European Geoparks Week in Conca de -Montsec Geopark 2019

Dates of geoparks week: 27th May to 10th June 2019 Contact person: Núria Verdeny, [email protected] Further information: www.projectegeoparctrempmontsec.com

Slogan of 2019 edition: “Travelling through language”

Category Date Activity / Event dd.mm. 1. Geo & Geo 01.06. “Cleaning up for World Environment Day “ around Seròs ravine, in the municipality of .

2. Geo & Culture/Music/ 30.05. “The language in the Prehistory: Neanderthals and Modern Humans in the Literature/Arts Geopark”, talk to general public about different languages in the Prehistory in .

01.06. “Words of stone” Guided tour in Sarroca de Bellera with toponymy, geology and myths and legends with experts from the three topics.

02.06. “The usage of the language through the personal journeys during the civil war” in Gerri de la Sal.

04.06. – “The origins of the Catalan language”, exhibition in the Geoparks Visitors 30.06 Centre in Tremp with the first texts written in Catalan found in our territory.

06.06. “Toponymy, the name of the places”, three talks by three experts on different topics related to toponymy at the Scientific headquarters of the Geopark by the Catalan geological survey.

07.06. “Presentation of the exhibition The origins of the Catalan language: The written Catalan: origins” in the Geoparks Visitors Centre in Tremp with the first texts written in Catalan found in our territory

08/06 “The memory of the stones” talks about lithographic limestones from geological and palaeontological point of view and printing usages with experts of each topic in Botigues Museu in Salàs de .

08.06. “Literary route: The nargonine language and the Catalan” in the town Coll de Nargó with different stops to read texts that talk about Nargó or specific words from the territory.

09.06. “GeoFeast – Talking Pallarès”, the feast to close up the EGN Week with different activities like presentation of T-shirts with words in Pallarès to preserve them, gymkhana with words related to geology, local traditional music, local products.., in Isona.

3. Geo & Education 30.05. “Magic and symbolism in the Prehistory”, workshop at the rural primary school Vall Fosca in La Plana de Mont-ros to discover different kinds of art during the Prehistory

31.05. “Story Time: Arnau Mir de Tost and the magic stars”, working with words and the territory at Maria Barbal Lybrary in Tremp for children from 5 to 8.

4. Geo & EGN/GGN