Conferences, Workshops and Seminars

MILLENNIUM OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE MONASTERY OF SAN SALVADOR DE CORNALLANA

CYCLE OF CONFERENCES organized by the Archaeological Museum of Asturias

As part of the programme of events and acts scheduled to institutionally commemorate the 1000th anniversary of the founding of the monastery of San Salvador de Cornellana (Salas), 1024-2024, the Archaeological Museum of Asturias has organised a series of lectures on the history, documentation and cultural heritage generated by these thousand years of monastic history. Under the title ‘The Monastery of Cornellana in the light of its archaeological footprint’, five specialists will analyse aspects ranging from the archaeological background of the territory in which the monastery would come to be settled to the constructive evolution of the monastic building, including its movable endowment and the documentary production of its scriptorium.

The letures will take place at the monastery of Cornellana, according to the following programme:

• 27 September, 7 p.m.

Between the villa of Cornelius and Beriso. Cornellana on the threshold of History. By Ángel Villa Valdés, archaeologist at the Archaeological Museum of Asturias. A brief review of the archaeological sites that illustrate how the territory in which the Monastery of Cornellana was to be founded was, due to its optimal location and abundant natural resources, a preferential place for the stable settlement of human communities, at least from the end of prehistoric times.

• Friday 11 October, 7 p.m.

Documents for the history of the monastery of Cornellana: from endowment to dependence on Cluny. By Miguel Calleja Puerta, Professor of Paleography and Diplomacy at the University of Oviedo.

• Friday 25 October, 7 p.m.

The constructive evolution of the monastery of San Salvador de Cornellana based on the archaeological analysis of its architecture. By Alejandro García Álvarez-Busto, Professor of Archaeology at the University of Oviedo.

• Friday 8 November, 7 p.m.

Historical and artistic endowment of the monastery of San Salvador de Cornellana in the Modern Age. By Alberto Fernández Suárez, specialist in Cultural Heritage.

• Friday 22 November, 19:00

Among books, parchments and papers of the monastery of Cornellana. By Clara Elena Prieto Entrialgo, Assistant Professor at the Department of Spanish Philology, University of Oviedo.