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Codes spy, telegraphs, posters of the two sides, images of the city in the 30's and the collection of miniatures that Cartagena has achieved a Guinness Record, shows these days in the tenth anniversary of the Port of Cultures
Episodes of the Civil War are the last stop in the history of Cartagena as the finale of the tenth anniversary of the Port of Cultures consortium.
From tomorrow until next January 13 shown to the public workshops and exhibitions that capture all the intricacies of the war and how they lived in our city.
The Museum of Civil War refugees, Gisbert street is the heart of the Spies and Codes unique exhibition, which features pieces loaned by the Military History Museum as a heliograph, Morse apparatus, stenographers, telephone switchboards, telephones campaign, a binocular German and even a clock chime impacts.
While the centerpiece is the Enigma machine, which was key in covert operations and deciphered codes that determine the outcome of the conflict, as explained by the Councillor for Culture, Rosario Montero, who this morning has come Refuge accompanied by Councillor for Tourism, Palazón Carolina, the manager of the Port of Cultures, Agustina Martinez, director of the Military History Museum, Jose Cespedes.
Codes and Spies The exhibition also addresses the issue of communications in the Civil War, including propaganda posters from the two sides, to press or radio time.
Each piece reveals anecdotes like listening systems installed throughout the Bay of Cartagena that activated the affected aircraft and detect radio waves distorting the music on the radio, and warning people of the presence of aircraft.
A map of the shelters can also be seen in the exhibition, which includes the thirteen that were distributed by the city from the Moorish to Monte Sacro, the Church of Santa Maria or the Gilbert Street, the largest capacity for 5,500 people.
In addition to the hardships of war, the exhibition is also a portrait of Cartagena of the 30's and includes pictures of the venues, the Athenaeum, the Casino Racing Club.
Also includes the most sincere expression of the conflict, reflected in drawings of a child, José María Falgas, Murcia painter who at the age of seven years of war drew scenes of great realism and artistic value.
FIFTY YEARS TO ACHIEVE THE TREASURE MINIATURES ‰ RÃ CORD
Along with this exhibition, Cartagena Port of Cultures wanted to include unpublished sample Miniature War, which includes 94 scale models of armored vehicles as part of the collection tanks and armored, Francisco Cartagena property of Jose Sanchez in April.
Composed of more than 2860 models, it has the Guinness Record as the world's largest collection of these features.
As he explains, a dedication that is more than a hobby for this property administrator Cartagena now retired.
Among the unique pieces l is a thumbnail of Mercedes SUV that Hitler gave to Franco in 1941.
Landing boats, gliders, or suicide submarines of World War II, complete the collection that Francisco José Sánchez began to develop with 17 years and has accumulated over half a century to now share with the public.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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