Visit to the permanent exhibition room of La Noguera Museum.
Through a team game, students follow the explanations of Catalonia’s Medieval history. During the game, the boys and girls form two groups of Medieval adventurers who have been sent to the future. To return to their era, they have to recover the lost memory and find a magical object that is hidden in the windows of the museum that will enable them to return to their time.
Duration: 1:30h
Years 5-6 of primary education
Visit to the exhibition “Hisn Balaghí-Balaguer. From madina to the city”
Taking madina Balaguer as a starting point, we will know the ways of living in Al-Andalus and the importance of this society in the formation of our country.
Duration: 1.30 h
Obligatory secondary education
Visit to the permanent exhibition room of La Noguera Museum and tour of the city.
What was Al-Andalus?
Historical background and ways of living Al-Andalus, base on the exemple of the Andalusian city of madina Balaguer.
Duration: 3 h
Obligatory secondary education
Tour through the historic centre of the city to discover the imprint of the three cultures that coexisted in the Middle Ages: the Andalusian, the feudal and the Jewish. We delve into the ways of living of the inhabitants of the medieval Balaguer, at the time of maximum coexistence and cultural respect, and we also examine the conflicts and socio-economic interests that put an end to the peace in the Middle Ages and ended with the expulsion of the Moorish and Jewish communities.
Duration: 3 h
Years 5-6 of primary education and obligatory secondary education
Visit to the archaeological site of El Pla d’Almatà.
The Upper March of Al-Andalus and the cities, based on the archaeological remains from Madina Balaguer. Ways of living in the Middle Ages: houses, food, urbanism, defense, culture, science ... Archaeology and the importance of heritage.
Duration: 0:45h
Years 5-6 of primary education and obligatory secondary education
Visit to the church of Santa Maria.
Introduction to Catalan Gothic art: constructive systems, construction processes, decorations, function of spaces.
Duration: 0:30h
Years 5-6 of primary education and obligatory secondary education
Medieval Wall walk.
War in the Middle Ages, fortifications in the cities: walls, towers, doors, moats. Weapons. Watchtowers and castles.
Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939 in Catalonia. Segre’s front.
Duration: 1h
Years 5-6 of primary education and obligatory secondary educationa
Visit to Formós castle.
From hisn to suda and from suda to castle, the manorial residences in the Middle Ages. The border between Al-Andalus and the counties. Andalusian lords, feudal lords: feudalism.
Duration: 0:45h
Years 5-6 of primary education and obligatory secondary education
With gold as the common thread, the uses and properties of different minerals are explained, as well as the natural, social and cultural medium that surrounds gold prospecting in the River Segre.
Visit to the monastery of Santa Maria de les Franqueses.
Life in medieval monaster. The Cistercian Order. The Romanesque, building systems, decorations, functionality of the spaces. The sculptural school of Lleida.
Duration: 0:45h
Years 5-6 of primary education and obligatory secondary education