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Culture of Coruna


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The Music studies are well represented by a Music school. A Coruña is also the base for the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia.

The city is home of two main theaters, Teatro Colón and Teatro Rosalía, with regular performances, music concerts and other representations. A multipurpose center called Coliseum holds all kind of cultural events like concerts or sport exhibitions. International artists like David Copperfield, Maná, Mark Knopfler, Shakira, Gloria Estefan, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple or Judas Priest among others have performed in the venue. In summer it also works as a bullring and in winter it is used as an ice rink.

A Coruña has several museums, like the Castle of San Antón Archaeological Museum, Fine Arts Museum, Unión Fenosa Museum of Contemporary Art (MACUF), the Military Museum and the network of scientific museums (Casa das Ciencias, which also includes a planetarium, DOMUS, made by Arata Isozaki and Aquarium Finisterrae). In 2012, the National Museum of Science and Technology (MUNCYT) will open a branch in the city.

The main festivity in the city is María Pita Festivity, which lasts from the end of July to mid September. The festival includes Noroeste Pop Rock (free concerts at Riazor beach), free concerts in venues all over the city, the Medieval fair in the Old Town, the International Folklore Festival, a book fair, Festival Viñetas desde o Atlántico, a comic fair and, for the first time in 2011, a recreation of famous German Oktoberfest. Another very popular festivity in the city is on June 23rd, when it is celebrated Saint John's day with a great number of bonfires under the night sky in the beaches and in the neighborhoods of the city. That day, more than 150,000 people go out from afternoon to early morning in order to frighten the evil spirits away by jumping above the bonfires. Apart from that, Virgen del Rosario's day is also celebrated, but is not as much celebrated as the festivities previously mentioned
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