The hall of plenary session of the city hall of Dénia has been the scene of the act of commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of the second period of the failures in the town.
The 21 March 1966, the then mayor of the city, Pascual Martí, gave the Penya Canyamó, a group of friends who love the Fallas festival, the authorization to plant a flaw in the city center and thus resume activity festera which he had been suspended in 1962.
The mayor granted permission on condition that the monument be planted for at least five consecutive years, it should be known fails Center and the idea is promoted by encouraging other clubs or districts to join the initiative. The second period of the fallas in Dénia had begun. Today marks the 50th anniversary of that meeting that led to the planting of five monuments in Dénia the following year, in 1967, in the Centro, Baix la Mar, Roques, Oeste and Saladar districts.
The event promoted by Antonio Gutiérrez, a member of the Penya Canyamó and president of the Center fails 1966-1967 exercise was attended by the mayor, Vicent Grimalt, Over the falleras Dénia, Marina Margalejo y Alejandra PastorThe president of the Local Board Fallera, José Antonio Monsonís, Councilors of the Municipal Corporation, falleros and falleras city. Gutiérrez, accompanied by some members of the Penya Canyamó and that first commission faller Center second time, he recalled this story "so important for our failures"And he wanted to testify"having fulfilled the commitment".
Gutiérrez has dedicated some words of remembrance to "brave"Pioneers who led those five committees of the second period of failures and thanked"the participation of thousands of Fallas, Fallas, grandparents, parents, children and grandchildren who have helped the party is large, it has taken root in the village and has been maintained over time".
In remembrance of this day and this historic event for the failures of the city, Antonio Gutiérrez has given the mayor, Vicent Grimalt, a commemorative parchment and has asked his permission "for the next 50 years".
