mayor of Alicante luis barcalaAlong with the Cultural Counselor, antonio manresaopened the exhibition this Thursday Gosalbes de Cunedo, a humanist from Alicante to the conquest of EuropeIt can be visited in the Taberna room of Castillo de Santa Bárbara until 28 February and is part of the commemoration of the 800th anniversary of King Alfonso X El Sabio.
Self-manufactured and coordinated by the municipal department of integral heritage, the sample consists of 13 panels. pictures and texts translated by the author, doctor and adventurer Gosalbes de Cunedo by Antoni Biosca, professor of Latin philology at the University of Alicante. In addition, the exhibition has been enriched. Original books and manuscripts from the 16th centurydonated by the exhibition curator, audiovisualand one model expressly responsible for the San Mateo ship, sailed and fought himself in all of Gosalbes King II. Felipe’s Invincible Navy.
Barcala took the lead The work of the philologist from Alicante Biosca states that “through meticulous and detailed research and translation work, he knows how to explore and promote the details of Cunedo’s busy personal and cultural life, and To talk again about Josep Gosalbes de Cunedo”.
This exhibition is part of the activities organized by the Ministry of Culture in cooperation with the Municipal Archive throughout the year. 57 municipalities from 23 provinces They participated in the commemoration of the monarch, as they were places where Alfonso X traveled and left a great cultural, political and social legacy.
Instrument exhibition at Espacio Seneca
The Seneca Field in Alicante also presents the Instruments of the Wise King exhibition presented by the Fundación de Instrumentos Musicales con Historia, Sara Medina and Emilio Villalba. Framed in 800th anniversary curtains, this example allows for visualization and fun. About twenty musical instruments used in medieval Spain, as viola, guitar, psalteries and harp in the Court of King Alfonso X the Wise. You can also see reproductions of fragments from Libro de las Cántigas de Santa María.
historical reenactment
Also, the biggest will take place during this weekend Historical reenactment at Castillo de Santa Bárbara In a “multi-period” event with a special environment, camps, wars and explosions, where the different phases it went through from the 13th to the 19th century are told.
This event will take place on days December 3, 4 and 5 free and will consist of three major areas: the Muslim period and the re-conquest, II. Felipe and the Barbary attacks and the Wars of Succession and Independence.