Elche

Sala de la Orden Tercera - 20 September to 22 October 2016

Comission - Manuel Carreres Rodríguez

General Coordination - Inmaculada Aguilar Civera

Technical Coordination - Rubén Pacheco Díaz

Research - Inmaculada Aguilar Civera, Laura Bolinches Martínez, Manuel, Carreres Rodríguez, Susana Climent Viguer, Desirée Juliana Colomer and Rubén Pacheco Díaz

Design - Mary Ortega

This exhibition, organised by the Valencian Ministry of Housing, Public Work and Territorial Planning via the Demetrio Ribes Chair, with the collaboration of the Elche City Hall, is titled El Baix Vinalopó. Indrets i paisatges de l’obra pública (El Baix Vinalopó. Public works spaces and landscapes). It displays a selection of 17 preserved elements of public works in this region of Alicante.

Following a map of El Baix Vinalopó that displays these selected elements, the exhibition continues with the elements themselves, which are divided into four themed sections: communications, water, defence and urban bridges.

From a broad perspective in terms of chronology and typology, the exhibition weaves together prestigious heritage sites, like the Canalejas Bridge, the Elche Dam and Escaletes Tower in Santa Pola, with lesser-known elements, like the Pontet dels Moros in Crevillent or the coastal and anti-aircraft batteries on the Cape of Santa Pola. Other sites exhibited include large infrastructures among the natural scenery, like the Port of Santa Pola, the Altet Airport and the channelling of the Vinalopó River in Elche, as well as other, smaller examples, such as the Ressemblanch Tower, also in Elche, or the El Prao water tank and the Jorge Juan Bridge in Crevillent.

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