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The feeling of sitting by the sea while attending any show is one of the strengths of the Auditorium and Convention Center The Batel.
In fact, this has been one of the comments that Her Majesty Queen Sofia has made ​​today during the inauguration of the building to the Mayor Pilar Barreiro.
The event began at 7 pm with the arrival of Sofia and the Minister for Day, Ana Pastor to Cartagena.
After greeting the President of the Autonomous Region, Ramón Luis Valcárcel, the mayor of Cartagena, Pilar Barreiro, the government delegate, Joaquin Bascuñana and President of the Regional Assembly, Francisco Celdran, among others, have presented to members of Municipal Corporation to enter the building immediately afterwards.
Once inside, Sofia has discovered a plaque commemorating the opening and path to the Hall A of the audience has listened carefully to the explanations of the architects José Selgas and Lucia Cano, who has been told how the building is designed.
According Selgas, the monarch liked the audience and assured them that Spanish architecture is of an exceptional standard.
The public has been to Sofia up and applause.
The hall was crowded.
The City distributed the 1,400 locations in room A, 700 was spent on protocol and other security and shared the last weekend to Cartagena.
At the gala has performed the dancer Jose Carlos Martinez Cartagena with Aurelia Bellet, Ballet soloist à "pera Paris National, pianist Judyth Jauregui and members of the National Dance Company.
The program lasted about an hour and included five pieces, two choreographed by the artist himself Cartagena, about music Edvard Grieg, Marc Olivier Dupin, Domenico Scarlatti, Debussy and Thom Willems.
With José Carlos Martínez dance Aurelia Bellet, of the à "pera Paris, and ten dancers from the National Dance Company. The piano is Judith Jauregui.
Following the ceremony, the Queen, along with the mayor and some authorities have visited the dressing room to greet and congratulate the dancers.
There has been where you commented Jose Carlos Martinez that although the program included contemporary pieces, they were all very tasteful and it has impacted you most musically has been one of the pairs of Cartagena which danced in silence . He said that he found it very difficult to dance in silence and had a special focus on the public at the time, recalled Martinez.
In addition, the dancer of the National Dance Company has praised the work of José Selgas and Lucia Cano, as the decoration emulating the sea and feel of underwater dancing has helped them focus on the time to act.
After more than seven years of work and an investment of almost 58 million euros, will be delighted Cartagena officially aspirations have a great infrastructure for culture and tourism through a spectacular building with striking architecture, which constructed with materials and art techniques.
A symbol of modernity in a city of three thousand years of history.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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