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The City Museum hosts this sculptor Ramon Granell image that Valencia gave the Murcian people, thanks to the solidarity Youth Radio radio marathon organized to raise funds.
Ballesta: "Next year we will hold a major exhibition to mark the 60th anniversary of that event, in which we will present photographs and objects that were auctioned and were donated by murcianos"
The Mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, and the Minister of Culture and Spokesperson, Noelia Arroyo, today presented the restored image of the Virgin of the Helpless, a carving made by the sculptor Ramon Granell, which was donated by the city of Valencia to the municipality Murcia, on the occasion of the solidarity Youth Radio radio marathon organized to show solidarity with the people of Valencia, after the great flood of 1957.
The next year, 2017, marks the 60th anniversary of one of the most historical events linked to Murcia: in October 1957 there was a tremendous flood that ravaged the entire city of Valencia.
Within hours of that event, the men and women of the public radio murciana were launched to organize a campaign to collect donations more important is known in the history of Spanish broadcasting media.
In gratitude, donated Valencia to Murcia this size of its patron presented today, "said José Ballesta.
The mayor thanked "the magnificent work of recovery that has carried out the Ministry of Culture, from its Restoration Center, returning a size that, from now on, can be seen at the Museum of the City as part of our history, with 2,500 archaeological, sculptures, paintings and handcrafted pieces that make up the collection of the Museum of the City ".
Also, José Ballesta said that "next year we will hold a major exhibition to mark the 60th anniversary of that event, which will present pictures and objects that were auctioned and were donated by Murcia, in such a difficult time in which they gave a true example of solidarity between two fraternal peoples. "
The Minister of Culture and regional government spokesman said that "those responsible for the Restoration Center of the Region of Murcia have worked over six months in a complete and thorough restoration process that has restored all the wealth of this size polychrome conducted the mid-twentieth century by the Valencian sculptor Ramon Granell, one of the artists most valued within the Valencian religious imagery. "
The conservation status of the work was very poor, so it was subjected to a thorough physical chemistry that has allowed remove dirt and clean rusty areas.
They have also rebuilt some missing elements and performed the chromatic reintegration of size, giving a final protective coating that will allow the best preservation of the image.
"The restoration of the statue of the Virgin of the Helpless adds to the long list of works that have been recovered thanks to the work done since the Restoration Center throughout its 18 years of existence," said Arroyo, who recalled that "we are facing one of the best technical equipment centers throughout Spain, which allows to realize one of the goals set by the regional government, as is the conservation and recovery of our rich historical and artistic heritage".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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