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The Atalaya Castle shows from the heights of the city's red flag waving in the wind in tribute to the victims of the Cantonal Cartagena Uprising of 1873. Today, 143 years later, the hoisting of the flag recalls the proclamation Canton, where for six months Cartagena defended the shelter of their castles and walls, the ideal of the federal constitution of the Spanish State;
initiatives that were buried under the rubble Cartagena making bombs.
At 6.15 morning a climb to the Watchtower in order to raise from its castle the red flag of the Cantonal uprising began.
With the participation of the mayor, Jose Lopez, and several councilors as Area Quality of Life, Francisco Calderon, Historical Heritage, Youth and Sport, Ricardo Segado, and the Councillor for Transparency, Maria Jose Soler, with fifty citizens have recalled this event local and national history.
The flag raising took place at 6:53 pm, coinciding with the light of dawn, in memory and support for the ideas advocated and implemented those federal combative.
With the flag flying, it was made unadetonación that has symbolized the cannon shot that alerted the city to the start of the uprising.
The mayor, Jose Lopez, said a few words to those present indicating that there is a celebration of uprising against the Spanish state, but the celebration with pride the history and tradition of a people seeing oppressed by the state decided quartered and rebelling against a centralist state.
The events to commemorate the Cantonal Cartagena Uprising continue throughout the afternoon: At 18:45 hours the exhibition The Canton of Cartagena in Spanish print media of the time Subjective Room of the Town Hall will open, followed by the 19:30 conference begins cantonal uprising Cartagena: the historic day of July 12, 1873, by the official chronicler of Cartagena Luis Miguel Perez Adam in the lobby of the Town hall.
The Cartagonova Music Group, under the direction of Jaime Belda, held a memorial concert from 20:30 hours where musical pieces regarding this historic moment in the Town Hall Square will be played: The Barber of Lavapies, The Blue Danube, Light Cavalry and bread and Bulls.
At 21:15 hours there will be hoisting red flag on the Town Hall Square by the mayor, Jose Lopez, to the strains of patriotic march Let us march Friends, composed in the early nineteenth century by an anonymous author and has been exploited by Jaime Belda.
After Hoisting, will continue the concert with songs like Orpheus in the Underworld, Aida, March Radesky and La Marseillaise.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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