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Two of the flagships of the program of activities for seniors organized by the Department of Social Services, hiking and A Walk Through the course of history, have been well received, as well demonstrated in his first two appointments.
The lecture on Modernism taught by Manuel Carrión and framed during a walk through history has had on today with a large attendance.
Attendees who have gathered on the second floor of La Milagrosa, have been able to meet the economic and social impact of Modernism in Cartagena.
Furthermore, the public has been able to take a tour through otografías f, many of them unpublished, for the most emblematic buildings of this era.
Outstanding in this sense the works:
The Pedreño Palace (Carlos Spot, 1872).
Located at the confluence of the streets Carmen and Sagasta has an extraordinary interior and exterior decoration and even in 1890 was thought to house the Town Hall.
The Casino, built in the late nineteenth on a former baroque palace.
The Town Hall (Thomas Rico, 1907).
Triangular plant, in its interior the great imperial staircase.
Also noteworthy are the works of smelting like columns and lamps.
In 2006 he finished his restoration.
La Casa Cervantes (Beltrí, 1897-1900).
An imposing residence of the facade remains.
The Palacio de Aguirre (Beltrí, 1898-1900).
Located in the Plaza de la Merced and where the author shows other characteristics of modernism in its facade, as the incorporation of alternating color and materials.
The Zapata (Beltrí, 1909) House with a nineteenth-century style.
Casa Llagostera (Beltrí, 1916)
The Master House (Beltrí, 1906)
The Grand Hotel (Rico-Beltrí, 1907-1916), probably the most representative work of this period.
The contrasts of volumes, colors, materials, and ornamental care program do extraordinary.
In addition to this cultural tour of the historic heritage of Cartagena other activity which was well received among the biggest was the hiking trail. In it, eighty people were displaced in l FEVE to the Sierra Minera for an educational walk with explanations about the mining complex's Parreta above the village of Alum and the Cabezo Rajao. This beautiful route, ten kilometers away and a low difficulty going through a very peculiar landscape, which for their valuable industrial heritage could be defined like an outdoor museum.
The first point of the route is the resort of La Parreta. This is a group of mines located in the area of Alum, occupied by a hill with a maximum height of 137 meters called Calvary.
In 1908 four large veins of sphalerite were discovered.
Following the route, it is noteworthy that the people of Alumbres born as a result of bending carried out to workers and workers from various locations.
The name comes from the mineral known as alum, an aluminum potassium sulfate-called alunite.
Finally, the third stage of the route concluded with a visit to Cabezo Rajao, an extinct volcano thousands of years ago and is named after the huge crack that bisects the mountain.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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