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Alfonso Ortega Foundation will celebrate its third anniversary with the opening of its new cultural center, located next to the previous one, in Cuesta del Parador, number 19, in an old mansion known as the House of the Muses', which has been completely restored.

Mayor Jose Soria, Councillor of Culture, Nicholas del Toro, the official chronicler of Cehegín, Abraham Ruiz, and President of the foundation, Alfonso Ortega, will headline the opening ceremony, which will take place on Saturday 22 September at 20 hours.

During the event, there will be the opening of an exhibition of paintings and sculpture by artists Murcia, among which are Orrente Pedro, Francisco García Arévalo, Antonio José Plans and Campillo, among others, and is curated Burruezo Martín Páez.

After that, Juan Gonzalez Brown will present his book "Four generations of a Spanish family.

The Chico de Guzmán 1736-1932 '.

It will go on sale in the foundation, the price of 20 euros and can be spent by the author on the day of their presentation.

According to Alfonso Ortega, "we have many expectations for the new headquarters, which will be a living cultural space, where, besides permanent exhibition with works predominantly nineteenth and twentieth century, we will make temporary exhibitions, with new authors and consecrated.'re also going to give this new stage in a special interest in the sculpture ".

Alfonso Ortega Foundation a regional competition held annually paint, worth 2,000 euros prize, and has given his award for 'outstanding Ceheginero' Don Abraham Ruiz and Don Jose Maria Jimenez Pastor Alcazar (the latter, a member of the Royal Academy Alfonso X 'The Wise').

Taurine has also exhibited with works by Mariano Benlliure, Julian Alcaraz or Inocencio Medina Vera, was posthumously honored by Luis Martinez Gironés' The Sacristan ', has given lectures' Cehegín's heritage', 'San Francisco in art 'or' The plaster in ancient Rome ', among others, has published a book on the old hemp industry, has introduced the disc ceheginera Clara Gil, has made a play on Zorrilla, played by Antonio de Béjar, etcetera.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cehegín