These visits, which will be free and will be intended for all audiences, aim to make visible the importance of women throughout history, from the dominions of Queen Violante de Aragón through the garden, silk, street music or music
The Department of Employment, Economic Promotion and Tourism led by the mayor Pedro García Rex has developed, for the first time, a special program in the Visitor Centers of the municipality dedicated to women to commemorate March 8.
The visits will be free and will be aimed at all audiences with a maximum of 20 seats.
Through the didactic resources and the historical exhibition, the municipal technicians will give prominence to the different women who inhabited or were part of the history of the environment where the centers are located.
Monteagudo: March 6 and 13
Thus, at the Visitor Center of Monteagudo will host an exhibition on "Archeology in women: from Chalcolithic to the Middle Ages".
An approach to the different archaeological remains found in what were once the domains of Queen Violante de Aragón.
They will take place on March 6 and 13, at 5:00 p.m., upon registration at 968 851910.
Santa Eulalia: March 6 and 13
For its part, the La Muralla Visitor Center will host a talk under the title "Huertana women, neighborhood women", a visit to the past to remember the day-to-day work of women workers and fighters in areas as varied as the garden, silk , street sales or music.
They will be on March 6 and 13, at 5:00 p.m., upon registration at 968 221612.
San Antonio El Pobre: ​​March 7 and 14
At the San Antonio El Pobre Visitor Center, "Spirituality and tradition: hermits and spinners" will be discussed.
With this talk, the history of women like Francisca de Gracia and others from the silk guild who went to this hermitage of the El Valle and Carrascoy regional park will be announced each year.
They will take place on March 7 and 14, at 11.00 a.m., upon registration at 968 379653.
The Light: March 7 and 14
The last of the activities scheduled to commemorate International Women's Day will be at the La Luz Visitor Center, on March 7, at 11:00 a.m.
and on March 14, at 1:00 p.m., upon registration on the telephone 968 379772. Under the title "Female Deities: Demeter to Fuensanta", this enclave has been consecrated since ancient times to different divinities, with this visit it is intended make known an authentic Iberian sanctuary and that attendees know in more detail the history of the Patron Saint of Murcia.
"The Visitor Centers will host this special program with which from the Department of Tourism we want to claim and make visible the daily lives of different women over time, stories of women fighters who developed their activity tirelessly in very diverse areas" , highlighted the responsible mayor Pedro García Rex.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia