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The place that occupied the old gates of Pier Cartagena look today a new plaque reminds Miguel de Cervantes to mark the fourth centenary of his death.

The discovery of the memorial plaque, installed next to the famous mosaics that reflect the verses dedicated the great writer to the city in his Parnassus and the plate of its third centenary, marked the beginning of activities this month cervantino April, organized by the city of Cartagena in collaboration with various organizations and institutions.

The own Cervantes, played by actor Enrique Escudero Vera, has been commissioned to initiate the act exposing firsthand the highlights of his life, receiving homage from immortality, yagradeciendo the people of Cartagena and the authorities to maintain the city ​​with decorum and honor their history demands.

I met many ports;

all I keep a good memory, but none has captivated me as much as this;

here rest;

here had closed to all winds and concealed joy, he noted.

The ceremony took place this morning at the foot of the former military government, with civil and military side, as Cervantes, that his role literato membership adds for years as an infantryman of the Spanish thirds.

Therefore, in the tribute he has involved a battery of 73 Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment Army, based on Tentegorra, commanding the military commander of the region of Murcia, Colonel José Luis Carbonell.

With the mayor, Jose Lopez, and councilors of the Municipal Corporation, has assisted the president of the Regional Assembly, Rosa Peñalver, and Admiral Maritime Action, Manuel de la Mora-Figueroa Bridge, among other authorities.

Lopez, after witnessing the words of the immortal Cervantes, delivered a speech in which highlighted the significance of the figure of Cervantes to Cartagena, keeping the memory of the novelist and playwright Spanish greatest of all time.

With this act the city of Cartagena would like to thank Miguel de Cervantes beautiful verses dedicated to the city in his famous work Journey to Parnassus, which recounts the benefits of our unparalleled port, affirm.

Then the military part of the tribute began, with the intervention of an officer RAA73, which rendered the military profile of the writer, who held the honored profession of arms between 1570 and 1575, classified in the most emblematic units of the Spanish Army: Thirds of Infantry.

During this time, Cervantes served successively in the Thirds of Naples (current Infantry Regiment "Naples" No. 4), of Miguel de Moncada, Lope de Figueroa (present Infantry Regiment "Córdoba" No. 10), and Sicily (current Infantry Regiment "old Third of Sicily" No. 67).

After it has paid tribute to those who gave their lives for Spain playing the anthem accompanied by artillery fire salvos, and concluding the parade of force.

The event was followed and applauded by hundreds of citizens and tourists who had come to the city aboard a cruise.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena