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Cartagena 1614.
400th anniversary of the expulsion of the Moriscos of the Kingdom of Murcia Cartagena arrives this Wednesday and organized by the Department of Culture and the Autonomous Community through the Archives.
The exhibition focuses on the important role representing the port of Cartagena in that historic event.
Councillor for Culture, Rosario Montero, the manager of the Integra Foundation collaborates Onofre Molino, and the director of the General Archive of the Region of Murcia, Francisco Jiménez, will open the exhibition Wednesday at 12:30 pm in the Municipal Archives , Artillery Park.
It will be in Cartagena until May 17, the day when the Night of Museums, which will participate File this exhibition is held.
On June 10 will open in Murcia, where he remained until July 31, and thereafter, is expected to be exhibited in populations of the region upon request.
Through contemporary documents and explanatory panels show aims to disseminate the fundamental aspects of such a dramatic historical event.
In panels integration of the Moors is seen as a long process of losing their cultural identity and the reasons that led to that they were finally expelled addressed, while also reports the number of Moors residing in the region, and particularly in the Ricote Valley, the region where more abundant.
In the case of Cartagena, its port activity was multiplied over the five year duration of shipments half Moorish Spain (1609-1614), with the (economic) advantages and disadvantages (mainly health) derived from this process .
Documents on its part, in addition to the status of Cartagena and its port at the time, show us the writings of donated goods, especially for daughters who promised with old Christians to remain on their land, letters from the king and other authorities relating to expulsion measures taken by the commissioners in the Moorish villas, etc..
To complement the information and better illustrate the time, has reserved a showcase with some everyday objects, from the funds of the Municipal Archaeological Museum of Cartagena.
Furthermore, it wants to use the opening of the exhibition to make delivery by the representative of the Integra Foundation, the images of the last batch of records chapter of the City of Cartagena in Murcia have been digitized, and correspond with the XVIII century.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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