The mayor of Cartagena, José López, received this morning the president of the Royal Economic Society of Friends of the Country, Santiago Diaz, who has communicated to the first mayor the decision to appoint him president of honor of the association, and has transmitted his proposal Of participation in the activities of the Year of Enlightenment.
The ceremony of honor distinction will take place during the first quarter of 2017 at the headquarters of the Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País, located on Calle del Aire.
The meeting was attended by the Councilor for Culture, David Martínez, and Antonio Calvo and Pedro Negroles of the Governing Board of the Royal Economic Society, have offered the first edil part of the programming through activities Cultural or conferences.
President Santiago Diaz has indicated the intention that its participation in these acts serve to spread the work that this society is developing in Cartagena since its creation.
Lopez wanted to remember that if there is a Real Economic Society of Friends of the Country is because Carlos III, figure star of the Year of the Enlightenment, as it was announced this morning, ordered that in the headwaters of the province would have installed this society and Cartagena At that time was constituted as a maritime province.
The Royal Economic Society of Friends of the Country was created in the 19th century in order to collaborate with a society committed to the dissemination of all kinds of knowledge related to industry, agriculture, commerce, education and fine arts, as well as support for Cultural and social initiatives.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena