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| The mayor has inaugurated the popular Nativity Scene of the City Hall, which this year presents a larger size, new elements of the geography of the area and health security measures | Cartagena residents can now enjoy the municipal Bethlehem.
As is customary at this time, the City Council has installed the Nativity Scene in Plaza San Francisco, where this year residents and visitors will be able to enjoy various novelties.Thus, 600 figures transport, in this year's proposal, several scenes from the story of Jesus on settings that will remind the city of Cartagena itself and life in the countryside.The mayor, Ana Belén Castejón, has been in charge of inaugurating the Nativity Scene, accompanied by the deputy mayor, Noelia Arroyo; the deputy mayor, Manuel Padín; the councilor for Public Roads and Celebrations, Juan Pedro Torralba; and the Councilor for Culture, David Martínez Noguera.Ana Belén Castejón has dedicated a few words of gratitude to Francisco Alarte, who has been responsible for the installation of the municipal Nativity Scene for years and who in 2020, after several decades, gives the witness to the Nativity Scene Association of Fuente Álamo and the Nativity Scene Association Friends of the Belén del Cuco.
"I want to thank him for the magnificent work he has done for so many years and for the incredible legacy he has left us," said the mayor, referring to Alarte."Matching the works of our beloved Paco was, without a doubt, a great challenge," he stressed, before thanking the two associations for setting up this year's Nativity Scene, which is now open to the public, fully renovated and larger.
to other years.The Bethlehem has a "completely renovated scenography that the people of Cartagena will be able to admire during the next few days, it includes a mining mountain range, mills, and different aspects of the typical landscape of Campo de Cartagena", has expressed the President of the Association of Friends of the Belén del Cuco, Salvador Navarro.In this sense, several pieces have been completely restored, such as the figures of the churches of Carmen and Santa María, as well as that of the Basilica of Caridad.
"They are pieces of great value for all of us who love our Nativity Scene", Castejón acknowledged.In addition, the mining mountain range of La Unión and the stately homes and manor houses of the 19th and 20th centuries of the Cartagena countryside have been recreated, as well as a traditional town in the area, with a recreation of a vegetable garden and typical plantations.
"And they could not miss our mills, specifically, the Molino Derribao", has revealed Ana Belén Castejón.For his part, the president of the Fuente Álamo Nativity Scene Association, Francisco Valcárcel, recalled that "this year, nationwide, a white rose is placed next to the birth at all births, in memory of the victims of COVID19 , especially in honor of our president of the Spanish Federation of Nativity Scenes, Carles Tarragó ",SECURITY MEASURESThe mayor recalled that the municipal Bethlehem has been designed this year following all health safety regulations and to avoid crowds.
Thus, this year it will have a maximum limited capacity of 30 people within the enclosure."It will be controlled and restricted, and the public must maintain a safe distance, and, of course, use the mandatory masks," stressed the mayor.“This must be, without a doubt, the most responsible Christmas of our lives, in which we comply with health regulations to ensure that 2021 is better than 2020 and we do not have to regret a new growth in the contagion curve due to coronavirus ”, the mayor concluded.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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