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House considers a "duty" to promote activities to restore the famous people who have had a major role in our past "

The Mayor claims the importance of "recover our memory and give it to meet present and future generations"

Murcia guards the heart of one of the most important monarchs in the history of Spain

Wise King granted the concession Murcia Fair and privileges outside of Seville and proceeded to the garden departments

Murcia has had throughout its history famous people who through their deeds and actions contributed significantly to shaping the reality that the city enjoys today.

In this area, Alfonso X El Sabio occupies a privileged place, both for its deep ties with the region as the relevance of his legacy.

Ayuntamiento de Murcia, Caja Mediterráneo Regional Government and join forces to make possible the organization of a major exhibition on the Wise King.

Alfonso X is the character of Saavedra Fajardo 2009 as it was in 2008 and, as then, the mayor understands that offers "a unique opportunity to recover a figure of significance not only Spanish but European," and highlights the importance of coordination in the promotion of cultural activities between the Council, the Regional Government and Caja Mediterráneo.

Alfonso X, concerned about education, poet, scientist, historian and astrologer, is the strongest personality of our medieval culture.

Murcia received from King privileges and grants (of the seven crowns the crest of the city, four were granted by him) and when the policy unfortunately ended his reign, only two towns remained loyal to him, Seville and Murcia.

So Alfonso X ordered that his remains were deposited in Seville, and his heart in our Cathedral.

That heart shape, with seven crowns on the shield of our city.

Also, the wise king awarded the grant Murcia Fair and privileges outside of Seville and proceeded to the garden departments and the field of Murcia, which encouraged the settlement of Castile and Aragon were the basis of which now inhabit the city.

Moreover, in the "Cantigas de Santa Maria" will appreciate references to Murcia.

The most valuable is the ballad 169, the Arrixaca Cantiga, which is one of the earliest and most beautiful pages of an autobiographical nature, in which there are events surrounding himself and his father King James I the Conqueror, in relation to coexistence between Christians and Muslims.

Exceptional historical value

The exhibition, which will be exhibited at the Sala San Esteban on October 29 to January 31, 2010, "is an opportunity for Murcia can learn much more about famous people who have had a major role in our past and whose heritage enjoyed by all today. "

Murcia has had famous people who have played major roles in the history of Spain and even Europe.

"Therefore," says House, "is fundamental to recover our memory and give it to meet present and future generations."

The shows provide an opportunity to enjoy a large cast of exceptional works of historical value, some of them gathered for the first time, and brought to the main museums and collections in Spain and abroad.

"It is not just to recover our rich heritage but also to those who have made it possible for our heritage and our history is so complete," said the Mayor.

The exhibition, curated by Isidro Bango, Professor of History of Ancient and Medieval Art of the Autonomous University of Madrid, will feature works of art and historical evidence, together with audiovisual and computer resources.

In this way you can enjoy the life of Alfonso X El Sabio in images, the process of creating a ballad or hear what sounded like medieval instruments exposed.

The main elements of the exhibition highlights the exhibition-together for the first time all four copies of the Cantigas.

Also, will deepen the figure of the monarch and his family, works great Alphonsine, works from the scriptorium alfonsí preserved, astronomy of the time, laws in the thirteenth century Spain or Murcia Alfonso X and its transformation an area of Islamic culture in Christian.

Furthermore, 80% percent of the 200 pieces are masterpieces of medieval art and meet for the first time many of the same exposure time.

Thanks to the many good parts and the structure of the exhibition will appreciate the true extent legal, scientific, historical and artistic reign of Alfonso X.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia