But the Sports Hall has also the aim of integrating in its more immediate context. Conceived as a soft shape and without edges, its curved perimeter aims to naturalize the relationship with the environment, avoiding the imposition of a hierarchy in the facades and promoting a landscape character. Courtesy of Begoña Fernández-ShawThe first action of the architecture affects the ground: it is prayed, as a founding brand, from east to west, to mark the location of the new architecture through new plant slopes. Above, as if it were a fabric, contained with a textile character structure, barely capable of setting a limit and a covered area without scale. Courtesy of Begoña Fernández-ShawThe cover, characterized as a shadow, confuses the hierarchy and size of its members, transforming its perception by promoting the lightness of what floats, working as a texture rather than a structure, hiding repetition in the alternating voids and pieces, shadow and light. SectionTo achieve this character and lightness, it is essential the structural feature of the façade. Likewise configured as a textile , light and permeable but of significant size, this is hung from the edge of the cover to promote its lightness but also to counteract the light beams, counter balancing the bending moments, stretching and thinning of the cantilever quantitatively the main structure considerably. Courtesy of Begoña Fernández-ShawArchitecture and Construction This proposal is offered as a well balanced combination of a lightweight construction system, characterized by an orthogonal geometry and a prefab modulation, one hand, and a wrap -minded integrated in context, on the other. Courtesy of Begoña Fernández-ShawFour concrete pylons supporting a system of steel beams, which are combined and alternated to form a cover indirect daylight on the stands and the track. The woven textile characteristics and transmitted and extends to surround the perimeter of the building reproduces the permeable and flexible nature of the tissue. Thanks to the cut in the ground the visual transparency but also promotes functional flexibility, offering access to different levels Courtesy of Begoña Fernández-ShawSustainability and Energy Saving We propose to address energy conservation and sustainability from the first steps of the project , integrating the design and performance criteria linked to the form and materiality of the pavilion efficiency. Exterior View01 physical integration on the ground that the proposed excavation rises, bringing the track level below the natural ground level. This reduces the volume built and exposed to sunlight, encouraging the natural environmental balance. 03 the curved shape of the building dilutes the impact of unfavorable orientations with sunlight and prevailing winds reducing the exposue of the building to them. Courtesy of Begoña Fernández-Shaw04 the aerial cover provided indirect natural light contributes to energy savings since it constitutes a substantial support to electricity for a number of hours a day The result is a naturalized and permeable architecture which values ​​the whole public and collective vocation You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email Archive Architecture the new sports center of Alcázar de San Juan aims to become a facility able to operate on a both local and regional level The project seeks balance between the orthogonal building system and a sinuous enclosure that blends smoothly with its environment perforating the plot in an east-west direction to place the track field below grade This reduces the visual impact of the building as well as its exposure to sunlight therefore improving its bioclimatic behavior four concrete piles support two large frames and these support a system of metallic beams bound by a curved tie-beam The hierarchy and size of the building elements is concealed behind an interwoven roof that indirectly and zenithally illuminates the field and the stands the pavilion is built following a modular structural system which contrasts with the sinuous forms of the curved and lightweight enclosure The interplay of solids and voids blurs the repetitive character of the structural framework and brings out a textile quality that is conveyed to the building’s envelope which for its permeability acts as a visual and climatic filter hangs from the edge of the roof and takes on a structural role balances the bending moments and counteracts the span of the beams which permits reducing the weight of the main structure laminated wood elements configure the curved latticework that wraps the building This avoids imposing a hierarchical order on the facades and stresses the features of the landscape naturalizing the relationship of the pavilion with its context The prefabricated and repetitive character of  the construction elements is concealed behind an enclosure that combines clear and opaque surfaces and that fills  the pavilion with top  and indirect light consisting of laminated wood studs coated with white tinted wash hangs from the perimeter of the roof functioning as a counterbalance and improving the structural behavior of the complex the stands rise over a series of concrete corbels that free up the ground floor the plinth under the seats is enclosed with glass panels establishing a visual connection between the field and the outdoors whereas to the west the space between structural ribs accommodates service rooms the central space can be used uninterruptedly with the gardened slopes and generating accesses on different levels and which underscores the public and collective nature of the complex Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha Begoña Fernández-Shaw Zulueta, Luis Rojo de Castro Jaime Santos (aparejador quantity surveyor) Alfonso Gómez-Gaite (ingeniero de estructuras structural engineering); Úrculo Ingenieros (ingeniero ambiental environmental engineering) Gracia Castejón Constructores; Anro (estructuras metálicas metal structures); Strumaher (muros cortina curtain walls); Mondo (pavimentos y material deportivo pavement and sports equipment); Italfilm (mallas metálicas metal mesh); Alexma (electricidad electrics); Maroto/Clima (clima control); SGS (control de calidad quality control) there arent any match using your search terms I confess: I have not read "The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha," the literary masterpiece by Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra It was number one on the list of my high-school mandatory books but that year I left for the United States While my friends read about the adventures of the "Knight of the Sad Countenance," I struggled through the epic poem Beowulf Cervantes did not give away the name of the birthplace of Don Quixote a middle-aged gentleman who becomes obsessed with chivalrous ideals and takes up his lance and sword to venture along Spain's roads to perform heroic deeds in the name of his beloved Dulcinea a weather-beaten village of almost 7,000 people This year marks 400 years since the death of Cervantes a perfect excuse for a road trip in the footsteps of Don Quixote and his loyal squire Sancho Panza across the high plains of today's La Mancha The forecast says it will rain all day everywhere in Spain My idea is to capture the mood and energy of the region that he had described in so much detail So in true Quixote spirit I think of the weather as an opportunity The rain will force me to picture things in a different light "The two most international things about La Mancha are Don Quijote and our cheese," Angel Gutierrez Carrasco says while tending his flock by the Penarroya dam near the quiet town of Argamasilla de Alba Carrasco has not read Cervantes but he is well aware of the episode when Don Quixote charges at two herds of sheep after taking them for armies Every year he lends animals to a theatre group to reenact parts of the novel on the streets of Argamasilla Cervantes didn’t give away the name of Don Quixote’s birthplace but some people identify it as Argamasilla Other locations in La Mancha fight for that distinction but Argamasilla showcases a rebuilt house with a cave underneath where In the prologue to "El Quijote," Cervantes wrote that his work had been "engendered in a jail" These days visitors can see the Cave of Medrano and imagine that Cervantes wrote part of his masterpiece there is adamant about where Cervantes himself was born no matter what people from Alcala de Henares say," Montesinos says in open disagreement with scholars who widely accept that Cervantes was a native of the latter Montesinos is the only person I met during my five days in la Mancha who had read "El Quijote" from beginning to end His astronomer son is partly responsible for getting a star named after Cervantes and four planets in its orbit named after Don Quixote Cervantes and Don Quixote have finally gone cosmic The clouds obscure any sign of stars when I meet Italian travellers Irene Decarli sharing dinner inside their camper by the bleached-white windmills of Consuegra We strike up a conversation in English as I mistake them for northern Europeans we go on to talk about La Mancha and Don Quixote in our mother tongues I ask them the reason behind Don Quixote's universal appeal and after some mimicking I make out that people relate to him because he is a free spirit Left: Sister Isabel poses with a box of sweets "Caprichos de Dulcinea" (Dulcinea cravings) made at her convent Right: A man walks past a statue of Dulcinea I search for Don Quixote's great love Dulcinea in the village of El Toboso There is only one woman named after the Princess of La Mancha there but she now works in London and is tired of journalists misquoting her a cloistered nun of the Order of Saint Clare makes sweets named after Dulcinea and invites me to her convent's bakery She and other nuns have been making the best-selling "Caprichos de Dulcinea" (Dulcinea's cravings) since 2005 the fourth centenary of the publication of the first part of "El Quijote" As I drive towards the town of Ossa de Montiel on my last day in La Mancha I take stock of all the interesting people and places I've come across Nothing can prepare me for what I find inside the Cave of Montesinos While descending into the cave where some claim Don Quixote fell asleep to have the most fantastic of dreams signals with his flashlight to what looks like powder on the ground the grey dust lit in the cave’s darkness are the ashes of "Bob was an Englishman who came to live in Ossa de Montiel out of love for his Spanish wife He started impersonating Don Quixote outside the cave and along the lagoons and gathered a following of locals and tourists he died in a car accident in January and his family decided to scatter his ashes in the places he was so passionate about After five days of seeking out Don Quixote in every corner of La Mancha I find him in a bat cave - and he turns out to be English The underground rapid transit lines have been under construction for almost two decades due to various project delays The cross pinnacle on the Tower of Jesus Christ will be ready to receive visitors in 2026 on the centennial of Gaudi’s death Now you can get your wine in Talence by paying directly in Bitcoin That’s because the state has to spend money on updating the railway infrastructure rather than subsidizing the cost of the popular pass Steffen Romstöck said that he would respect the residents’ choice and would take over the helm of the municipality which will come into force from 1 January 2025 Rethinking renewable energy sources for the urban landscape But operating them is still illegal under the country’s legislation can inform and inspire communities and entrepreneurs that still feel trepidation at the prospect of energy transition it has a unique modular design that allows it to be shortened and lengthened like a train that’s the promise made by the mayor of Paris the district has long been known as the hangout spot for the artsy crowds Hostal de Pinós is located in the geographical centre of the autonomous region the ranking considers several distinct but essential factors these quiet areas will now be available on all main routes in the country The academic institution shows a deeper understanding of the well-being of its students An interview with the mayor of Alcázar de San Juan (Spain) Rosa Melchor has been the mayor of Alcázar de San Juan since 2015 She is a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) VII and VIII legislatures of the regional parliament of Castilla-La Mancha before being elected as a mayor I will describe Alcázar de San Juan as a living city it has not lost its rhythm throughout history; not even in the worst moments has it stopped living and that makes it a very important regional engine We are currently working so that this is not lost Proof of this is that during the pandemic we have improved our unemployment indicators stay attractive and increase the number of inhabitants continue to be a thriving city and we are going to continue working so that it does not cease to be so These three symbols to which you’ve alluded represent concepts The flamingo symbolizes our aspiration to be a city and towards which we advance with different environmental policies and care for our surroundings the engine of economic development of the city Now we want to use that railway history and give it a new momentum to become one of the logistics nodes in Europe by installing a new Intermodal Logistics Platform for the transport of goods the windmills are the most representative symbol of the land of Cervantes and of the way of being and living – all of which is collected and clearly reflected in the universal work of this author: Don Quixote de La Mancha We have been implementing for a few years now a Sustainable Comprehensive Urban Development Strategy for the entire city The bullring is located in an area that sees a lot of traffic of vehicles and people Pedestrians usually pass it on their way to the swimming pools or to the market on workdays or to the Fair on holidays; Likewise where all the city's sports facilities are located it is a place whose distinct quality is that it receives a lot of traffic It was very run down because it hadn't been remodelled for 30 years essential to renovate it and we have achieved an open and light space with a lot of room for individual and collective leisure It is planned to be one of the places in the city where many events will take place We unveiled it with the exhibition of a large-scale sculpture by Juan Méjica and it will continue to be a space that hosts music and culture of all kinds in different formats It is also one of the main sights that anyone who arrives in the city from Toledo and Madrid sees first It is a nice way of welcoming you to our city Its modern and avant-garde appearance is like a welcoming card that we have created in this area Tourism is essential in the economy and development of the city I think we have been able to do something that is very important for us which is to use tourism to promote the city and to promote the city to use tourism but what it means is we try to make all our resources available to all those who come to our city It’s a city that is very easy to visit because it is not very extensive and is completely flat We have worked to make our heritage resources well maintained and interesting to those who come to visit us In Alcázar de San Juan you can take a journey through all of history including the history of the Iberian Peninsula but rather have been a place of settlement We are also not “La Mancha-La Seca” (La Mancha the Dry) and all the civilizations that have passed through have found water in order to survive We have also been able to establish different types of tourism throughout the year nature tourism -with several protected sites All of these add to our historic and heritage assets among which one crown jewel stands out: the Casa Museo del Hidalgo (16-century house) There is also a calendar of events that is distributed every weekend throughout the year in which we should highlight the celebration of carnivals during Christmas or the Fair of Flavours of the Land of Quixote as well as the Regional Wine Tasting Contest (1000 No Se Equivocan) These are accompanied by the "Quervantino" Wine and Baptism Days which in November allow you to taste our delicious Camacho wedding stew (a recipe from “Don Quixote”) It’s important to us that all citizens consider Alcázar as an "Educating City" because it is essential that all of them collaborate and participate to make it such An “educating city” is one that educates all its residents not only in the schools but with all the activities it carries out which has to concern and occupy all spheres of the municipal government We are convinced that a city that has a high level of education is a rich city far beyond the material riches that are ephemeral We have worked on this for 30 years and we have been able to raise several generations with the conviction that this is the most guaranteed method of continuing to advance and grow - and I think we have achieved it The PIDs are here to give the municipalities of the province of Ciudad Real an opportunity to put an end to digital illiteracy or as it has come to be called the digital divide We are forced to do many procedures online and not all of us have been trained to know how to do them these digital inclusion points are here to serve all citizens not only as a place from which to carry out these procedures but also as a tutor or a counsellor who can teach them how to do them They can then know how to carry out these procedures from their own homes on their own personal devices I think it is a magnificent idea and one of the initiatives of the Provincial Council that I would highlight The municipality of Alcázar de San Juan is especially grateful for it because we have not only set up 14 points with computers but have also which help our citizens to get out of or to minimize their digital gap the so-called globalization has made it much easier to get to know other cultures but back then everything felt further away This type of twinning - we have others with other countries – has allowed us to learn about other customs and different ways of understanding culture or traditions relations have been maintained with that French city and events have been organized around wine which is one of the products that unite us Tolerance and the creation of a closer Europe is something that this type of relationship also provides especially with the exchanges of high school students that have taken place for many years It’s a coexistence that has shown us ways of understanding different relationships The 10th European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns (ESCT) sets the stage for stronger cooperation between the EU national and local level to fast track Europe's transition to climate neutrality Urban dwellers across the EU are having a say in making their surroundings friendlier to people and the environment Forests in the EU can help green the European construction industry and bolster a continent-wide push for architectural improvements Apply by 10 November and do your part for the transformation of European public spaces An interview with the Mayor of a Polish city that seeks to reinvent itself An interview with the newly elected ICLEI President and Mayor of Malmö A conversation with the Mayor of Lisbon about the spirit and dimensions of innovation present in the Portuguese capital completely devoid of posters and souvenirs, madrid-based collective PKMN architectures has fitted out the interior of a tourist office in central spain located in the town of alcázar de san juan the scheme has been conceived as a simple storefront complete with an eye-catching sign that spells out ‘turismo alcázar’ in capital blue letters the extrusion of each character creates a three-dimensional feature tethered to a white structural frame that begins to delineate the internal program staggered surfaces allow staff to casually converse with members of the public without the formality of desks and chairs the scheme has been conceived as a simple storefront the interior is completely devoid of posters and souvenirs the eye-catching sign spells out ‘turismo alcázar’ in capital blue letters the letters are tethered to a white structural frame that delineates the interior program staggered wooden surfaces allow staff to casually converse with members of the public the tourist office viewed from the passing street floor plan illustrating the office’s spatial layout axonometric drawing indicating the depth and scale of the scheme’s signage author: PKMN architecturescollaborators: carol linares / alessia mansutti / elena cantoni / alicia coronellocation: alcázar de san juan spainclient: ayuntamiento de alcázar de san juanbuilder company: construcciones gómez SLcarpentry: rivas sánchez carpinteros.metalwork: sdemetalcompleted: june 2015photography: javier de paz garcía AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style By Jim Higgins of the Journal Sentinel Not only does Miguel de Cervantes' novel "Don Quixote" (1605-'15) tower over Spanish literature like a giant windmill it also can be seen as a turbine that powers Spanish culture But the novel's kinetic energy doesn't stop at the Iberian peninsula. As scholar Ilan Stavans catalogs in his engaging cultural history, "Quixote: The Novel and the World," Don Q and Sancho Panza have a powerful ongoing influence on Latin American and U.S no book has been translated into English more often listing 20 different English translations between 1612 and 2009 a professor of Latin American and Latino culture at Amherst College in Massachusetts walks around the novel as if it were one of the famed sculptures of Don Q in a Spanish plaza finding something notable or surprising to discuss from every angle With its digressions and interpolated tales the baggy "Don Quixote" is far from an example of Flaubertian le mot juste — though the author of "Madame Bovary" adored El Quijote (the Spanish honorific that pays homage to the novel's primacy) Its stature as the first modern novel comes from its consuming interest in fantasy (or idealism launched the knight-errant on his errant career) and its playful self-referentiality (such as the scene in which the barber and the priest deciding which books from Alonso Quijano's library to burn consider the merits of an author named Cervantes) the knight and his squire have influenced or inspired countless odd-couple and mismatched-buddy stories "No same-sex literary pair has ever been as famous or as quoted as Don Quixote and Sancho Panza," Stavans declares His list of descendant couples includes Watson and Holmes You may not see eye to eye with Stavans on some of these but there's no arguing with the notion that Cervantes laid down a template that still yields fruitful variations today (If Professor Stavans were an alt-rock guy he might also have mentioned another dynamic duo — the band They Might Be Giants "Cervantes' most lasting contribution is the depth and complexity of his language," Stavans writes While he doesn't credit Cervantes with the volume of coinages attributed to his English contemporary Stavans notes that "Cervantes' syntax has become the default standard style in Spanish." Stavans explores the concept of Quijotismo which he describes as the Spanish and Latin American counterpart to United States' exceptionalism and the American Dream he paraphrases Montaigne: To sacrifice one's life for a dream is to know its true worth Goya's paintings — even Subcomandante Marcos' rebel movement From the many Latin American descendants of and responses to El Quijote Stavans singles out Jorge Luis Borges' audacious story a purported essay-review of a French symbolist's efforts to rewrite identically worded passage from both Cervantes' and Menard's "Quixote," finding them completely different in effect is an argument for reading itself as a creative act as well as an assertion that the former Spanish colonies can acknowledge a cultural debt to the motherland while nonetheless finding their own way Stavans explores movie (including Orson Welles' abortive attempt) ballet and stage adaptations of "Don Quixote," finding most of them wanting As for "The Impossible Dream" from "Man of La Mancha," Stavans declares that it "sticks like chewing gum There is something innately American in this mantra: The self is at the core of all adventures and each of us needs to protect our own self Jim Higgins writes about books and the performing arts Recommended Reading Blog: Books editor Jim Higgins highlights things worth reading View All Blog Posts Embed on your websiteClose×Copy the code below to embed the WBUR audio player on your site<iframe width="100%" height="124" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://player.wbur.org/onpoint/2015/09/09/don-quixote-400-miguel-cervantes"></iframe> Email"Don Quixote," and why the 17th Century mock epic of Cervantes still gets under our skin. A statue of Don Quixote and his horse in Alcazar de San Juan (JoseManuel / WikiCommons)Four hundred years ago this year the Spanish writer Cervantes finished his great work "Don Quixote." Within months The mock epic of the ramshackle knight on his bony horse tilting windmills has been one of the most durable and massively popular literary works in history My guest Ilan Stavans calls it a cornerstone of Hispanic culture and of the modern understanding of the human condition Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Ilan Stavans appreciates 'Don Quixote' as a giant astride two cultures — "Not only does Miguel de Cervantes' novel 'Don Quixote' (1605-'15) tower over Spanish literature like a giant windmill But the novel's kinetic energy doesn't stop at the Iberian peninsula." World Literature Today: My Love Affair with Don Quixote — "We all dream of a different life Don Quixote is such an appealing character because he acts upon that dream One can be a wise fool as well as an insane genius." Humanities: One Master, Many Cervantes — "I can’t think of a more rancorous translation surfeit than the multiplications in English of Don Quixote It is an inexhaustible study of human frailties about the power of the imagination and the absurdities of old age about choosing between a soldier’s and a writer’s life a secular Bible: everything about the so-called enlightened society is contained in it." https://www.scribd.com/doc/279731857/Excerpt-From-Quixote-The-Novel-and-the-World-by-Ilan-Stavans has died after suffering an allergic reaction to cow's milk last weekend who was allergic to cow's milk protein always took precautions when ingesting food or liquid last weekend she went to an establishment in Campo de Criptana But now an investigation is underway as to the possibility that there were traces of cow's milk in Irene’s coffee glass She suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest and was rushed in an ambulance to La Mancha hospital in Alcázar de San Juan and was admitted to the intensive care unit where she died The young woman had travelled to Campo de Criptana to take part in a religious event organised by the youth pastoral group of the Ciudad Real diocese Irene was a volunteer in her parish in Manzanares where her funeral and burial took place yesterday The town is in mourning after the death of this young woman who belonged to a choir and a music and dance group in Manzanares and attended the Azuer secondary school It is believed that Irene's allergy to cow's milk protein caused an immediate anaphylaxis which does not occur in the case of people suffering from lactose intolerance who usually only suffer digestion problems Comentar es una ventaja exclusiva para registrados The Julia Powell Hall is a sports and multipurpose space on the campus of Runnymede College in Alcobendas a municipality of the Madrid metropolitan area The starting point of the project was taking advantage of the existing foundation: the basement of a demolished above-ground construction but delimited underground by a retaining wall that forms a square with 30-meter sides The new pavilion rises on a level below grade clad in polycarbonate and perforated galvanized sheets The design of the building is based on industrialization and dry assembly of structural systems and metal enclosures The structure is conceived as a framework of metal bars forming a surface that is continuous but irregular for greater rigidity and bracing Arquitectos ArchitectsRojo Fernández-Shaw / Luis Rojo de Castro Franco Gilardi (arquitectos architects); Jaime Santos (arquitecto técnico quantity surveyor); Alberto Palomino (ingeniería estructural structural engineering); Suma (ingeniería de acondicionamiento ambiental environmental conditioning enigneering); Agronatur Ingenieros S.L promoted by Adif in the València-Font de Sant Lluís logistics node will have the capacity to operate 150,000 Intermodal Transport Units (ITU) and handle up to 2,600 freight trains per year and its two gantry cranes will have a storage capacity of 2,500 TEU/year (unit of measurement equivalent to a 20-foot container) These data and its strategic character to reinforce the transport of goods in our country have been highlighted today in a meeting held in Valencia in which Adif and the Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) -as promoters- and Grupo Alonso -as operator of the intermodal terminal- have presented the project of the new intermodal logistics hub of the Valencian capital to representatives of the sector Facilities and services with an international dimension València-Font de Sant Lluís forms part of the Trans-European Transport Network and constitutes a key strategic node in the interconnection interoperability and intermodality of transport services which will enable standard gauge trains to run between València and the French border The centre will also complement the Port of Valencia and is linked to the development of the Logistics Activities Zone (ZAL) of the Port of Valencia and Mercavalencia.José Luis Soria manager of Adif’s Eastern Area of Logistics Services explained that the new node will have 5 different areas: the intermodal terminal which represents an investment by Adif of more than 35 million euros the environmental area with warehouses for the treatment of cargo and a wide range of complementary transport activities (heavy goods parking “All of this will make up a node with a formidable operational capacity that means a before and after in the transport infrastructures of the Valencian Community” the intermodal terminal will have 5G coverage within the framework of the plan that Adif is developing in ten of the main logistics terminals in Spain considered strategic with the aim of boosting their digitalisation and the automation of processes and the reduction of costs in the transport of goods by rail The 5G infrastructure enables the provision of advanced logistics services and facilitates the ‘intelligent’ management of freight traffic thus speeding up transits and facilitating intermodality it will promote the interconnection of the main transport nodes of the railway system in an efficient way resulting in a more sustainable and intelligent mobility The construction works for the València-Font de Sant Lluís intermodal and logistics terminal (1st phase) will receive European funding through the Recovery Funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU Boosting activity and generating rail and maritime business as well as the nodal capacity in coordination with the capacity of the different lines accessing the terminal it will guarantee full access to the Mediterranean Corridor and ensure the operation of vehicles and locomotives in standard gauge Adif and the Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) as the operating company for a 14-year concession period – extendable for a further 6 years – will focus its work on the commercialisation of the terminal stressed that the objective is to make Fuente de San Luis an intermodal terminal that is “flexible adding that “our aim is to offer our customers all possible services for all types of goods within the terminal itself” “we envisage that it will have a dry and cold warehouse a workshop for repairing containers and semi-trailers an administration building and automated access and exit” València Plataforma Intermodal-ZAL will be responsible for the marketing and operation of the greenfield site stated that “the Font de Sant Lluís intermodal station project is a clear example of institutional collaboration between local (València City Council) regional (Generalitat Valenciana) and central (Mitma Port Authority and Adif) administrations and of a public-private management model” He also stressed that “this initiative for which Valenciaport has committed 15 million euros is part of the Valencia Port Authority’s decarbonisation plan which contributes to the goal of sustainability The project is also part of the PAV’s railway strategy with 240 million euros which has launched actions such as the Madrid-Valencia-Portugal Railway Motorway the first initiative of its kind in Spain and whose main objective is to ‘put the lorries on the train’ Calabuig has highlighted that “Valenciaport’s investment plan in this area is completed with initiatives such as the railway access to Sagunto several investments in the Cantabrian-Mediterranean Corridor; the reorganisation and extension of the internal network of the port of Valencia the future Madrid-Vicálvaro terminal or the agreements with intermodal logistics projects in Albacete manager of Valencia Intermodal and Logistics Platform (VPI Logistics) at the Port Authority of Valencia presented the sketches of the Special Plan to organize the intermodal area the distribution of surfaces and their uses as well as the facilities and services that are contemplated in the area Rail freight transport is one of the main challenges in our country in order to increase the amount of freight with the aim of advancing towards a more sustainable work is being carried out on different lines of action: national and European corridors connections with logistics and port infrastructures the development of modern and digitalised logistics areas and intelligent intermodal logistics chains The València-Font de Sant Lluís logistics node is part of the Safe Sustainable and Connected Mobility Strategy 2030 of the Mitma (Ministry of Transport aimed at effectively increasing rail freight transport by promoting strategic intermodal nodes located on priority freight axes Port Authority of Valencia © 2025 · All rights reserved The Local Europe ABVästmannagatan 43113 25 StockholmSweden It has only taken two weeks but already excavations at a archaeological site in the Spanish town of Alcázar de San Juan have turned up some exciting finds Researchers from the University of Castilla-La Mancha University say they have already unearthed fragments of household goods from the bronze age as well as a Roman inscription and traces of Celtiberian settlements But project leader Víctor López Menchero says the the most exciting discovery is an ancient necropolis (see picture here) containing seven bodies The positioning of the bodies — they are all facing towards Mecca — and a lack of accompanying items the discovery of an Islamic necropolis is key because it is one of the few pieces of evidence that Muslims lived in Castilla-La Mancha Much of Spain was under Islamic rule from the eighth to the thirteenth centuries with the Mezquita of Cordoba and Granada's Alhambra palace being among the most visible symbols of the period Islamic Spain was also a intellectual melting pot with Muslim Jewish and Christian scholars exchanging key Greek work which would help spur Europe's Renaissance But little evidence of this civilization has been found in Castilla-La Mancha to date López Menchero's archaeological project jointly run by Castilla-La Mancha University and authorities in Alcázar de San Juan was established in 2013 But in a statement published by the Alcázar de San Juan town hall the investigator there is "a world to explore" "We are not talking about a four-year project: to fully understand everything it's going to take one or two hundred years." Please log in here to leave a comment A CHAMPION stunt pilot has died in Spain after a vulture smashed through the windscreen into his cockpit in a horror mid-air collision Olivier Masurel died yesterday on his way back to Madrid after taking part in an airshow in San Javier The 42-year-old was crowned Spanish Unlimited Aerobatic Flight Champion last July and represented Spain at the 31st FAI World Aerobatic Championships in Poland in August 2022 was praised as an “audacious” and “highly sought-after” exhibition pilot who was able to “defy the limits of gravity.” The tragedy took place near Alcazar de San Juan in the central Spanish province of Ciudad Real Olivier's plane caught fire as it hit the ground with pictures released by fire services showing the charred remains of the aircraft A spokesman for a regional government emergency response coordination centre said: “The plane caught fire after hitting the ground next to the CM-3012 road, causing the death of the pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft.” Tributes have since been pouring in for the talented stunt pilot. The San Javier Airshow issued a statement alongside a photo of him doing a thumbs-up. and is mourning his loss together with Olivier's friends and family It read: “Flying has been Olivier’s passion and this fatal accident has cost him his life A spokesman for Matilla de los Canos aerodrome in Valladolid pointed out he had been heading to Cuatro Vientos Airport in Madrid and not their aerodrome as was initially reported a festival spectator said: “We’re feeling a roller coaster of emotions right now “A few hours ago we were vibrating with excitement at the festival with the pilots’ acrobatics and now we have a lump in our throats after hearing this tragic news “Unknowingly we've been privileged to enjoy Olivier’s last show before his highest journey charming" and a "fantastic pilot" He said: “I hate this for you and for everyone who loved you I bet everyone who knew you is heartbroken because there just aren't a lot of people in the world as entertaining as you." Organisers of the air show Olivier had just taken part in called his exhibitions “amazing.” One said: “Olivier put on the most amazing solo show over the last three days with his crazy aeronautical show and wowed 400,000 people and a bird strike just after the show ended his life "Condolences to his family and friends The San Javier Air Show, which started on Friday and finished yesterday, featured more than 50 aircraft from several parts of Spain and Europe including rare and historic planes not commonly seen close up Festival organisers said before the event began they wanted to establish it as a premier European event The aircraft Javier piloted at the San Javier Air Show was an Extra 300 manufactured by the Extra Aircraft Company in Germany Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. 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