It is true that José Ángel Valente was not born He lived in Almería, but he always had a preference for the city in which he lived. during the last 15 years of its life, for this reason, in 2015 after a comprehensive rehabilitation in the building carried out by Architect Ramón de Torres, the Casa del Poeta was opened to the public with the aim of disseminating the life and work of the author, promoting contemporary literature and promoting the historic center of the city of Almería so present in Valente's creative process.
The property where the museum is located aims to highlight the architecture of traditional Almeria houses in the same way that they are present in the legacy of his work; for José Ángel Valente the house itself It becomes a magical path that relates the basement and the roof with the ascension of the darkness on the lower level towards the light on the upper level, this being the light of southern Andalusia. the one that permeates all of his literary creation. In addition to the Casa del Poeta building, the author's complete poetic work is exhibited inside of a modern museographic discourse focused on thematic areas, as well as as numerousobjects, furniture and worksof the tireless Galician poet who did not leave to travel the world. Valente was a poet, narrator and essayist, but above all, he was one of the most important Spanish intellectuals of the late 20th century who felt trapped by the charm of Almería, and that is what this space aims to show visitors.
Fridays from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Sundays from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Other nearby places of interest are the Plaza Vieja, the Cathedral of La Encarnación and the Andalusian Center of Photography.