El Campello City Hall An opening was held this Tuesday monolith In memory of Pilar Altamira, writer, lecturer and He is dedicated to spreading his grandfather’s legacy.Famous historian and jurist Rafael Altamira. Piece It was discovered by the presence of four children of the Ramos Altamira family.Heritage from various parts of Spain (Ignacio, Luz, Javier and Pilar) and local officials and civil society representatives, led by Mayor Juanjo Berenguer and representing the PP and PSPV-PSOE political parties, at El Campello Municipal Park, the municipality where he has resided and been located for the last three decades. He died almost three years ago, in January 2021, at the age of 81.
Literate, lecturer and lover of culture, Pilar Altamira graduated from the Complutense University of Madrid with a degree in Biological Sciences, but devoted most of her life to saving and spreading the memory of the humanist from Alicante, whose legacy she preserved and spread to the future. Moreover, the generations whose mortal remains were about to return from Mexico to Spain.
In a simple move, the monolith was raised in the northern half of the park, next to a fountain, and the legend on the plaque can be read: “In memory of Pilar Altamira García-Tapia (Riaza, 1939-El Campello 2021), writer, lecturer and supporter of the legacy of her grandfather, Alicante historian and jurist Rafael Altamira y Crevea.”
While Pilar Altamira’s current daughters, Luz and Pilar, were responsible for unveiling the plaque, the mayor highlighted the winner of the award, who is closely connected to El Campello. “Those who know him well know that She was an independent, active and multicultural woman.Berenguer emphasized that he is interested in art and education, and above all in ensuring that his grandfather’s legacy is not lost.
For your part, Ignacio Ramos AltamiraHe thanked on behalf of the family “the enduring good treatment that El Campello always showed the Altamiras, especially my mother Pilar.” “I will be very happy today”. Ignacio Ramos, recalling the good relations his mother maintained with the last two mayors of the municipality, Juanjo Berenguer and Benjamin Soler, Those who, in recent years, have collectively brought forward recognition proposals that have achieved unanimity in the Municipal Corporation.
Temporary location
Location of the monolith That’s not for sure. El Campello mayor says he will be transferred when the time comes The future park that will bear Pilar’s nameIt is very close to the education center that the municipality dedicated to his grandfather and is planned to be built next year.