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Art Museum Attractions In Calanda

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Calanda is a town in the province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. It lies on the southern fringe of the Ebro river basin, at the confluence of the Rivers Guadalope and Guadalopillo. The climate is transitional between Mediterranean and Continental. The local economy is based upon agriculture, especially the cultivation of peaches and olives, both of which have Protected Designation of Origin status: Melocotón de Calanda in the case of the peach production and Aceite del Bajo Aragón for the olive oil. Other agricultural products are almonds and other fruits as well as some cereals. Calanda is the birthplace of Spanish film director Luis Buñuel.
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  • 1. Luis Bunuel Film Centre Calanda
    Luis Buñuel Portolés was a Spanish filmmaker who worked in Spain, Mexico and France.When Luis Buñuel died at age 83, his obituary in The New York Times called him an iconoclast, moralist, and revolutionary who was a leader of avant-garde surrealism in his youth and a dominant international movie director half a century later. His first picture, Un Chien Andalou—made in the silent era—was called the most famous short film ever made by critic Roger Ebert, and his last film, That Obscure Object of Desire—made 48 years later—won him Best Director awards from the National Board of Review and the National Society of Film Critics. Writer Octavio Paz called Buñuel's work the marriage of the film image to the poetic image, creating a new reality...scandalous and subversive.Often associa...
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