‘Manuel Azaña y la Segunda República’ is the title of the exhibition opened yesterday in Rector Peset hall of residence’s Sala de la Muralla (Plaza del Forn de Sant Nicolau, 4. Valencia). The showing can be visited until April 12th. The opening was scheduled at 20:00.
Organized by the Asociación Manuel Azaña in León and Asociación Joan Peset i Aleixandre, this showing has the support of the Spanish Ministry of the Presidency and Universitat de València’s Rector Peset hall of residence.
The showing is about Manuel Azaña Díaz (Alcalá de Henares, 1880 – Montauban, 1940), who was president of the Spanish Second Republic and one of the XXth century’s most emblematic figures.
The exhibition has two parts showing a great deal of original documetation dated of the Spanish Second Republic.
Most of the documentation shown is owned by the Asociación Manuel Azaña in León, Spain; the rest has been borrowed to Fundación Luís Bello and Izquierda Republicana.
The first part of the exhibition reviews Azaña’s life and politics using a series of pictures shown on panels in chronological order. They begin showing images of his childhood and youth, then the Republic and Civil War phases are shown, and finally, his exile and funeral in Montauban (France) on November 4th, 1940.
The second part is made up of important documentary materials: a book edited by Cortes Constituyentes (Spanish Parliament that created the Constitution) with pictures of elected members of parliament, coins and bills from the Republic and the Civil War, as well as some Azaña’s personal documents and books written by him.
Also exhibited, there are some samples of twenty ancient newspapers: ‘El Liberal', 'El Sol', 'Ahora', 'La Vanguardia', 'Política', 'La Época', 'El Pueblo', 'República', 'El Mercantil Valenciano’, among others.
Last update: 4 de april de 2012 08:51.
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