EVENTS AT THE ROYAL CASTLE

• Last admission: 45 minutes before closing time
• Closed on 1 January and from 15 January to 27 January, 1 May, 15 and 16 August, 25 and 31 December.
• Click here to find out about opening times and admission charges for the Royal Castle
• Guided tours in french: 10.30 am and 2.30 pm, other times available on request (contact the château or the tourist office).

The Château Royal invites you to discover its various exhibitions:

• 1/ Exhibition ‘Antonio Machado and exile: a shared memory’ until 6 April 2025

"Around the exhibition":

Opening on Friday 21 February at 6.30pm, preceded by a themed guided tour of the exhibition (4.30pm)

Paintings by Cristina Fonollosa and Exhibition ‘In the footsteps of the poet Antonio Machado’ by the Master INTERVALES – UPVD in partnership with the Antonio Machado Foundation

Born in Barcelona in 1951, Cristina Fonollosa is a painter, engraver and illustrator who occupies a prominent place among the most representative visual artists of her generation: both for her varied and authentic themes and for her international reach. With her naïve style, also known as primitive, she reinterprets the imaginary of life from an original, fantastic and poetic perspective, expressing love, abandonment, desire, solitude and play. Her subjects range from family scenes of mothers with children to Mediterranean island landscapes, biblical scenes, invented mermaids from Caribbean folklore or rare cats, planets or animals. Her illustrations and engravings have also accompanied works and stories by Spanish and Latin American writers. In particular, she has depicted the lives of poets, including Antonio Machado, in the ‘aleluyas’ style.

Cristina Fonollosa's paintings are accompanied by the exhibition ‘In the footsteps of the poet Antonio Machado, a shared memory’. The exhibition was produced by students in the Master 2 Heritage Professions programme at the University of Perpignan, under the guidance of Virginie Soulier, lecturer in museology, and with the collaboration of the Antonio Machado Foundation in Collioure. This excellent university project highlights the life and work of the famous poet through the vicissitudes of twentieth-century history, reaching out to a wide audience.

For further information:

https://www.ledepartement66.fr/dossier/le-chateau-royal-de-collioure/

http://www.machado-collioure.fr

https://www.cristinafonollosa.com/en/

• 2/ The Explora immersive room:

In the Explora room, step back in time, enter the bowels of the castle and discover the hidden places!

An exploration into the invisible spaces of the monument, a pretext for evoking traces of its history. Immerse yourself in an immersive experience at the Château Royal de Collioure!

A real time machine, the EXPLORA show takes you on a journey through the history of the Royal Château of Collioure.

• 3/ Permanent exhibitione ‘the exile of the Spanish republicans “ and ”the special camp at Collioure’.

They headed north in their thousands, women, men, old people, children and soldiers fleeing the dictatorship. The road to exile would be long and painful. That was the price paid by the Spanish republicans.

• 4/ ‘Portraits de Femmes’ exhibition by Agnès Nattier Foucher until 13 April

Discover the ‘Portraits de femme’ exhibition.

Painter Agnès Foucher Nattier has been living in Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet for a number of years. Attracted by this region of striking beauty, she draws her inspiration from the wild nature and unique light of the landscape.

Her painting is an intimate expression of her emotions: ‘It's often difficult for me to explain my work. My hands act on the canvas by themselves, freeing my mind’.

From 26 January to 13 April 2025, his exhibition at the Château Royal in Collioure will feature some sixty paintings created over the last twenty years. At the heart of this collection are portraits of women from near and far, each with a unique story to tell.

Deeply affected by injustice and violence, particularly that suffered by women, Agnès Foucher Nattier's art holds up a mirror to our times. Faithful to an authentic approach, she works with natural materials – wood, linen, raw pigments – in perfect harmony with nature, a relationship she considers essential to her artistic approach.

It's an invitation to discover a vibrant and committed world, imbued with humanity and sincerity.

• 5/ Guided tours 

The Royal Castle offers guided tours in French. For guided tours in Spanish, please contact the Royal Castle.