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The Monumental Complex of San Juan de Dios of Murcia will host until next March 19 the exhibition 'Dominus Refugium Meun', organized on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Cofradía del Santísimo Cristo del Refugio de Murcia in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Portavocía.
The exhibition is composed of more than twenty pieces through which visitors can remember the history of the brotherhood.
In particular, documents related to its foundation and its first years of operation are displayed, a banner, the cross of guide, the banner of the brotherhood that every Holy Thursday crosses the streets of Murcia, as well as other pieces, such as a gala dalmatic And, of course, the size of the Refuge Christ, dating from the sixteenth or early seventeenth century.
The Director General of Cultural Heritage, Maria Comas, attended the inauguration of the exhibition "which pays homage to the Brotherhood of the Holy Christ Refuge and with which it is also intended that citizens from inside and outside the Region know better One of our most emblematic processions such as the so-called Procession of Silence, which fills the streets of the city every year of recollection and beauty. "
Comas also highlighted "the linking of the San Juan de Dios Monumental Complex to Murcia's Holy Week, declared of International Tourist Interest" and recalled "the commitment of the regional government to conserve, enhance and value our traditions through collaboration with Other entities and institutions and activities such as this unique exhibition.
'Dominus Refugium Meun' can be visited until Sunday, March 19 from Tuesday to Saturday, from 10:00 a.m. to 13:30 p.m. and from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., and on Sundays and public holidays, from 10:00 p.m. to 13:00 p.m. : 30 hours.
The procession
The Brotherhood of the Holy Christ of Refuge was created in 1942 and paraded for the first time on Holy Thursday the following year, at midnight (currently the exit is at 10:00 p.m.).
The Nazarenes, in silence, then made a journey almost twice as long as the present.
In 1945 the present throne was released, made by the Valencian goldsmith Vicente Segura Valls, which was completed in 1963 as it is known today and is decorated with red carnations.
It was the same craftsman who performed the cross of guide, which first paraded in 1951, opening the procession, and also was the author of another sign of identity of the Procession of Silence, the 14 lanterns with the stations of the Via Crucis Painted in oil on glass, paraded in the ranks of Nazarenes.
Coinciding precisely with the 75th anniversary of the foundation, Murcia painters have decorated new stations that will premiere this Easter.
From 1979 they were incorporated to the route of official way corals that accompany with sacred music the passage of the procession.
The last changes on the parade as they are known today are, in the year 1995, the incorporation of the bell that marks the movements of the throne and, two years later, the premiere of the current banner embroidered by 'the Egyptian' on the Painting that in 1943 realized the painter Angel Tomás.
Source: CARM
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