Today and tomorrow, the Archaeological Museum of Jerez is hosting the final meeting of PALIMPSEST, an innovative European project, part of the Horizon programme, which in recent years has brought together the cities of Jerez, Milan and Lodz in the development of creative solutions to climate challenges through heritage. The delegate for Culture, Major Events, Historical Heritage and European Capital of Culture, Francisco Zurita, welcomed the participating experts, thanking the programme coordinator and professor at the Polytechnic University of Milan (POLIMI), Grazia Concilio, for the valuable learning and co-creation experience developed since its inception, which in Jerez has taken shape with the local pilot project SONE ‘Songs of the Nearby Earth’ project.
Zurita directly linked the success of this project to the city’s aspirations for the coming years, emphasising that ‘PALIMPSEST, in addition to being a research project, represents a laboratory that has opened us up to a way of working and thinking that is fully in line with the #Jerez2031 candidacy, ready to lead European dialogues that fuse identity and sustainability’. To close these working days, tomorrow, Thursday the 18th, a pioneering event will be held that exemplifies the philosophy of the project. Under the name ‘Zambomba Climática’ (Climate Zambomba), the event will be held at 5 p.m. at the rear of the Palacio Riquelme, in the San Mateo neighbourhood, with free admission.
On the other hand, it should be noted that inside the Palacio Riquelme, the exhibition “SONE Songs of the nearby land for zambombas and emparrados”, curated by Nomad Garden and with the artistic proposal of Estelle Julian, is open to the public until tomorrow, 18th December, from 10 am to 1.30 pm and from 5 pm to 8.30 pm. This activity explores how local traditions can be strategies for environmental adaptation. The proposal connects the recovery of urban trellises (traditional plant architecture for natural climate control) with the community ritual of the zambomba, highlighting the importance of shaded spaces and neighbourhood coexistence in urban resilience.