where the Corcubi�n guesthouse where they spent their wedding night was located If we had to name one director who was in love with Ourense Despite being a native of Castile-La Mancha the filmmaker felt a close affinity with Galicia and Little surprise then that Galicia served as the setting for more than one of his films This is indeed the case with Butterfly (La lengua de las mariposas) The Blind Sunflowers (Los girasoles ciegos) and All Is Silence (Todo es silencio) The director’s first big commitment to the region took place in 1998 when he filmed Butterfly (La lengua de las mariposas) it portrays the end of the Civil War and the beginning of the dictatorship through the eyes of a boy from a Galician village who sees how his teacher is repressed by the regime The streets of the historic town centre of Allariz were used to recreate the rural Galicia of 1936 But not everything remained in the picturesque town Some of the scenes were filmed in other parts of the province of Ourense and in the city of Pontevedra the last scene is set in Plaza da Le�a and calle Figueroa Another big name from the world of cinema who chose Galicia as their set is Pedro Almod�var The director filmed some the scenes of Julieta in the municipalities of Ares and Mugardos decides to write her story for her daughter This starting point is the seafaring Galicia of the 1980s the Spanish director chose several locations in the R�as Altas Mugardos harbour or the Puerta del Sol in Ares were some of the locations chosen by Almod�var its narrow streets and its Indian-style buildings enchanted the director And there must be something truly special about this small enclave of brightly coloured houses that serve as the backdrop for the Ares estuary as the presence of cameras and spotlights has become an almost daily occurrence Speaking of places that are often used as movie sets we would be remiss not to mention the beach of As Furnas Located between the estuaries of Muros e Noia and Arousa it is one of the key settings in The Sea Inside (Mar Adentro) the film that earned Alejandro Amen�bar an Oscar a Golden Globe and 14 Goyas and thrust him into the limelight The director wanted to capture the story of Ram�n Sampedro the first person to request euthanasia in Spain in the places where the real events unfolded And it was on the cliffs of the Porto do Son beach where the protagonist suffered the accident that left him quadriplegic the villages of Abelendo and O Castelo were used to film the outside of his house Portos�n and the beach of Seiras were some of the locations chosen by Amen�bar and which today form part of a route running through Porto do Son that made it to Hollywood back in 2004 The filming of The Sea Inside was much like winning the lottery as it benefitted the whole area lying between the two estuaries the images of the food market were filmed in Noia while in Ribeira scenes were filmed in the port of Insuela and at the Dunas de Corrubedo sand dunes The mountain of A Curota in A Pobra or the town centre of Boiro were other locations selected in and around the Arousa estuary While the beach of As Furnas first rose to fame with the story of Ram�n Sampedro it became known to the younger generations with Fari�a a series focused on the origins of drug trafficking in Galicia And the same theme serves as the backdrop in Eye for an Eye a film by Paco Plaza that tells the story of a retired drug dealer who befriends a nurse who looks after him in a care home his sons bite off more than they can chew as they take over the family clan and try to bring the old capo back into the fray the home of great drug trafficking clans such as Los Charlines and Sito Mi�anco was one of the chosen settings for the film a seafood treatment plant in Cambados and the beach of As Sinas in Vilanova while the plot takes place in the R�as Baixas most of the scenes were filmed in the city of A Coru�a the Calvo Sotelo Institute and the San Amaro cemetery are just some examples While the Arousa estuary is shadowed by the stigma of drug trafficking the Vigo estuary has long been associated with the industrial reconversion it was chosen as the setting for Mondays in the Sun a film about the plight of workers affected by factory lay-offs at the end of the 20th century Although the name of the city is not explicitly mentioned in the film and the plot could easily have happened to pretty much any worker in any industrial town the exterior locations were shot in and around Vigo The first example of this can be found in the poster for the film Javier Bardem and Luis Tosar sitting in the sun on the boat that connects the city with Cangas the shipyards and the neighbourhoods of Teis Coia and O Berb�s joined the list of locations But to make a complete tour of the shoot locations you will also need to head to Pontevedra and more precisely While the most dramatic stories of coastal Galicia have to do with the sea one of the tales from inland Galicia stars a natural element caused by human hand: fire Forest fires capable of ravaging huge swathes of the landscape were the theme chosen by Oliver Laxe for Fire Will Come (O que arde) the film that catapulted him to the Goya Awards The director focused on the mountains of Lugo when telling the story of an arsonist who returns to his village after being released from prison Most of the locations are found within the county of Os Ancares more precisely the municipalities of Cervantes going out in search of the places where the film was shot brings us closer to the rural world the characters were played by local residents who won the Goya for best new actress at the age of 84 Now that we are in the throes of the Xacobeo Holy Year It might not be a specific location or so extensive that visiting it requires an actual pilgrimage along the film routes but there are numerous films — Galician Spanish and foreign — that take place in this setting a film starring Martin Sheen and directed by his son Emilio Est�vez that helped to popularise The Way across the pond The film tells the story of a man who decides to make a pilgrimage with the ashes of his son who died while on one of the stages of the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela Almost all the scenes were filmed along different stretches of the French Way in and around the cathedral of Santiago and in Mux�a Spain – August 2023 – Mohernando is hosting a course for Leaders with skills in leisure animation of Salesians from St James the Greater Province (SSM) A total of 116 young people are therefore dedicating part of their summer to preparing for the education of other young people and the management of youth centres participants receive lessons on subjects related to childhood the maturity of the person in all its dimensions and the civil and criminal responsibility of Leaders All this from a Christian and biblical perspective with references to Salesian Youth Ministry Without forgetting accompaniment and reflection on groups voluntary work and free time as an educational space and as a safe environment for children and teenagers Spain - November 2023 - Two youth events took place in Allariz and Ourense from 24 to 26 November: CampoBosco and the Adolescents meeting (ADOS) The young people involved in the CamboBosco experience are part of youth groups from Galicia Asturias and part of Castile and León bringing together 150 participants including leaders As part of the Faith Education Itinerary (IE) it was proposed to the participants to reflect on their dreams starting from the proposal of Jesus as lived by Don Bosco and to make an inner journey through various experiences The culmination of these two activities was the penitential celebration and the evening gathering with all the young people in Ourense The meetings were accompanied by Fr Xabier Camino Delegate for Youth Ministry in St James the Greater Province Provincial Coordinator for Vocational Animation