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The City of Cartagena is organizing a new tribute to the scientist and explorer from Cartagena, Marcos Jiménez de la Espada.
This recognition would consist in the placement of a plaque in San Antonio el Pobre, the native street of the naturalist.
The Cartagena Consistory will offer the illustrious Cartagena this recognition when they reach 120 years of his death (October 3, 1898), responding to a request of the professors of the Department of History, Art and Geography of the IES Jiménez de la Espada.
Teachers have made this request recalling the commitment that the City Council acquired in 1925, when a series of provisions was agreed to honor the memory of the scientist and explorer from Cartagena, Marcos Jiménez de la Espada, as reflected in the newspaper of the 'Cartagena Nueva', in its edition of June 2, 1925.
The professors of the IES propose to locate the distinction on the corner of Caballero street and San Antonio el Pobre street, so that it can be seen from Plaza San Francisco.
Caballero Street was the birthplace of the naturalist, and that's where Jimenez de la Espada saw the light for the first time on March 5, 1831.
The teachers propose to the City Council that the plate can be read.
"In this place was born the scientist and explorer, Marcos Jiménez de la Espada (1831-1898), member of the Pacific Scientific Commission (1882-1865), and author of important investigations in the fields of zoology, botany, geography, history and anthropology of South America.
The teachers have also made a second request, to place plant decoration in the vicinity of the bust of Jiménez de la Espada, located in the extension of the island opposite the institute that bears his name.
This decoration would evoke the close relationship of this scientist with nature.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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