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The Route of the Castilian Language and its Expansion in the Mediterranean (The Sephardic Routes)



The Route of the Castilian Language and its Expansion in the Mediterranean (The Sephardic Routes)

The theme was integrated into the Council of Europe programme in June 2002 and is awarded certification as a “Cultural Route of the Council of Europe” on 16 June 2004.
The journeys which the Castilian language route proposes to reveal to people in more detail by means both of their physical manifestations in Spain and other parts of the Mediterranean (monasteries, universities, Jewish quarters) and of their intellectual legacy (literature, and religious, musical and culinary traditions).
A Castilian language route has already been proposed as a prestigious tourist project in Spain. Experts on Sephardic heritage from a number of Mediterranean cities (Tetouan, Jerusalem, Istanbul, Thessaloniki and Sofia) are currently working together on schemes for joint activities.

European Institute of Cultural Routes
Information source: The Council of Europe Cultural Routes brochure, 2004
Photo: © Foundation Camino de la Lengua Castellana