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The piece, perhaps the only one that the author well conceived, has been placed in the reading room |
The old windows, Muñoz Barberán painter's work, which adorned the facade of the late Rowing Club, turn to shine in all its glory.
The windows, which have been restored by the Program Murcia was installed in the building that will house the new library Santiago El Mayor.
Specifically, the venue is the reading room.
The Councillor for Culture, Fátima Barnuevo, this morning visited the center.
The construction of the Gateway Manterola precipitated the demolition of the club in February 1997.
Even then the controversy has arisen over the destruction of a huge mural of Barberán Muñoz, held in two different materials: glass and mosaic.
On that occasion, the painter authorized the removal of the part and the destruction of the ceramic.
However, the windows were stored for a long decade in a municipal warehouse.
The windows are abstract style and symbolized by the wall of the disappeared, the reeds of the river Segura.
In its day, the owner of the building, Red Cross, is proposed to sell the part in a charity auction.
Barberán Muñoz declared then that was pleased by the courtesy of saving.
Nevertheless, this mural for decades presided over one of the most traditional prints Segura Murcia passing through.
The Rowing Club, for 37 years, was a benchmark for the sporting and social environment of the city.
Then it was dissolved as a corporate entity in the late seventies and even used in his last season as a center for drug addicts.
The new library of St. James is located in the Renaissance streets of the hamlet and is a true cultural, educational and entertaining for the neighbors to the south of Murcia.
The new units are on a floor area of 792.85 meters square, spread over basement, ground and first floors.
In the basement will house the tank storage area for documents, and the remaining floors will be the library you have access to the public.
This new center will provide loan neighbors mailboxes return, so they can return the documents that have borrowed even when the library is closed, a section for children with reading room, multipurpose room for storytelling, exhibitions , book presentations, etc., and secciónjuvenil / adults with reading room.
Users may consult books, computerized catalogs, newspapers and magazines and Multitec to facilitate Internet access, CD, DVD and various office software.
The library of St. James is number 17 of the Municipal Library Network.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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