The conferences on 'The defense of Dénia in times of war' get going

Last week kicked off in Dénia ambitious lecture series Defense Temps War in DéniaA proposal by the Department of Culture, which has the support of the Reservists Veterans Association Dénia and the grant from the General Secretariat for Defense Policy of the Ministry of Defense.

Before the first conference, which was held in La Sala del Castle, the City Council hosted the official presentation of the talks, which will be held between June and October. Rafa CarrióCouncilman culture, he stressed that the program will highlight topics "So far they are only available to researchers or mired in oblivion". Among other things, Carrió announced the launch of one of the most significant pieces of the funds from the Archaeological Museum, never exhibited before, which will take place on June 30, in the course of the conference Dianium and war along the RomanizationWith the help of German expert Christoph Eger.

The municipal archaeologist Josep Antoni Gisbert, summarized the proposal as "an overview of everything that happened in the city in war and defense matters from the XNUMXth century BC to the XNUMXth century".

In the presentation of the conference was present also the chief curator of the Royal Armories National Heritage, Álvaro Soler del Campo, responsible for delivering the inaugural lecture of the series, entitled War and weaponry. Of al-Andalus to the Middle Ages. Centuries XI to XV.

The cycle continues on Thursday June 23 with a lecture by Enrique Díes Cusi, Doctor of History at the University of Valencia, entitled Closed L'Benimaquia, Dénia. The fortified. VI century BC, which will be followed by a conversation between Díes Cusi and Josep Antoni Gisbert about the Montgó fortifications. It will take place in La Sala del Castell, at 19.30 hours.