After the success of the first edition, which took place at the aqueduct of Peña Cortada, we present a second edition at the end of October.
Presentation
One of the Demetrio Ribes Chair's most firm commitments is to appreciate the most representative infrastructures of the Valencian territory and to make them known to the general public. What better way than to do it in the same place we want to defend? 'Paseos por la Obra Pública' ('Walks through public Works), a series of activities where experts on a subject share their knowledge from a didactic and fun perspective, are here!
After the success of the first edition at the Peña Cortada Aqueduct we present you a second outing in October. Even if you are worried it could rain, you have no excuse. We will be protected! We will go to the History Museum of València but with a different obejctive. We will visit to see a magnificent continent of the past. We will discover, in many unexpected ways, the first water reserve of València.
Everyone is fascinated as soon as they enter and see the astonishing space where you only see bricks. Hundreds of pilasters that resemble a forest hold a 'sky' made by several vaults. Being inaugurated in 1850, this incredible space that provided water to the city of our ancestors was the source of civic pride. The progress, unstoppable then, manifests in a new way, modern and undispensable which had its climax in a little fountain in a plaze called today Plaza del 'Negrito'.
Funded partly by the omnipresent José Campo, the original project of the Depósito General de Mislata was designed by Calixto de Santa Cruz in 1845. The idea was modified before its implementation finally carried out by the engineers Ildefonso Cerdá and Leodegario Marchessaux: from their location to the modification of a hall with walls risen in a hypostyle room. If you wish to discover the technical and historical secrets of this hidraulic structure, as well as the transformations that made it the extraordinary museum it is today, you can now.
Who will unveil this misteries? Javier Martí (Director of the History Museum of València and archaeologist), and Josep Vicent Boira (Professor of Human Geography and connaisseur of the nineteenth-century València.) Its a unic opportunity to enjoy one of the patrimonial milestones inherited by public work. The activity will take place on Thursday 24 October. we will meet at the entrance of the museum at 7:00 p.m. The activity is free but registration is required. Limited places!
Timetable
19-20 h. Conference by Josep Vicent Boira: 'La llegada del agua potable a València, 1850' ('The Arrival of Potable Water, 1850').
20-21 h. Conference by Javier Martí: 'El depósito de aguas de Cerdá y Marchessaux (1850) en València' [The water reserve of Cerdá and Marchessaux (1850) in València'].
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