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Celestino Martinez and the Grand Hotel is the title of the exhibition and the book that was presented on January 22 at the Palace Hall. The exhibition, organized by the City of Cartagena and sponsored by various entities, including the Autonomous Community Murcia, will remain open until March 31 and is part of the commemoration of the 2016 Year of Modernism in Cartagena, Coinciding with the centenary of the opening of the Grand Hotel.

The public can enjoy a photo exhibition of Miguel Martinez, son of Celestino, showing its rich heritage, with unpublished images;

and an artistic performance in which about a dozen local authors have combined different techniques such as paintings, videos and sculptures.

directed by architect Jose Manuel Chacon.

More than 300 people gathered at the inauguration were given and were surprised by the drama of atmosphere that made ​​the Teatrico arrival at the hotel personages of the time, as Gavira bullfighting or soprano Conchita Velázquez;

interpretacióm or wind quintet Sauces.

attended among other authorities, the mayor, Jose Lopez, and the Director General of Cultural Heritage of the Autonomous Community, Maria Comas, who along with Jose Manuel Chacon undertook to intervene and glossing over the importance of Modernism and holding his year with this first act of the centenary of one of his most famous works: the Grand Hotel.

He was also the mayor of La Union, Pedro Lopez, Deputy Mayor of Cartagena, Ana Belen Castejon, and other members of the Municipal Corporation.

Jose Lopez welcomed attendees Palace Hall, home l of Cartagena and in this year of modernism, also unionenses all, for sharing Cartagena three decades of economic glory and wealth of the entrails its subsoil, key in the transformation of our city .The mayor did you involve citizens banded wonderful transmutation of Town Hall in the Grand Hote l, bringing the Town Hall the soul of a landmark building this year is done centenary.

Councilman esalzó the ties between Cartagena and La Union municipality brother housing buildings such as the Casa del Piñón or Market witnessed a golden age not so far, and the clear relationship between tourism and the rich heritage of Cartagena . The mayor ended highlighting the cultural, historical and cultural wealth of Cartagena, splendorous wealth that arises anywhere where we want to stare. So Cartagena, and that's why we love so much, Lopez said, before declaring as opened Year Modernismo.Para the design and definition of the program of events of the Year of Modernism has been configured Desk, coordinated by the Mayor's Cabinet, in which municipal officers of Culture and Tourism are integrated, the municipal coordinator of Heritage Archaeological, the Beltrí Commission, the Polytechnic University of Cartagena, and other professionals.

Among the initiatives planned it includes urban routes and the Campo de Cartagena, visit the cemetery of Our Lady of Remedies, etc. The Year of Modernism will organize a series of activities, including exhibitions, conferences, concerts, recreational activities routes, competitions, editing of audiovisual, books and educational materials, of which will be reported throughout the year, and will highlight the uniqueness of Modernism in Cartagena and society of that time, ranging from the late nineteenth century early XX, a temporary space up marking the contemporary development of the municipality.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena