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24 October 2024 to 18 April 2025
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Legends of Soria

"The most delicate expression of popular literature is the legend, that is, the story of a marvelous event, transmitted by word of mouth and from generation to generation."

With this exhibition , the Soria Public Library wants to make known the wealth of legendary stories from our land . The legend of each town becomes its own history.

Their ancient origins are sometimes lost in time, but we can learn about them thanks to those who have compiled them. In this sense, Soria has to thank Florentino Zamora Lucas for collecting the legends of our province, in a task that involved giving them meaning, grouping them together and publishing them.

For this exhibition, a selection of legends from Soria has been chosen from all the popular heritage: those with the most deep-rooted tradition, the most popular, the most interesting, those that arouse the greatest curiosity, trying to ensure that they are from very different places in the province. We have divided them following the basic scheme of Zamora Lucas between historical legends, chivalric legends, love legends, religious legends...

The exhibition consists of 9 panels that describe legends - from the oldest, taken from the Cantigas and songs of gesta to the most contemporary literary gems, such as those of Bécquer and Machado - paying attention to the narration, its style, its part of truth, its relationship with history, the origin of the narration, the landscapes and places they describe...

The exhibition is completed by a selection of books on the subject.

The exhibition can be visited at the entrance of the library during opening hours of the centre from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Address and map location

  • Postal address Biblioteca Pública de Soria - C/ Nicolás Rabal, 25. municipality of Soria . NaN. Soria