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The City Council began this morning, with its approval in the municipal Plenary, the procedure that will culminate in the awarding of the Gold Medal of the City to the Brotherhood of the Most Holy Christ of Refuge and to the Illustrious Association of Physicians of the Region and Of the title of Adoptive Son to José Sánchez Lozano.
In this way, the religious, historical and cultural ties of the Cofradía del Refugio with the municipality of Murcia, the service vocation of the Official College of Physicians, as well as its impulse to the promotion of the culture and well-being of the Murcians and the linkage of the Sculptor of Pilar de la Horadada, José Sánchez Lozano, with the city of Murcia, where he developed much of his work and where his workshop was located.
According to the approved file, "the Confraternity known as Procession of Silence is 75 years of history, during which time it has actively contributed to the splendor of our Holy Week - declared of International Tourist Interest - showing the processional procession each Holy Thursday evening And is commendable for its work in maintaining the cult and preservation of its owner, one of the most important artistic works of our Region: the anonymous work of the Christ of Refuge, a crucifix attributed by some scholars to the Italian artist Jacobo Torni, better known as Florentin or Florentine, and supported by Vasari as L'Indaco ".
About the Official College of Physicians, it is noted that "it has fulfilled with greater and public recognition the objectives that have been marked since its foundation, among which it is possible to organize and represent exclusively the medical profession, professional activity of the collegiate and defense Of its professional interests within the territorial limits of the Community of the Region of Murcia.We have commemorated 120 years of history in which this organization has played the representative role of the Medical Profession, safeguarding the fulfillment of the values ​​reflected in the Code Deontological that governs its exercise and guarantees the quality of the medical act and good clinical practice in defense of patients and society. "
Finally, the approved file for the grant of the title of Adoptive Son to José Sánchez Lozano recalls that "it gave form to hundreds of sculptural works of sacred art that are distributed by all the Region of Murcia and especially in the municipality of Murcia.This sculptor He carried out an important work of maintenance and conservation of works related to the sculptor Francisco Salzillo or Nicolás de Bussy and was a great connoisseur of those also carried out by Baglietto or Antonio Dupar and restored and replaced those that were damaged or destroyed during the Civil War, Returning to Murcia works very appreciated ".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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