Opened in late April with the support of UNESCO in Vigo, North-west of Spain, a new exhibition called “Vigo cidade Babel” is now being held  at Verbum – Casas das Palabras, an 8 year-old one-off museum.

The city council of Vigo, in the heart of Galicia, wished to reinvigorate this institution, designed as a genuine space of interaction with languages, and affirm the importance of the latter ​​at a time when hundreds of them are being threatened with extinction and when the future of Galician is uncertain.

“Vigo, cidade Babel” is organized in 3 parts:

– the first is devoted to languages ​​in the world and addresses issues of definition, quantification, language-state relations and legal regimes of multilingualism.

– the second focuses on the languages ​​of Spain, without forgetting Arabic of Ceuta, Berber, or even Spanish and Catalan sign languages.

– and the third is assigned to Galician.

The path of the exhibition leads visitors through a series of documents, in particular audiovisual and cartographic ones, specifically designed for it. A virtual tour is also offered on Verbum’s website to all those who won’t be travelling to Galicia.

The exhibition is scheduled in May and June, and will probably be extended until much later.

Verbum – Casas das Palabras

Avda de Samil n°17,

36212 Vigo

Spain

To know more and take the virtual tour

To know more about Galician (in French)