The declaration of March 19, the date of the Christian conquest of the city, as Badajoz Day, took place a year ago, but today was the first time that it was commemorated
The city celebrated its first official day this Saturday with an institutional event at the Town Hall, guided tours and an exhibition. The declaration of March 19, the date of the Christian conquest of the city, as Badajoz Day, took place a year ago, but today was the first time it was commemorated.
The programming has started with an institutional act in the Town Hall at 11 a.m., which was planned to bring together the municipal corporation with the historical, civil and military associations that, highlighted the mayor, Ignacio Gragera, “have promoted this recognition so that it would be a reality”.
During the event, the city’s official chronicler, Alberto González, was in charge of offering a conference to contextualize and frame the historical significance of this event, which marked the end of Arab rule in the city.
Institutional act carried out in the Town Halls. /
González himself will also be the protagonist on the 24th of the presentation of his book ‘El León y la column’, where he has compiled the opinion articles that he publishes every Sunday in the newspaper HOY. This event, which is also included in the Badajoz Day program, will be at 7:30 p.m. at the Town Hall and will be presented by the journalist Manuela Martín.
Also for this Saturday, three guided tours were planned, two of them will be outdoors and organized by Tourism. The tour has been the Alcazaba to discover the history and symbols of the walled enclosure.
At the Luis de Morales City Museum, the Department of Culture has also scheduled a monographic guided tour on the history of Badajoz from the arrival of King Alfonso IX of León and the Christian conquest of the city.
Finally, on Monday an exhibition will be inaugurated in the Municipal Historical Archive entitled ‘The city after Alfonso IX’, where the documents, files, privileges and privileges that are treasured from the 13th century will be shown.
An initiative of the then mayor of Vox
The declaration of March 19 as Badajoz Day was an initiative by Alejandro Vélez, who was then a Vox councilor and today is an unassigned mayor, who led a plenary session and was supported by the PP and Cs.
The ephemeris coincides with the commemoration of the entrance of the Leonese king Alfonso IX, who in 1230 seized the city from the Muslims, who had maintained their power in Badajoz since its foundation in the year 875.
For this reason, until the beginning of the 19th century, Saint Joseph was the patron saint of the city, although he was relegated to Saint John from then on for being the owner of the Cathedral and also patron saint of the diocese and bishopric of Badajoz.
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