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The official delivery of Honors and Awards City opens the calendar of events, on Saturday, Day of the City of Murcia, continue with the celebration of the official ceremony during which the Bando promulgated by the Mayor shall be interpreted on the occasion of this anniversary and a concert directed by Eduardo Paniagua, a renowned expert in music Medieval Spain will be held.
This weekend begins the events organized by the city to commemorate the 750th anniversary of the establishment of the Council of Murcia by Alfonso X the Wise.
It is a full calendar of institutional, cultural events, contests, food and trophies that give you the opportunity to Murcia to deepen the knowledge of their roots and enjoy performances and scheduled appointments.
Tomorrow will be the official delivery of Honors and Awards Francisco City Liza Manuel Alarcon and Massotti Littel, who has been granted the title of Son posthumously.
From now on, this official ceremony will be held around May 14, which, as announced by the Mayor, José Ballesta, will be listed on the Day of the City of Murcia because it is the date on which, in 1266, King Sabio granted immunity from Seville to Murcia and was born what is now City Hall.
The Plenary Hall will host this ceremony, which will begin with the interpretation of the Parranda by the Choir Fernández Caballero, and will conclude with the chords of the Hymn to Murcia.
The events continue the next day.
Among the extraordinary cultural work carried out by King Alfonso X include the compilation of a book of chess in which the rules of the game are described.
In this context, the city now wants to recover those origins, linking the past with the present by holding a chess tournament to be held on Saturday in Mills River.
On the same day, the Almudí Palace will open its doors to host the exhibition "Council of Murcia 1266-2016", which will explore the evolution of the city from 14 May 1266 to the present through the documents originals preserved in the Municipal Archives.
Upon opening, the exhibition will remain open until 30 June.
"The courts judge.
Validity and permanence ", represented by the characters, symbolic elements and news that have been involved with it, is the essence of another sample that can be visited at the Museum of the City since its opening on Tuesday until Oct. 30 .
Night in the vicinity of the Cathedral
At night, the Plaza of the Apostles and the Plaza de Belluga will become music venues open, example of tolerance, diversity and multicultural coexistence that characterizes Murcia throughout its history, from the hand of the Festival of the Three Cultures.
"Early Music", directed by Eduardo Paniagua, will provide a historical overview of the very Cantigas de Santa Maria of Alfonso X, considered the most important work of medieval Spain.
During the ceremony the Mayor Bando issued on the occasion of this event will be interpreted.
Then will begin the show "The Tree & The Three Fruits" on the facade of the building City Hall Annex, which will serve as support to create a musical kaleidoscope of three different voices hinged together by poetry, dance and a studied design lights.
Throughout the month will continue the cycle Music of the Three Cultures in the framework of the commemoration of the 750th anniversary of the Council.
There will be 14 concerts in frames of great uniqueness and beauty as the Cloister of Santa Clara la Real, Palacio de San Esteban, Almudí Palace or Cloister of La Merced.
Alfonso X in the eyes of experts medievalists
When in 1266 Murcia joins the Western Christian world, this fact is immortalized on a grounder privilege of Alfonso X which granted the legal framework (the jurisdiction of Seville) and local government (council).
A series of lectures by experts medievalists analyze the figure of King Sabio and its significance on the configuration of the city, beginning next Monday with the participation of Julio Navarro Palazón: "From Muslim to Christian city medina.
The transformation of Murcia in the thirteenth century. "
The conference will take place until Friday at the Cultural Hall of Caja Mediterráneo Foundation.
Murcia, luminary of cultures
As evidence of the key role that gastronomy has developed in coexistence and development of peaceful relations among countries located around the Mediterranean, next week will be "Murcia, luminary of cultures", a tribute to peace, coexistence and the Mediterranean cuisine of the three cultures.
With the participation chefs Victor Gloger, Abdelkadr Elmith and Samuel Perea, president of the NGO Kitchen for Peace, activity will begin on Monday with a reception at City Hall and will conclude a day later, when held in the garden of the a tasting of the dishes prepared in the show cooking.
In addition, from Saturday until the end of the month a series of city restaurants offer set menus of three cultures, with recipes of the time made with quality products that offer creative cuisine, different, with menus presented to our eyes, mouth and nose as a new pleasure, innovator and a treat for the senses.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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