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Egyptology 21 Jan: Rostau: The Mysterious Necropolis of Giza Before the Pyramids
Date: 21st January 2019 10:30 Lecturer: David Rohl Subject: Rostau: The Mysterious Necropolis of Giza Before the Pyramids Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) I will be presenting the evidence to show that the Sphinx was the guardian of Rostau (the ancient name of Giza) long before the three…
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Ancient Egypt 18th June: The Journey to Mount Sinai
Date: Monday 18th June 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: The Journey to Mount Sinai Lecturer: David Rohl Continuing with the Exodus story by taking you into Sinai for the journey to Mount Horeb (aka the ‘Mountain of God’ or ‘Mount Sinai’) as described in the Books of…
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180528 Art Talk 28th May: The Newlyn School
Date: 28th May 2018 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: The Newlyn School Lecturer: Cheda Panajotovic In 1830 some French ‘Romantic Painters’, hungry for ‘realism’ moved south of Paris to the village of Barbizon. The most prominent features of the Barbizon group are their tonal qualities,…
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Healthy Walking Group Privacy Policy
Dear Healthy Walkers, In view of the new privacy rules coming into effect on the 25th of May we like to inform you on our privacy policy. From the healthy walkers who subscribed to our U3A group we maintain a members list with U3A number, name, email and tel numbers (if supplied). Also we maintain…
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U3A Spanish conversation group – ten year anniversary party
The U3A Spanish conversation group celebrated its ten year anniversary with a fiesta at the home of the group leader, Sheila Shipsides, and included all four founder members, plus our two honorary members, José and his new baby Irene. The group first met in an upstairs room at Sol Park, and after moving around various…
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180514 History Talk 14th May: History of Spain Part 3; The 16th to the 18th Centuries
Date: Monday 14th May 2018 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: History of Spain Part 3; The 16th to the 18th Centuries Lecturer: Peter Atkinson This lecture will begin with the same principal players who concluded Part 2: Isabella I of Castilla and Fernando II of…
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Ancient Egypt 21st May Exodus: the Miracle of the Sea
Date: Monday 21st May 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Exodus: The Miracle of the Sea Lecturer: David Rohl I am back from my travels and busy getting the presentations ready for my last two talks before the summer recess … and these are going to be…
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180430 History Talk 30th April: History of Spain Part 2; The Moors in Spain
Date: Monday 30th April 2018 10:30 (note new date) Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: History of Spain Part 2; ‘The Moors in Spain’ Lecturer: Angela Chantry The word “Moors” derives from the Latin “mauri”, a name for the Berber tribes living in Roman Mauretania. It has no ethnographic…
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180611 History Talk 11th Jun 2018: Pride and Prejudice
Date: Monday 11th Jun 2018 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Pride and Prejudice Lecturer: Mike Rendell The talk will look at the history of this famous book and follow its impact on British literature and subsequently on film and television from printed page to silver…
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180625 History Talk: History of The Automobile
Date: 25 June 2018 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject:The History of the Automobile – or the car! Lecturer: John Hopwood This talk will examine the history of, mainly, four-wheel mechanised transport from the earliest 1672 steam driven “toy vehicle” to the latest manufactures’ concepts…
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180411 History Talk 11th April 2018: History of Spain, Part 1: Ice age to the Romans
Date: Wednesday 11th April 2018 18:00 (note change of date and time due to public holiday in Moraira!) Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: History of Spain Part 1: Ice age to the Romans Lecturer: Cheda Panajotovic Man flourished on the Iberian Peninsula throughout the last…
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March 2018 Group Meeting
Meeting of the Moraira and Teulada U3A photographic group held at the Martillo Bar, Moraira, on 21st March 2018 at 1030 hrs. Twelve members of the group attended the March 2018 meeting. Several members had been to the Fallas festivities on 19th March, to see and photograph the different Falla, the flower parade and the…