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The biggest today visited the Palacio de Aguirre.
The activity was organized by the Municipal Social Services City of Cartagena, was attended by the Senior Club of the District Virgin of Charity and the Los Mateos.
Aguirre Palace of Cartagena is a modernist work of the architect Victor Beltrí.
The construction of this palace was concluded in 1901.
The Palacio de Aguirre is one of the landmarks of the city at the confluence of Duke Street and San Diego, that delimit, and Plaza de la Merced.
It has always been an urban site in the development of some of the highlights in the social and cultural life of Cartagena, such as religious processions during the events of Holy Week.
The dome of the chamfered face of this architecture is almost a reference in the urban landscape of Cartagena, and the combination of stone and brick facade and richly decorated cornices ceramic, limestone, stone Novelda, the brick piers and brickwork in the air Rococo ceramics are the base materials used in exterior decoration, in a continuous interplay of colors and finishes.
The date of completion of the building is carved in the door, and some bees are considered somewhat stylized symbol of labor and industry regarding the historical moment and boiling and economic wealth of the mining companies of Cartagena.
Inside are still some original units: underlines the ballroom ceiling paintings of Cecilio Pla, representing an allegory of Spring.
It also kept the office overlooking the gazebo, the lobby, grand staircase and the neo-Gothic chapel.
It is now part of MURAM headquarters (Regional Museum of Modern Art).
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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