This year marks the fourth centenary from which King Philip III granted to the title of city Dénia commemorated. The 4 April, anniversary of the event, the celebrations began with the installation of a plaque on the Constitution Square and bell ringing throughout the city.
This last quarter, Dénia will continue to commemorate the celebration with an exhibition that under the title Dénia 1612. Viure a la ciutat It permancerá installed in the Social Center from the 25 2 October to December.
The exhibition is organized by the Municipal Archives Dénia and will be divided into three sections: Space and power, feed the soul and body y New Town.
The exhibition, which will feature unpublished data "they will surprise the visitor"According to the municipal archivist, it will also be shown for the first time to the public a picture of Pare Pere, designed by the painter Gastón Castelló Alicante, municipal funds donated by the Colomer family Mena.
For high school students learn in a fun way the history of the grant of the city, the Municipal Archives has prepared a auca showing this part of our history through artwork Nel.lo Gimeno and texts Rosa Seser. This material will be distributed by schools and supplemented with a talk by the municipal archivist.
Conference on the Duke of Lerma
To complement this exhibition, 9 10 November and will take place the conference days The duc de Lerma, privat reial i senyor the Marquesat of Dénia. A societat sota l'Antic REGIMWhich will revolve around the figure of the favorite of King Philip III.
The inaugural lecture will be borne by Manuel Lomas, historian of the Universitat de València, in which he will offer an absolutely new material "achieved in Italian archives and in the General Archive of Simancas".
