LBV Magazine English Edition A research team led by the National University of Distance Education (UNED) has made an archaeological discovery of great significance at the La Bienvenida-Sisapo site This finding is transforming our understanding of the expansion of Tartessian culture into the interior of the Iberian Peninsula during the Iron Age carried out as part of recent archaeological heritage research initiatives in Castilla-La Mancha have brought to light the remains of an imposing religious building of Eastern tradition whose construction dates back to the 7th century BCE This discovery not only confirms the presence of Tartessians in the region but also provides evidence of their search for new mineral resources beyond their traditional core territory strategically situated on an elevated position next to a volcanic formation known as the eastern “castillejo” of La Bienvenida displays a series of architectural and ritual characteristics that directly link it to other religious centers of the Phoenician-Tartessian sphere Among the most remarkable elements is a ceremonial altar shaped like an outstretched bull’s hide a typical feature of Tartessian sanctuaries that has been documented at other significant sites such as Caura (modern-day Coria del Río The meticulous archaeological work has allowed researchers to identify different phases of the building’s use spanning from the mid-7th to the mid-6th century BCE The findings document how the sacred space underwent successive renovations always following a careful process of dismantling and preparation for new constructions—demonstrating the deep respect and importance this site held for its users The recovered archaeological material has provided an extraordinary set of evidence confirming both the religious function of the building and its connections to the Mediterranean world Among the most significant discoveries are fragments of Proto-Corinthian Greek ceramics large containers associated with the worship of the Phoenician goddess Astarte basalt baetyls representing deities have been found along with various elements related to metallurgical activities One of the most revealing aspects of the discovery has been the identification of a ritual dump containing highly manipulated bone remains from various animals along with symbolic elements such as marine shells and modified goat astragali This assemblage provides valuable insight into the ritual practices and economic foundations of the protohistoric population of Sisapo The discovery has significant implications for understanding the process of urbanization in the inland peninsula According to Professor Mar Zarzalejos Prieto this finding demonstrates that the foundation of Sisapo was part of a Tartessian strategy to control the area’s mineral resources—including silver and copper—and integrate them into Mediterranean trade networks under Phoenician influence The ongoing research is being conducted by a multidisciplinary team with financial 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Today the Roman Martyrology commemorates St convert from Judaism and a professed Priest of the Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel Born in 1145 at Jerusalem and died by being stabbed to death in 1220 at Licata Caterina Cittadini is also commemorated today She was an Italian Roman Catholic religious from Bergamo who established the Ursuline Sisters of Saint Jerome Emiliani The order was dedicated to the education of girls in Bergamo and in the surrounding areas and has since expanded outside of the Italian nation leaving you an example that you should follow His steps" (Epistle) The Christian slave might complain that his membership in the Church had not alleviated the harsh conditions of his life Peter points to the example of Christ who was in all things to be the model of the Christian neither was guile found in His mouth," but nevertheless he was subjected to persecution and injustice But the Christian is expected to be a follower of Christ but delivered Himself to him that judged Him unjustly." If then Christians feel that they have not achieved the liberty and the equality they long for they are to remember that Christ had come not to right all the wrongs and injustices in the world but to give an "example that you should follow His steps." Men often complain against God when they suffer what they consider undeserved misfortunes They think that God ought to interfere and punish injustice and wickedness here and now They are like the apostles James and John; they want to call down fire from heaven and destroy those who appear to them to act improperly Christ made it clear that all injustice will be rectified eventually but that for the present He wishes to allow the cockle to grow among the wheat When the proper time comes God will deal with injustice in His own way But it is not only the slave who is to be subject to authority and to recognize that mistreatment patiently borne is a service acceptable to God and meritorious for man Obedience to legitimate authority does not depend on the worthiness of the official exercising authority Christ Himself had commanded His disciples to obey the officials of the Jewish Church even though they might not be personally worthy of the office they held He was obedient first of all to His parents "He went down with them and came to Nazareth He observed the ritual and the laws of the Jewish Church He obeyed the laws of the Roman authorities and paid the tribute they demanded He set off on a Genoese ship on 1 April 1219 and stopped first in Messina before heading off to Civitavecchia before he ended up in Rome to meet with the pope The friar preached in the Basilica of Saint John Lateran while in Rome where he met both Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Dominic He foretold that Francis would receive the stigmata while Francis foretold his premature death.st angelus of jerusalem snip From there he was a guest of the Basilians in Palermo where he was for about a month before preaching in Agrigento for over a month before settling in Licata He had healed seven lepers and the ailing Archbishop of Palermo Bernardo de Castanea while in Palermo He settled on the Sicilian island though his fame as a wonderworker caused crowds to flock to him He also had success in converting some Jews though most Jews in Palermo came to despise him for this since he himself was once Jewish He wanted to convert a Knight named Berenger Catholic tradition states that Berenger was living in incest and that Angelo convinced the knight’s companion to leave him Berenger became enraged and arranged to have him attacked and murdered in front of the Church of Saints Filippo and Giacomo in Licata He didn’t die from the attack until four days after the attack and during that time he prayed for his assassin and asked the civil authorities to pardon him setting an example for all those that he preached to He was buried at Saints Filippo and Giacomo Church His sepulchre at Licata quickly became a site of Pilgrimage Symbols and Representation: Carmelite with a knife in his head; Carmelite with a sword in his breast and three crowns; Carmelite with an angel bringing him three crowns; Carmelite with lilies and roses falling from his mouth The sisters left the orphanage in 1823 to live with their cousins Giovanni and Antonio Cittadini Caterina became a teacher at a girl‘s public school in Somasca in 1824 The sisters felt a call to the religious life; their spiritual director recommended that they should stay in Somasca and become the basis of a new congregation In 1826 the sisters rented a house in Somasca and in October opened a boarding school for girls and instituted the oratory style of education for her girls The sisters established another “Cittadini” private school in 1832 Giuditta directed these new school until her sudden death in 1840 followed quickly by her spiritual director from the orphanage The rapid succession of tragedy ruined Caterina’s health but was cured through the intercession of Saint Jerome Emilani Caterina quit her public teaching position in 1845 to manage the schools and guide the three companions who help her To help organize the work and lives of her companions she wrote the beginnings of a new rule similar to that of religious orders In 1850 she obtained permission to build a private oratory to keep the Blessed Sacrament at her boarding school In 1851 she applied for approval of her new religious family and told her to write the rules of the new order; her first attempt based on the Constitution of the Ursulines of Milano was rejected A second attempt was accepted on 17 September 1854 under the title Orsoline Gerolimiane (Ursuline Sisters of Somasca) the bishop of Bergamo gave his approval; the order achieved papal recognition on 8 July 1927 and to care for the abandoned; today they work in Italy User login Explore the iconic film sets of the renowned director an honorary Adopted Son of Madrid and recipient of Oscars Curious spectators of Almodóvar’s films often find themselves trying to spot the various filming locations scattered across Madrid Some of these places have become iconic symbols of his cinematic world Below are some intriguing details about the hundreds of locations that shape Almodóvar’s Madrid and producer has earned numerous international accolades including two Academy Awards: Best Foreign Language Film for All About My Mother (1999) and Best Original Screenplay for Talk to Her (2002) He also won the Ariel Award for Best Ibero-American Film for Pain and Glory (2019) and the Golden Lion for Best Picture at the Venice Film Festival in 2024 for The Room Next Door he has also accumulated an impressive collection of Goya Awards In the final scene of What Have I Done to Deserve This? the camera pulls back from the towering apartment blocks where the characters reside gradually revealing a vast expanse of urban buildings These three imposing structures are situated along the M-30 motorway near the mosque in the La Concepción neighborhood Almodóvar first took notice of them years earlier: “When I worked at a Telefónica warehouse near Fuencarral hive-like buildings by the motorway always caught my attention.” Flirty glances and seductive exchanges were always part of the scene at this iconic cafeteria, now called La Bobia (No. 3 Calle del Duque de Alba) in El Rastro A legendary hotspot during Madrid's La Movida movement in the 1980s it plays a key role in Labyrinth of Passion featuring a heated encounter between the main characters portrayed by Imanol Arias and Cecilia Roth "¡Riégame! ¡No seas tímido!" (“Water me! Don’t be shy!”). Standing outside what is now the Conde Duque cultural centre (No Carmen Maura's character pleads with a street cleaner to hose her down and offer some relief from the sweltering summer heat in Law of Desire This moment has since become one of the director's most iconic scenes Almodóvar filmed the finale of Live Flesh on Calle del Arenal taking advantage of the festive Christmas decorations One of the shots features the iconic Museo del Jamón The director discreetly filmed the scene from inside a van while the street bustled with pedestrians and extras hired for the shoot Almodóvar noticed something unexpected: in every take "I suppose he was waiting for someone who never showed up," Almodóvar later remarked Almodóvar’s cinematic journey through Madrid offers a vastly different experience from the typical tourist bus route. However, there are a few notable exceptions: The Flower of My Secret features Plaza Mayor, and the night skyline over the Puerta de Alcalá bridge provides a stunning backdrop for the opening credits of Live Flesh makes another appearance in Broken Embraces where it can be seen from the office of the tycoon played by José Luis Gómez La Almudena Cemetery and Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport are among the most frequently featured locations in Almodóvar's films Always attuned to the city's new developments the director filmed scenes at the new high-speed AVE train station in Atocha in Kika capturing Peter Coyote’s arrival on a luxury train Cecilia Roth travels between Madrid and Barcelona by AVE despite the fact that the high-speed train had not yet reached the Catalan capital at that time A pivotal scene in Broken Embraces was filmed at the iconic Museo Chicote cocktail bar (No. 12 Gran Vía avenue), a favourite among both Spanish and international celebrities. If the walls of Museo Chicote could speak they would recount tales of Ava Gardner seducing the famous bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín The headquarters of the Spanish Cultural Heritage Institute (No 4 Calle Pintor El Greco - Ciudad Universitaria) serves as the setting for a conference delivered by the vengeful character portrayed by Antonio Banderas in The Skin I Live In Architect Richard Rogers described the building as "creative and energetic in every way down to every last detail." Designed by architects Fernando Higueras and Antonio Miró in an organic style Almodóvar chose this location to enhance the film's expressiveness and depth Though it didn’t open until 1949, the city's viaduct is a prime example of Madrid’s 1930s Rationalist style. Connecting the Royal Palace to the Vistillas area most Madrid residents invariably associate it with suicide This haunting connection to death is explored in Matador a film about passion pushed to the extreme and even more prominently another of Almodóvar’s works Paz Vega's character finds herself involved in a suicide attempt at this very location The headquarters of the Spanish Film Library (No 13 Calle de Santa Isabel) makes an appearance in two of Almodóvar's films in which Benigno (played by Javier Cámara) goes to see the short film El Amante Menguante Antonio Banderas—who serves as Almodóvar's alter ego—pays homage to the cinema leading to a memorable and hilarious scene Paseo del Pintor Rosales. This is where Salvador Mayo, the character played by Antonio Banderas, lives, sharing many traits with the director himself. It’s a charming street located directly across from Oeste Park, with Casa de Campo Park visible in the background Pedro Almodóvar left Calzada de Calatrava in Castile-La Mancha to come to the capital Convinced that his village represented a prison for his artistic impulses he betrayed his family’s wish for him to work in a bank as a respectable citizen packed his bags in search of a brighter future He arrived in Madrid via the Extremadura motorway In an autobiographical article published in Diario 16 in 1993 he described his first encounter with the city as somewhat disappointing: “It was nothing like how I had imagined; the landscape was colourless all his dreams were deeply connected to Madrid residing in some misty corner of his imagination Almodóvar recalled his mother’s stories of travelling to Madrid in the 1920s he imagined life in Madrid would resemble the glamorous world depicted in the Empress Sissi films Madrid became a place for catalogue shopping epitomised by the Galerías Preciados building with their black-and-white photographs of all kinds of beauty and household products It was my first encounter with pop culture and I will never forget it.” His perception of that legendary city continued to develop to him Madrid was a symbol of freedom “It represented the place where films premiered before anywhere else as well as the place where people built their lives it bore absolutely no resemblance to the gardens of Empress Sissi he would recount how he had to adjust to the smell of the underground and the fact that you couldn't see the stars at nighttime “Those were the first impressions I can remember—not exactly fascinating His evolution as a person and an artist is closely intertwined with the capital The city itself plays a very significant role in his movies with the filmmaker skilfully portraying the transformation that Madrid has undergone in recent decades and Madrid is lucky enough to have Almodóvar. This bond has formed without any perceptible effort from either the city or the director Almodóvar has never paid tribute to the city or publicly declared his love for the capital Their connection has emerged much more naturally as each recognised they were leading parallel lives Having become one of Almodóvar's main characters Madrid is essential to the understanding of his films The director himself has even said so in the past: "This city has always provided me with the perfect landscape and the ideal sassy characters for each and every one of my films." In Broken Embraces the director uses the two key settings of Lanzarote and Madrid to complement the plotline He pays a subtle tribute to the capital with the movie poster of Girls and Suitcases—a film within the film—which depicts a blonde Penélope Cruz standing among tall Almodóvar and Madrid have grown up together, evolving from provincial children to international all the while never losing their rural roots the filmmaker has found the ideal stage for his paradoxical worldview: a place where the most avant-garde design coexists happily with a tacky dressing gown fans of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown regarded the idea of Carmen Maura breeding hens on her attic terrace as a stroke of genius Ultimately, these contradictions define the city It was simply a question of knowing where to look and looking without fear he has acknowledged the places where his characters live their lives The attic with the hens is located in Calle de Montalbán while the serial killer featured in the same film is called the serial killer of Cuatro Caminos and the weary star of What Have I Done to Deserve This? who lives her life in Barrio de la Concepción... Oddly enough even with the abundance of local references his films became worldwide box office hits: “There are certain local features in my films which are easy to understand elsewhere Life in big cities is similar everywhere; the discomfort is mutual they're becoming increasingly connected”.  If you're eager to study the evolution of Madrid over the last 25 years well then you'll want to also study Almodóvar's films Rustic meets urban with the three stars of Pepi Bom and Other Girls Like Mom: one minute we're at a modern nightclub and the next we're knitting on the sofa. The movie Labyrinth of Passion presents the vibrant evoking the spirit of the capital during the La Movida movement In the words of one of its more outrageous characters Madrid is “the most exciting city in the world” Why not start at the convent from Dark Habits (1983) (1984), the director used barren land and lizards to portray the outskirts of Madrid In a night scene in The Law of Desire (1986) Carmen Maura asks a street cleaner to hose her down “I believe that that image is the best representation of what we call desire” It's also the most effective depiction of the suffocating Madrid summer nights ever captured on the big screen Almodóvar’s relationship with Madrid reached new depth with the city becoming a central presence shaping the characters’ lives he captures key issues facing the capital: one message reads, “Hermana I believe you”), in support of the survivor of the La Manada rape case in Pamplona in 2016; another protests the touristification of Lavapiés every scene and corner of Madrid that appears in Almodóvar's films has a purpose Sometimes symbolic and at other times autobiographical—why not He chose Gran Vía avenue as the backdrop for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1987) “It’s one of my favourite landscapes.” A student of Madrid’s evolution will also notice the changes in the human geography of the capital Before becoming the gay neighbourhood of Madrid Chueca was once home to substance users and low lifes as evidenced by the night scenes featuring Antonio Banderas in Tie Me Up Almodóvar became a sort of ambassador for Madrid although it became progressively harder for him to keep his finger on the pulse of the city “I’ve always enjoyed the company of others; I’ve always liked meeting new faces and observing—that's where I draw my inspiration it’s becoming increasingly difficult to connect with reality.” Perhaps this is why High Heels (1991) and Kika (1993) were both shot indoors? It wasn't long before the filmmaker was back on the streets to shoot The Flower of My Secret (1995) and explore some of the city’s more emblematic locations. The writer played by Marisa Paredes lives and works in Plaza de la Paja, and in one of the flick’s most charming scenes, Juan Echanove tap dances in Plaza Mayor at night Twenty-five years had passed since Almodóvar arrived in the city Many of those experiences occurred at the same rate as the city itself,” Almodóvar wrote in 1998 when he chose to look back on his life and career for the first time and reflect on the many changes The story of Live Flesh (1997) begins with the birth of a baby during Christmas 1970 at a time when the country was under a state of emergency terrified,” the main character says to his son the people of Spain lost that fear a long time ago.” Notably Almodóvar found one of his most dramatic filming locations: La Ventilla a shanty town of crumbling shacks on the brink of demolition to make way for the modern we see Madrid and Almodóvar filled with striking contrasts and contradictions he had directed twelve feature films—twelve unique portrayals of a single city When he announced that he would shoot All About My Mother (1999) in Barcelona the filmmaker confessed to feeling a pang of guilt “I feel I have betrayed Madrid,” he admitted The result was a landmark film set in Barcelona he returned to old Madrid in Talk to Her (2002) he revisited the street corners (“I have a thing for corners”) capturing once again the essence of his city he has received all sorts of tempting offers—proposals to make a film in the United States, to shoot in English Yet the director has no intention of leaving Madrid behind he might experience what Marisa Paredes does on returning to the capital in High Heels: We invite you to discover Madrid through the eyes of Spain's most revered film director Madrid offers the country's biggest selection of cinemas showing films in their original language Discover the city's most popular sights and attractions from one of Europe's largest royal palaces to the magnificent Prado Museum and the Real Madrid football stadium.  Download free maps and guides to the city to help you plan your trip The city’s new official sightseeing and tourist travel pass Our online store (in Spanish) sells artisan souvenirs Madrid's excellent transport system allows you to get around the city quickly and safely by bus Inicio / Notas de prensa / Gas Natural Fenosa Renovables begins building the largest solar photovoltaic plant in Toledo The President of the Castile-La Mancha Regional GovernmentEmiliano García-Page; the Regional Minister for the Economy Patricia Franco; the President of the Toledo Provincial Council Álvaro Gutiérrez; the Mayor of El Carpio de Tajo Germán Jiménez; the General Manager of Wholesale Business at GAS NATURAL FENOSA Manuel Fernández; and the General Manager of Gas Natural Fenosa Renovables today laid the first stone at the Carpio de Tajo solar photovoltaic plant which will be the largest facility of its kind in the province of Toledo will have 158,400 modules and 50 megawatts (MW) of power which is equivalent to the annual consumption of 36,000 homes and more than the electricity consumed by the inhabitants of Carpio de Tajo and Talavera de la Reina GAS NATURAL FENOSA’s investment in this project will amount to €30 million and lead to the creation of 90 jobs between the construction The building work is expected to finish at the end of this year This facility will enable a reduction in the use of other conventional power generation sources helping to cut CO2 emissions by around 81,000 tonnes as well as reducing other polluting emissions the construction of which forms part of the 250 MW awarded during the new renewable power auction held by the Spanish Ministry of Energy Tourism and the Digital Agenda (MINETAD) in July 2017 the company is reaffirming its commitment to Castile-La Mancha which will be further strengthened in the future Gas Natural Fenosa Renovables in Castile-La Mancha GAS NATURAL FENOSA’s renewables subsidiary started the process of building the La Nava solar photovoltaic plant a facility located in Almodóvar del Campo and Puertollano (Ciudad Real) with an installed power of 49 MW and an investment of over €34 million Gas Natural Fenosa Renovables has formalised the nomination of fiver other photovoltaic plants in Castile-La Mancha in the provinces of Guadalajara and Ciudad Real The seven projects will add up to 217.7 MW of power and involve a total investment of some €176 million Castile-La Mancha is the autonomous region where the company has registered the most projects and photovoltaic power Gas Natural Fenosa Renovables also operates another facility with the same technology It is the oldest in Europe and entered operation in 1994 with a peak power of 1 MW the company has nine wind farms in Castile-La Mancha covering the electricity needs of some 200,000 homes and avoiding the emission of 170,000 tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere a company forming part of GAS NATURAL FENOSA closed 2017 with a consolidated total installed power in operation of 1,147 MW (979 MW in wind power 110 MW in mini-hydropower plants and 58 MW in cogeneration and photovoltaic plants) You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser or activate Google Chrome Frame to improve your experience Another big energy group transitioning to clean sources has chosen to change its name to reflect the new strategy The Spanish gas and power provider started investing in solar last spring The headquarters of Gas Natural Fenosa in Barcelona Spain-based natural gas and power provider Gas Natural Fenosa has changed its name to Naturgy Energy Group as well as a stronger commitment towards clean energy sources we are building an international brand adapted to all the global markets where we operate and where we will operate we are lending fresh impetus to address new commitments to be closer to our customers wherever they are and to seek out simple environmentally-friendly solutions,” said tchairman which is being planned in the municipality of Almodóvar del Campo Both projects form part of the 250 MW PV pipeline the group secured in the RE auction held by the Spanish government in July 2017 in which around 3.5 GW of PV capacity was allocated the company’s unit Global Power Generation (GPG) is building a 120 MW solar facility in Chile while another 60 MW is expected to be deployed in Brazil by its local subsidiary Prior to Gas Natural Fenosa, another energy giant – Norway’s Statoil – was renamed Equinor to stress its new commitment to renewables which three years ago decided to change its name Engie More articles from Emiliano Bellini Please be mindful of our community standards and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" By submitting this form you agree to pv magazine using your data for the purposes of publishing your comment Your personal data will only be disclosed or otherwise transmitted to third parties for the purposes of spam filtering or if this is necessary for technical maintenance of the website Any other transfer to third parties will not take place unless this is justified on the basis of applicable data protection regulations or if pv magazine is legally obliged to do so You may revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future in which case your personal data will be deleted immediately your data will be deleted if pv magazine has processed your request or the purpose of data storage is fulfilled Further information on data privacy can be found in our Data Protection Policy Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" This website uses cookies to anonymously count visitor numbers. View our privacy policy. × The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this Close This exhibition surveys the avant-garde practices implemented by the psychiatrist Francesc Tosquelles (Reus Tosquelles dignified the lives of the people who least mattered to others while at the same time questioning the meaning of the “normality” and opposing the traditional view of pathologies in a Europe dominated by fascisms he is a referent for reflections on the value of mental health at moments of extreme crisis with the proclamation of the Second Republic Barcelona was transformed into a “little Vienna” by the arrival of psychiatrists and psychoanalysts fleeing from antisemitism in Central Europe between the end of the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera and the uprising of General Franco in 1936 that Tosquelles familiarized himself with psychoanalysis to the extent of becoming one of those who introduced it to Catalonia and the rest of Spain under the new public health policies He understood then that in order to cure the patients it was necessary first to cure the institutions that took charge of them As a militant in the Bloc Obrer i Camperol (BOC which merged in 1935 with the Partit Obrer d’Unificació Marxista (POUM Tosquelles turned to an alliance between psychoanalysis and Marxism to transform the asylums by proposing the need to treat the entire hospital as a sick body and change its authoritarian and concentrationary unconscious This anti-authoritarianism also impregnated Tosquelles’s relationship with politics throughout his militancy with the anarchosyndicalists and minority communist parties critical of Stalinism he worked with non-professional teams as head of psychiatry for the Republican army on the Aragon Front and in Extremadura It was in this context of war that the first therapeutic communities avant la lettre emerged These included members of civil society with roles in the field of psychiatry that were unusual before their spread in England and Scotland in the 1950s by then steeped in the political and cultural experience of the Mancomunitat de Catalunya and having worked in Sariñena and Almodóvar del Campo Tosquelles was forced into exile in France like so many other Republicans There he organized a psychiatric unit with the aid of a nurse he moved on to the Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole Psychiatric Hospital where he fostered a transformation of the psychiatric institution through the collective work of interns Impregnated with the lessons learned in the Catalan cooperatives of the 1930s he introduced the self-management of labor Tosquelles opened the psychiatric hospital to collective cultural practices and was a pioneer in the introduction to this type of institution of mural newspapers and house journals as well as work with the printing press and ergotherapy workshops the sanatorium of Saint-Alban became a refuge for Jews who lived together with the medical community and the interns Paul Éluard wrote Souvenirs de la maison des fous [Memories of the Madhouse] a compilation of poems inspired by his stay at the sanatorium and it was also there that Tristan Tzara created Parler seul [Speaking Alone] in 1945 a long poem that was illustrated by Joan Miró in 1948 the artist Jean Dubuffet visited Saint-Alban at the time when he was planning the “hunt for art brut” for his collection and starting to extract these objects from the hospitals where they originated Dubuffet opposed art brut to the “cultural art of the museums the salons,” and defined it as an anti-cultural art created by people outside that circle Dubuffet’s project was different to that of Saint-Alban Far from taking an interest in anti-cultural statements Tosquelles made cultural practices into a tool for awakening social ties in the patients Locating these objects in the context of the psychiatric hospital and within the project for which they were created this exhibition asks what name might be given to this production if we ceased to think of it through the label of art brut Tosquelles summed up his own experience from its beginnings in Catalonia with a quotation from the Comte de Lautréamont’s Les chants de Maldoror (1869) which inspired the Surrealists to extol the haphazardness of beauty: “beautiful as the chance meeting on a dissecting table of a sewing machine and an umbrella.” In his view what had been done in Catalonia between the 1910s and the 1930s was “like a sewing machine in a wheat field.” With this expression he preserved the memory of the attempts of the Mancomunitat and the Republic to organize therapeutic care in close connection with the municipalities Collaboration with different agents and international political and cultural collectives A confederation of artistic internationalism made up of seven European museums about 45 centimeters long and weighing approximately between 24 and 32 kilograms were discovered years ago during the construction of the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline at the Los Escoriales de Doña Rama site They are kept at the Belmez Museum and in private homes Two of them bear a distinctive mark with the letters “S S” which corresponds to the societas Sisaponensis an ancient mining company from La Bienvenida (Almodóvar del Campo This mark indicates that the ingots were intended for export revealing that ancient Roman Córdoba was not only a production center but also a strategic point for Mediterranean trade The international and multidisciplinary team led by the University of Córdoba investigated these ingots and their conclusions were published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology Through chemical analysis and stable isotopes it was established that these ingots were desilvered and that the ore from which they were derived came from the Fuente Obejuna-Azuaga district The uniqueness of this discovery lies in the fact that the ingots were found in the same location where they were manufactured something unusual since most of these ingots have been found at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea the researchers collaborated with specialists from the University of Toulouse who have been studying the composition of ingots found at the bottom of the sea UCO researcher Antonio Monterroso Checa explained that this discovery places northern Córdoba within the primary networks of metallurgical and commercial production of the ancient Mediterranean Monterroso also noted that this finding suggests that the Doña Rama site could have been a mining settlement with a mine and knowledge to achieve that level of manufacturing This study is part of the MEI-Heritage Project funded by the Junta de Andalucía and the Research and Transfer Unit in Heritage Sciences at the University of Córdoba The research is also related to the project “Production and Circulation of Goods in the Southern Edge of the Plateau” funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation Inicio / Notas de prensa / Naturgy begins construction work on three new photovoltaic plants in Castilla-La Mancha with sufficient capacity to supply 86,000 households Naturgy has begun construction work on three new photovoltaic plants in Castilla-La Mancha: the Zorita I and Zorita II facilities located in the vicinity of the former José Cabrera nuclear power plant between the municipalities of Almonacid de Zorita and Zorita de los Canes (Guadalajara) and the Ocaña plant in the municipality of Ocaña (Toledo) The Group will invest more than 76 million euros in the three plants which together will increase Castilla-La Mancha’s renewable power capacity by 150 MWp and create more than 1,000 jobs in the various construction and operation phases The three new photovoltaic plants will produce around 310 GWh per year equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of 86,000 households and will displace the use of other conventional power generation sources to help prevent more than 172,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year These facilities are scheduled to start operating in 2025 The start of this construction work consolidates Naturgy’s commitment to energy transition in Castilla-La Mancha In addition to these three photovoltaic plants the Group manages 20 other renewable energy projects in the region that will increase capacity by 1,000 MW These are five battery storage projects hybridised with solar energy 12 projects to hybridise wind farms with photovoltaic technology and three projects to hybridise three hydropower plants with solar energy which are currently at various stages of being processed will help strengthen supply quality in the Spanish electricity system promoting the integration of renewable energy in the network These three new solar facilities strengthen Naturgy’s commitment to Castilla-La Mancha where it currently operates more than 1,150 MW of wind photovoltaic and hydropower through 29 facilities spread across different provinces The company manages 12 wind farms: Loma Gorda San Gil and Peña I (Tartanedo) and Canredondo I (Canredondo) in Guadalajara; Malagón I and Malagón II in Ciudad Real; and Los Pedreros (Fuente Álamo) La Fuensanta (Peñas de San Pedro) and Casa del Aire I and II (El Bonillo) in Albacete Picón II and Picón III (Porzuna) and La Nava (Almodóvar del Campo) plants are located in the province of Ciudad Real and in Toledo the company operates Carpio de Tajo (El Carpio de Tajo) as well as the Toledo PV plant in La Puebla de Montalbán which is the oldest in Europe as it began operating in 1994 with a peak power of 1 MW the Canredondo plant came into operation in Guadalajara in 2021 the company operates nine hydropower plants in Castilla-La Mancha in the provinces of Guadalajara Naturgy has made a commitment to be one of the key players in the energy transition towards a circular and decarbonised economy model The group allocated 90% of the investments made in 2023 to energy transition projects with 1.73 billion spent on renewable power generation and more than 900 million on distribution networks Naturgy currently has an operational installed renewable generation capacity of around 6.5 GW (3.3 GW of wind power generation 2.2 GW of hydropower generation and 1 GW of photovoltaic generation) and expects to have an installed capacity of around 8 GW in operation by the end of 2024 in addition to a number of projects totalling almost 20 GW in the pipeline Naturgy manages a total of 70 projects at different stages All of them are located in Spain and focus on biomethane (60 projects) or hydrogen (10 projects) Naturgy wants to lead the opportunity that biomethane represents as a vector of the energy transition in our country According to the latest analyses by the Spanish gas association Sedigas biomethane could potentially reach 160 Twh in Spain equivalent to 50% of the current natural gas demand Despite the abundant rainfall in March in Malaga province the nighttime water restrictions remain in place in Vélez-Málaga on the eastern stretch of the Costa del Sol along with other towns and villages in the Axarquía Farmers still do not have access to water from La Viñuela reservoir for irrigation which has been the case since 1 January 2022 In this context of drought and with no rain forecast for the foreseeable future Vélez-Málaga town hall has received a new setback from Spain’s central government in their request for European Next Generation funds to improve water supply networks This is the second blow to the town hall within a week as a few days ago the local authority learned that it had lost out on a further three million euros to carry out work on its 10th century fortress having missed a deadline to submit all the documents Now the town hall has lost its request for 9.2 million for water infrastructure which was also presented in the last months of the last legislature by the previous bipartite team of the socialist PSOE party and the independent Torre del Mar GIPMTM party According to the resolution of the central ministry for ecological transition the reason for this rejection is because Vélez-Málaga town hall "did not present the documentation required” The official document which is signed by the secretary of state for the environment did not include a number of documents required to go with the application SUR has tried without success to get an answer from the current bipartite team made up of the centre-right Partido Popular (PP) and GIPMTM on this matter and to know the reasons why this documentation was not presented in time presented jointly with 22 Valencian municipalities envisaged allocating 2,431,858.24 euros for the renovation and implementation of new underground water catchments in the Almayate area 6,352,558.24 euros for the renovation of the water transport and circulation infrastructure and 449,977.14 euros for the digitalisation of the sewage networks The previous town hall team proposed improvements to 15 kilometres of the supply networks The project had a total budget for the 23 municipalities of 11,173,616.28 euros of which 90 per cent would have been provided by the European Next Generation funds and the remaining 10 per cent (2,862,837.94 euros) would have to come from the municipal coffers The application was submitted jointly with the Valencian water management company Ciclagua S.A. in order to be eligible for a larger amount of the subsidy If Vélez had applied alone it would have only been eligible for 60 per cent of the total budget according to the documentation to which SUR has had access the plan was to replace three kilometres of asbestos cement network on the western edge of the town in the section from the El Toro reservoir to Bajamar another 7.25 kilometres from the latter area to the border with Rincón de la Victoria another two kilometres from the Molino de las Monjas catchments to the town centre of Vélez-Málaga 1.25 kilometres of asbestos cement pipes in the Almayate network and 1.5 kilometres from the Vega Mena catchments to Torre del Mar The project also proposed the digitalisation of the municipal sewerage network for the integral control of the pipes leading to a more efficient water supply system which would reduce water losses and increase its reliability and robustness the town hall estimated losses of 24% in the supply network The catchments to be renovated are in a "highly degraded state" The former PSOE mayor of Vélez-Málaga Antonio Moreno Ferrer has shown his "disappointment with the manifest incapacity of a government team that only knows how to repaint kerbs without a clear vision of the municipality and the future" The Ministry for Ecological Transition has also rejected a project jointly requested by the Malaga municipalities of Alameda The reasons are that they did not present "the corrected documentation required " And an application from Sayalonga town hall in the Axarquía for the installation of smart water meters was also rejected again apparently for not supplying the correct documentation The only town in Malaga to benefit from the funding was Villanueva de Algaidas The project has received 351,866.95 euros of the total budget of 439,003.92 euros Comentar es una ventaja exclusiva para registrados where the Duke of Westminster Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor – a close friend of the Royal family and a landowner in Spain – died on Tuesday The Duke of Westminster – who has lands in Spain – died in the Royal Preston Hospital after being taken ill at his Abbeystead Estate: “Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have sent a private message of condolence ,” said a Buckingham Palace spokeswoman Princes William and Harry visit Spain to hunt on the private estate of the Duke of Westminster Finca La Garganta is one of the largest hunting estates in Western Europe La Garganta is located in the rugged Sierra Morenain situated between the town of Conquista and the hamlet of Minas de Horcajo In 2003 it was bought on lease and renovated by Gerald Grosvenor The property was formerly owned by the British mining company Rio Tinto which mined the hills for a variety of minerals Since the early 20th century it was converted to a hunting ground by a consortium of European landowners They managed it through the company Villamagna SA before the mostly aristocratic German owners started leasing it to Gerald Grosvenor In 2007 it was reported that the private accommodation consisted of six large villas A converted railway station allows for rail access while the headquarters is supplied with its own petrol station to service a fleet of over 20 jeeps The hilly and extensively forested property has a perimeter of 40 miles and ranges from 585 to 1,266 meters in altitude flanked by pine forests in the north and east Rare wildlife includes the black stork and Spanish imperial eagle The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall are said to be ‘deeply shocked and greatly saddened’ by the sudden death is Prince George’s youngest godfather and his wife Natalia is godmother to the Duke of Cambridge The Duke is reportedly worth 10.8 billion dollars (£8.3 billion) according to Forbes – the 68th richest billionaire in the world – and third richest in the UK The Duke owned 190 acres in Belgravia – adjacent to Buckingham Palace – and along with thousands of acres in Scotland and Spain “It is with the greatest sadness that we can confirm that the Duke of Westminster Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor died this afternoon (Tuesday August 9) at Royal Preston Hospital He was taken there from the Abbeystead Estate in Lancashire where he had suddenly been taken ill,” said The Grosvenor family’s spokeswoman The Duke suffered a nervous breakdown and depression in 1998 In his early 20s The Duke became Trustee of the estate and had to abandon his planned career in the Armed Forces He became the sixth Duke of Westminster aged 27 The British and Spanish Royal families descend from both Queen Victoria and Christian IX of Denmark King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia are all related It doesn’t belong to me,” The Duke once said Log in to leave a comment © 2021 The Leader Digital