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This Tuesday the exhibition titled 'The Spanish Way, a Zipper in the Skin of Europe' was inaugurated, that has been installed in the temporary exhibition room of the Military History Museum, in the Artillery Park of Cartagena, located in the first plant of the same, and can be visited from Monday to Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. until day 30.
The event was chaired by the general of brigade and deputy director of Historical Studies of the Institute of History and Military Culture, José Ignacio Martínez de Lagos Beitia, and was attended by Interior Councilor Francisco Aznar, as well as numerous civilian and military authorities .
Likewise, and within the framework of this exhibition, on Monday, September 25, starting at 19:30 hours, Lieutenant Colonel José Manuel Castillo Rocha will offer the conference 'El Camino Español.
Where, where, how and when '.
The so-called Spanish Way was a land route created in times of Felipe II to transfer money and Spanish troops to the Netherlands.
The sea route, which would have seemed the fastest, was discarded as a consequence of the bad weather that frequently reigned in the English Channel and the enmity between England and France.
The Spanish monarch therefore had to look for an alternative route, so he enabled a military and logistics corridor from Milan to Brussels, passing through territories that were under his or her allies' power.
Throughout the years several routes were used to make that Way, but there are five that can be considered as main:
Route of 1567, of the Duke of Alba
Route of 1595, by Archduke Alberto
Route 1601, the Gressin Bridge
Route of 1604, Virués
Route of 1634, Nordlingen
It was that first route of 1567, which left Cartagena, which marked a turning point in the history of Europe.
The Duke of Alba along with 10,000 veterans of the thirds, traveled 1,100 kilometers to Brussels, carrying out one of the greatest logistical feats of military and diplomatic history.
This cultural exhibition, dedicated to the Spanish Way, on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of its creation, is part of an initiative of the Military History Museum of Cartagena and the historical recreation association 'Imperial Service', which frame this activity under the patronage of the Army of Earth with the idea of ​​recovering on the same historical stage the image of the road linking Italian Lombardy with Flanders during the Eighty Years' War (1568-1648).
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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