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During the Christmas, the Episcopal Palace will wear a Neapolitan Bethlehem, made by Cayetano Gálvez Serrano, from the Murcian district of Los Garres, which will be inaugurated next Sunday, December 8 at 5:30 p.m., in an event enlivened by the performance of the children's section of the Coral Discantus.
The municipal Bethlehem is composed of about a hundred figures between 30 and 40 centimeters as shepherds and different animals (horses, elephant, donkeys, sheep, turkeys or roosters) in addition to several sets of olive trees made with vine and dried thyme strains and palm trees made with pineapples, cardboard and wire, painted in oil.
Recycled material has also been used for the columns of the temple and part of the decoration of the houses and palaces.
The Councilor for Culture and Heritage Recovery, Jesús Pacheco has indicated that "it is an author's Bethlehem, created for 9 years by the self-taught craftsman Cayetano Gálvez, a reflection of eighteenth-century society, of great beauty"
The clothes of these figures are those of the eighteenth century and its internal structure is wire coated with bast, which gives it its characteristic movement.
In this municipal Bethlehem, different scenographies are reproduced, such as the Annunciation to the Virgin, the dream of Saint Joseph, the Birth, the Annunciation to the shepherds or the Inn.
Inside the houses and palaces that make up the Bethlehem, made with poliexpan, welder work and oil-painted, the interiors decorated with great realism stand out.
Pacheco explained that "the Neapolitan Bethlehem is characterized by its spectacular scenery and the large number of figures included in its scenes. It has characters of all kinds, made with great realism and expressiveness."
The group can be visited, until January 6, on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
In addition, the councilor has announced that next year, the municipal Bethlehem will be made up of pieces by Juan Antonio Grińán, a native of Puente Tocinos, who has obtained numerous and important awards for his belenistic artisan work, such as the recent decoration with the Order of Civil Merit, delivered by King Felipe VI at the Royal Palace
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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