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On Thursday, September 28, will be held the day dedicated to the zoologist, explorer and scientist Marcos Jimenez de la Espada (1831-1898), an event organized on the occasion of the discovery and subsequent placement in the city of his bust by the area Culture and Heritage, directed by Ricardo Segado.
'The adventure of rediscovering Jiménez de la Espada' will be held in the old chapel of IES Jiménez de la Espada, from 18:30 hours.
This activity is open to free entry for all interested parties until they reach capacity, with the attendance of the Governmental Councilors, David Martínez, José López and Francisco Calderón, in addition to the aforementioned Ricardo Segado.
The trajectory of the Cartagena scientist will be highlighted by the presentations of the scientific researcher and member of the Center for Human and Social Sciences of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Leoncio López-Ocón, of the historian and discoverer of the bust of Jiménez de the Sword, Diego Ortiz, as well as the historian, documentalist and official chronicler of Cartagena, Luis Miguel Perez Adán.
NEW PUBLIC SPACE WITH THE BUST OF JIMÉNEZ DE LA ESPADA
It should be remembered that the bust of Marcos Jiménez de la Espada is already located on the islet that connects the Paseo Alfonso XIII with the Plaza de España, next to the institute of the same name, since last July 20;
an operation that was supervised by councilman Ricardo Segado and the general coordinator of the area of ​​Sustainable Development, Jesús Giménez.
Thanks to this action, promoted by the areas of Sustainable Development and Culture and Heritage, citizens have a new public space where they can see the bust, installed on a pedestal, of the illustrious Cartagena scientist.
In addition, the island has been expanded and banks have been set up for the rest and use of the neighbors.
With this initiative we continue to bet on the collective knowledge of the history of Cartagena, as well as its most illustrious children.
JIMENEZ OF THE SWORD
Marcos Jiménez de la Espada (Cartagena, 1831 - Madrid, 1898) was a Spanish scientist, zoologist, explorer and writer.
He is known for participating in the so-called Scientific Commission of the Pacific, the largest carried out by Spain in America after losing most of its colonies in this continent, traversed by Jiménez de la Espada and his companions between 1862 and 1865. The aim was to collect materials of zoological, botanical, geological and anthropological interest, destined to the Museum of Natural Sciences and the Botanical Garden of Madrid.
Returning to Spain in December 1865, Jiménez de la Espada rejoined his posts in the Museum of Natural Sciences and the University of Madrid.
For more than six years his work consisted of ordering and studying the zoological material collected in America and preparing the corresponding publications.
The effigy was sculpted in 1928 by Lorenzo Coullaut Valera, an Andalusian artist, and moved to Cartagena in 1936, after being exhibited at the Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid and the Botanical Garden, also in the capital.
With the beginning of the Civil War, the bust was left in the municipal facilities, losing its memory until today.
The image was damaged, being restored by Pilar Vallalta.
It is noteworthy that it was already intended to place a bust in a public park in Cartagena in honor of the emblematic Cartagena Jiménez Marcos de la Espada around 1925. Instead, this sculpture arrived in Cartagena, was forgotten and even lost the memory of the person represented.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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