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"In a town in La Mancha, whose name I do not wish to recall..." Although it is true that most of the adventures of the valiant itinerant knight Don Quixote de la Mancha take place in the fields of Castille, on the most extensive plains in the Iberian Peninsula, Barcelona also appears in Miquel de Cervantes' famous novel as a key setting. The knight's travels finish in Barcelona, where Don Quixote discovers the sea:

"Don Quixote and Sancho looked around everywhere: they saw the sea, which up until then they had not seen [...]."

On the four hundredth anniversary of the publication of Don Quixote and coinciding with Books and Reading Year, ROVASI would like to invite you to find out about the links between this supreme work of world literature and the city in which we have our head office.

A tour around Don Quixote's Barcelona

If you like going for a walk and learning at the same time, you could sign up for the tours which the city's libraries are organising from 19 March to 29 November. Accompanied by a guide, you'll be able to see the streets and nooks in Barcelona which Don Quixote and his inseparable squire Sancho Panza visited. A great activity for families and kids.

Exhibitions

You can also go on an exciting trip into the past by visiting the El Quixot i Barcelona exhibition in the History Museum in the Gothic quarter. The exhibition shows what city life was like in the 17th century. Runs from 16 March to 9 October.

How did Picasso, Dalí, Antonio Saura, Doré and Daumier see the figure of Don Quixote? The impact of Cervantes's masterpiece on art is the basis for Quixots, another fascinating exhibition which can be visited at La Pedrera, Gaudí's emblematic building, from 7 March to 12 June.

But if what interests you is Don Quixote's relationship with the sea, then check out the "Cervantes and Barcelona. Don Quixote, Cervantes and the world of galleys" exhibition featuring period seafaring objects, maps and drawings. From April onwards in Barcelona's Maritime Museum.

More information: http://www.bcn.es/canalcultura/any_del_llibre/barcelona2005_angl.htm

From 11 to 16 April the International Construction Show Construmat will be held at the Barcelona Trade Fair Centre.

ROVASI, the leader in architectural and contemporary design lighting, will be there at the Gran Via fair facility. You'll be able to find us in Pavilion 1 – Level 0 – Stand no. B341

Construmat is the most important event of the year for all sectors in the construction industry: electricity and lighting; flooring and wall covering; home automation, security and communications; structural components, dividers, facades and roofs; sustainable construction, etc.

In its 14th edition Construmat is beating all records in exhibition floor space, with more than 140,000 m2 and 2350 exhibitors from 50 countries, and is consolidating its position as the biggest fair event in Spain.

The Gran Via fair facility, which houses pavilion 1 and where ROVASI's stand will be, has grown the most with the addition of the new pavilions 3 and 4 which provide an extra 15,000 m2 of display area.

The International Construction Show is also a meeting point for leading international businesspeople and is committed to becoming a forum for discussing and analysing the construction industry's future.

You can find more information about the Fair at: http://www.construmat.com/

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Get in touch with our professionals and tell them what you need. If you wish, we can draw up a totally customised architectural lighting project for you.