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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
The Murcia rediscover and deepen the picture and the importance of Alfonso X is the desire of the Mayor's exhibition on the Rey Sabio welcomes today's St. Stephen's room, which will see the true extent legal, scientific, historical and artistic of his reign.
The City of Murcia, the Caja Mediterráneo Regional Government have organized this large sample, which may be accessed until January 31, 2010, which was inaugurated by the President of the Autonomous Community, Ramón Luis Valcárcel, the Mayor, Miguel Ángel House, and President of the Territorial Council in Murcia Caja Mediterráneo, Angel Martinez.
"It's about rescuing people who have made it possible for our heritage and our history are so full," said the mayor, who has assured that Murcia has had famous people who have played major roles in the history of Spain and even in Europe, which is why it is essential to "recover our memory and give it to meet present and future generations."
The exhibition, curated by Isidro Bango, Professor of History of Ancient and Medieval Art of the Autonomous University of Madrid, and features works of art and historical evidence, together with audiovisual and computer resources, allowing contemplate the life of Alfonso X El Sabio images, the process of creating a ballad or hear what sounded like medieval instruments.
The main elements of the exhibition highlights the exhibition-together for the first time all four copies of the Cantigas, besides the great works Alphonsine, works from the scriptorium alfonsí preserved, astronomy of the time, laws in Spain XIII century or Murcia Alfonso X and his transformation from an area of Islamic culture in Christian.
The heart and the crowns of Murcia
Alfonso X is the stronger 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.
Wise King granted the concession 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.
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.
The exhibition offers the 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.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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