The setting: Edenic countryside

Antonio Gala says that he found the right place, what he believes is the right place, in a dream. He dreamt, in the Edenic countryside, of a name Alhaurín… In his own words:

“Here I retire, work, think, digest the sounds, although the silence is broken on very few occasions. I see the lights fade, the lights brighten, as they brush the tree tops with their golden fingers, I hear the wind ruffling the leaves...” He followed in the wake of another writer, Gerald Brenan, who he’d presumed immortal: “But then the day I came, he died,” he explained, with his unique sense of humour.

It was in 1978 when La Baltasara crossed paths with the writer, who had so far been known for this play scripts and journalistic articles but was about to make the leap into writing novels. Gala turned it into his summer and winter retreat, but it later became his permanent home once he sold his house in Madrid. For the first few years, his relationship with the town of Alhaurín was closer: he was often spotted during the processions or in bars, such as Costales.

But then he decided to stay longer at the estate, although he never missed the yearly Poetry Award that bears his name.
It’s not surprising that in 2010, this town in the Valley of Guadalhorce opened the Antonio Gala Local Theatre in his honour. Or that this town would adopt him in 2012.

Discover every nook and cranny of Antonio Gala’s house

(See more)

Book a visit

The setting: Edenic countryside

Política de Privacidad