Award-winning designer Rubén Lucas García wins the 1st edition of the Poster Contest for the Festa do Pemento de A Arnoia
The Concello de Arnoia awards a single prize to the contest winner, valued at 1,000 euros. His work stood out among the 160 entries that arrived from the United Kingdom, Italy and locations all across Spain: Andalusia, Castilla La Mancha, Navarre and Madrid. The 42nd edition of the Festa do Pemento de A Arnoia now […]
The Festa do Pemento poster contest is a smash hit in its first edition with 160 submissions
The jury is made up of urban artist Mon Devane, photographer Brais Lorenzo, illustrator Xosé Lois González “Carrabouxo”, the president of Markea, Asociación Galega de Marketing and of the Cluster de Comunicación de Galicia, José Luis Reza, and the councillor for culture of the Concello de Arnoia, Purificación Domínguez. The Concello de Arnoia will award […]
The poster contest of the Festa do Pemento de A Arnoia crosses borders in its first edition
The Concello de Arnoia will award a single prize to the winner of the contest, valued at 1,000 euros. Proposals have arrived from the United Kingdom, Italy and locations all across Spain: Andalusia, Castilla La Mancha, Navarre or Madrid. The deadline to submit the works will be next 7 June at 23:59h. The festival will […]
Evolution of the “Festa do Pemento”
Long ago, back in 1980, on the first weekend of August, the then mayor of the Concello de Arnoia, Rogelio Martínez Gónzalez, had the idea of making the most of the pepper crop in the area, creating the Arnoia pepper festival, which is currently classified as a Festival of Galician Tourist Interest. In this way, […]
The “Festa do Pemento” becomes the subject of a university study in Catalonia
The study is titled “Popular events in times of Covid-19. Analysis of the Festa do Pemento of Arnoia, Ourense”. The study has highlighted that the Festa do Pemento has been one of the few not to be cancelled due to the pandemic. The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) will shortly publish this study conducted […]
How to recognize the Arnoia pepper
How to recognize the Protected Geographical Indication pepper of Arnoia? The Arnoia pepper has very specific production characteristics and undergoes a series of quality controls that make its variety a unique pepper. We tell you all about the process so you won’t have the slightest doubt when you go to buy them. Production: The seedbed […]