Catalan St. George´s Day: St. Jordi! (23rd April)

17. St. Jordi is the annual Catalan Rose and Book festival, with similarities to Valentine's Day. Men give women roses, and women give men a book to celebrate the occasion. Roses have been associated with this day since medieval times, but the giving of books is a more recent tradition originating in 1923, when a bookseller started to promote the holiday as a way to commemorate the nearly simultaneous deaths of Miguel Cervantes and William Shakespeare on 23 April 1616.


In Barcelona's most visited street, La Rambla, and all over Catalonia, thousands of stands of roses and makeshift bookstalls are set up for the occasion. By the end of the day, some four million roses and 800,000 books will have been purchased. 

Catalonia exported its tradition of the book and the rose to the rest of the world. In 1995, UNESCO adopted 23 April as World Book Day.

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Charity Special Roses: 
Roses may be purchased at 3€ where a portion will de donated to the Charirty "Ayuda en Acción" and dinner´s gift vouchers are being gifted for a value of 30€ each!
You may contact Miquel on 639 36 51 51 to buy yours.