With the aim that all her admirers can feel the energy, passion, power and greatness of “La Faraona”, this Friday the Cultural Center opened Lola Floresin Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz), the artist’s hometown.
A collection of 200 pieces, including her wedding dress, 40 jewelery replicas, sketches of suits in her own handwriting, furniture, awards, dresses and videos with her most memorable statements are now available to the public.
Lola Flores already has a museum in her name in her hometown, Jerez de la Frontera
⬇ This has been the inauguration of the cultural center with the ‘Flores’ family@rosarioficial | @sarandonga55 | @ciudadjerez
https://t.co/psNt4OFg0m— The Voice of Cádiz (@LaVozdeCadiz) March 31, 2023
Located in the central Plaza Belén, the work is fruit of collaboration between the City Council of that municipality and a large group of companies, entities and Lola’s own family.
The Lola Flores Cultural Center is the first in a square that is set to become a nerve center for flamenco in Jerez. A tablao will be added to the museum in October and in the vicinity of both spaces will be located the Flamenco Museum committed by the Junta de Andalucía, review the newspaper The country.
The mayoress of Jerez, Mamen Sánchez, informed that the entrance to the venue will cost 10 euros and will have free access for three days a year: January 23 and May 16, dates of the birth and death of Lola Flores. Also on September 24, the day of the Virgen de la Merced, Patron Saint of that Andalusian city.
Born a hundred years ago as María Dolores Flores Ruiz, Lola Flores had an impact on music, dance, cinema, television and, in general, on Spanish popular culture.
Also nicknamed “Lola de España” and “La Niña de Fuego”, throughout her 72 years of life, the folkloric woman became a legendary figure in copla and flamenco and one of Spain’s greatest ambassadors in the world. world.
Married to the guitarist Antonio González “El Pescaílla” she founded the most important clan of artists in the history of that country made up of their three children: Lolita, Antonio and Rosario.
Lola’s figure has been resurrected in documentaries, films, and biographical series, and her status as a once-in-a-lifetime artist and cultural legend remains intact.
