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The 270 young people from 53 countries that make up the Ruta Quetzal BBVA reached Sunday July 12 at Cartagena on board the Navy vessel Galicia to visit the hometown of Juan Fernandez, who discovered the ocean Cartagena Chilean archipelago that bears his name .
The expedition led by journalist and adventurer Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo, has this year called 'Road to Robinson Crusoe Island.
La Tierra de Juan Fernandez in Chile ', as one of the islands was the wreck that inspired the novel by Daniel Defoe.
The expedition had been invited by the City to know the main historical sites in Cartagena and along the morning of Sunday, have traveled the Roman Theatre and museum, the Interpretation Centre of the City in the Castle de la Concepcion the shelters of the Civil War and the National Museum of Underwater Archaeology.
The route was launched on the nine o'clock in the Town Hall Square, at the foot of the palace hall, where he received the Mayor, Pilar Barreiro, and were the first archaeological and historical lecture by the director of the Theatre Museum Romano, Elena Ruiz.
HOMENAJE A JUAN FERNANDEZ
The highlight of the expedition on its way through Cartagena has been the inauguration of a monolith in homage to Juan Fernandez in the street that bears his name.
The monument recalls the discovery of the archipelago by the ocean Cartagena and alludes to its possible participation in the Western sailors first contact with Australia and New Zealand.
The monument is located temporarily in the gardens situated at the confluence of streets Juan Fernandez and Jorge Juan, to final installation once completed the refurbishment of the street.
The ceremony was chaired by the Mayor, Pilar Barreiro, along with Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo, and the standard bearers of the participating countries.
In his speech the mayor has had words of thanks to Ruta Quetzal landfall a year in Cartagena and underlined the importance of Juan Fernandez in the discovery of the new world.
For his part, Miguel de la Quadra Salcedo explained the origin of the piece of palm endemic to the Juan Fernandez Islands, Juani Australis, which has been deposited within the monolith, and thanked the cooperation in this edition of the Navy and Repsol who have provided boats and fuel for the trip.
SPAIN AND CHILE
The twenty-fourth edition of the Ruta Quetzal BBVA began Tuesday in Madrid.
Wednesday will be received in audience by the Prince of Asturias in the Pardo Palace.
Visit Valencia and from there travel to Cartagena aboard Galicia then visit Malaga and Cadiz.
After a brief stop in the city of Seville, will continue their journey through the communities of Castilla y Leon and La Rioja, before returning to Madrid.
A few months later, in the second part of the program in December, the 2009 expedition will travel to Chile for the first time in its 24 editions, and there for almost three weeks, among other things, to remember the adventure of Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk, the castaway inspired the character of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe novelist.
Selkirk lived on a desert island since 1704, when it was abandoned by the galleon Cinque Ports, until 1709, being rescued by the Duke that led him back to Britain.
The Chilean side trip that would be an indication of the expedition, has been moved to December to avoid exposure of the expedition to Influenza A.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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