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The Archaeological Museum honors its former director Pedro San Martin (06/02/2014)

The Municipal Archaeological Museum Enrique Escudero de Castro pays tribute to Cartagena which he was director for decades, San Pedro Martín Moro.

And it does so with a temporary exhibition that opened its doors today on the first floor and will last until March 12.

The mayor of Culture, Rosario Montero, stressed the long history of this architect that his thirst for knowledge led him to recover a large part of our archaeological heritage during the presentation this morning.

And Peter San Martin was responsible for the discovery of important remains of Roman theater as well as much of the archaeological excavations as the Byzantine wall or the windlass.

The Old Cathedral of Cartagena, the Roman site of Duke Street and the castles of Lorca, Jumilla star in Moratalla and explanatory panels work of this architect, describing each project with a timeline, which accompany photographs.

In addition, several documents and personal belongings of San Martín exposed.

Visitors will see in this sample to the glasses, passport or eraser wearing architect.

Personal photographs like the race to party in Madrid are also shown.

Even the registration receipt of School of Arts and Artistic Trades of capital appears in this collection.

Another curiosity of the exhibition is the discovery of a hitherto little known facet of the former director of the museum, such as drawing.

In one of the cases several illustrations made by him as a 2 year old girl or the Church of Santa María la Antigua in Valladolid is.

The sample is a consolidation of the family legacy of architect Pedro San Martin won late last year to the General Archives.

His legacy consists of over two hundred boxes containing works projects, archaeological reports, photographs and original plans of tens of interventions.

It is ultimately a character who opted for the culture, architecture and heritage recovery and now we have to pay homage to the first anniversary of his death, explained this morning President Dean of the College of Architects Murcia (COAMU), Antonio García Herrero.

The opening ceremony was also attended by the vocal 1 of the Board of Governors of COAMU, Alfonso Castile Museum director Maria Comas, and the curator, Felix Santiuste.

YOUR CAREER

San Pedro Martín studied architecture at the School of Madrid, where he graduated in 1953 and had studied under Leopoldo Torres Balbás, former curator of the Alhambra and one of the pioneers of modern monumental restoration in Spain.

After passing the exams as an architect of the Ministry of Finance, in early 1954 he scored his first and only destination in Cartagena.

Fate never gave up despite having the opportunity to return to his hometown Valladolid.

Soon he began collaborating with the Department of Fine Arts as assistant architect of the Seventh District Service National Artistic Patrimony, and later with the emerging autonomous region, in different projects of recovery of assets held in the Region as well as the city of Cartagena, where he was curator of the local archaeological excavations and archaeological director of the municipal museum for decades.

In 1997 he received the award for professional work awarded by the College of Architects of Murcia, in recognition of his dedication to research, restoration, conservation and protection of the historical heritage of the region, an organization that has dedicated a recent tribute and exhibition retrospect, it is now displayed in the Municipal Archaeological Museum Enrique Escudero Cartagena.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena

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