Monthly guided tour of the Canta Mine - Negrín Mine

A visit to the Canta de La Vajol Mine space will be scheduled for individuals on the third Saturday of each month.

• Next visit: Saturday, May 17, June 21, July 19, 2025.
• Session: Visiting hours: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Price of the visit: €5/person.
• Book at: Entrapolis (MUME): https://entrapol.is/wdupe.
• More information: info@museuexili.cat and 972 55 65 33.
• Meeting point: municipal parking at the entrance to Vajol, at 11 a.m.

Recently, the Canta de la Vajol Mine building has been restored in relation to its role during the Spanish Civil War, in the evacuation of the Republic's economic and artistic heritage. Its opening to the public has been a further, but definitive, step in its dignification as a memorial site, a process that began decades ago.

In 1937, the Canta mine in La Vajol was seized and a fortified building was built as a shelter and storage facility, initially using funds from the Ministry of Finance and the Reparations Fund, and later also from the Central Board of Artistic Treasures, which used warehouses in Figueres, Perelada, and La Vajo. For months, a group of workers from Cartagena carried out the refurbishment and construction work at the Canta mine under the direction of the architect and lieutenant in the People's Army of the Republic, Juan Negrín Mijailov, son of the President of the Government, Juan Negrín López. The main purpose of the fortified building was to provide access to the temporary storage of these economic assets, including gold and jewelry, and artistic objects, via freight elevators, in the vault that had been set up inside the mine.

Organized by: MUME.

Collaborator: La Vajol Town Council.

With the support of: Girona Provincial Council.

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