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Life, Art and Industry, at the headquarters of Muram in the Palacio de Aguirre |
The headquarters is Muram exposure scenario over fifty pieces of china and crystal through the Ministry of Education and Culture.
Through this exhibition, visitors can see the life, art and industry of Cartagena mid nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
The exhibition is entitled From china and crystal.
Life, art and industry in the Aguirre Palace. It will be open to the public from today, March 30 on the main floor of the Palacio Aguirre Cartagena.
The opening ceremony was attended by the director general of Cultural Heritage, Maria Comas, the Councillor for Culture of the City of Cartagena, Rosario Montero and Deputy Director General of Cultural Property, Lettuce Manuel Galindo.
The objects were created in some of the factories that opened in Cartagena mid-nineteenth century and, driven by the great technological changes and the economic boom of the area due to mining, joined art and industry to manufacture pieces of china and crystal of high artistic quality.
It was produced objects, but especially those who cared design and manufacture and trying to meet the growing demand of the burgeoning bourgeoisie and the urban middle class.
The Director General of Cultural Heritage, Maria Comas, highlighted the great opportunity that will have the citizens of the region to contemplate unique pieces made ​​in Cartagena in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and so, moreover, such a significant space as Aguirre Palace, which is one of the few preserved interiors of Cartagena at that time.
A set that will allow us to travel to a time and a past society.
In total there will be 36 pieces of pottery on display.
These include a plate of a hand-painted in blue, yellow and black bird;
a vase with hand painted reeds too;
a bowl with decoration in black stands out for having an engraving in the picture meeting in the park Watteau, and objects few common also with decorations like a tracker (vessel ill) or a spittoon hand.
Among the twenty pieces of glass stand, meanwhile, hand carved glasses, a bottle shaped pineapple yellow-green color and several blown glass objects as a type jar Canet, bottles or cups.
The exhibition From china and crystal.
Life, art and industry in the Aguirre Palace will be open from Tuesday to Saturday from 11:00 to 14:00 and 17:00 to 20:00 hours and on Sundays and holidays from 11:00 to 14: 00 hours. To carry out school visits and other reserves need an appointment by calling 968 501 607.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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