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Cehegín City has paid a heartfelt tribute to the Franciscan Order with the unveiling of a bronze sculpture, installed in the Atrium of the convent of the town, created by sculptor Juan José Quirós Cartagena.
The ceremony was attended by many authorities, headed by the Director General of Immigration and Crafts and Trade, Leopoldo Navarro and Julio José Lorenzo, respectively, with the mayor of Cehegín, Jose Soria, and the councilman of Culture, Nicholas del Toro, who showed Franciscan delighted with the bronze at 2.20 meters, with responsibility to remember the great work he has done this since I set foot Brotherhood cehegineras land back in 1566.
According to the author, "this monument is emotionally charged.
I hope I have managed to accomplish this important task that I did the City Council.
The bust is located in a natural stone base and enterprise funded by the Fremen, shows a Franciscan habit of the congregation, with a Cross of Cehegín hung from her right side, and a reduced scale replica of the Virgin Wonderland, sitting on his left flank, because "it leaves the heart," said Quiros.
The children of St. Francis have done a great job in the town, and who built one of the most important seraphic schools of the time, where children came from all over Spain, in addition to being the custodians of the image of the patron from Cehegín came to in 1725.
Without doubt, this sculpture also became a sincere tribute to the Father Moreno, who commissioned the statue of the Virgin in a prestigious Italian workshop.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cehegín
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