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The City of Cartagena, the municipality of Elda and Footwear Museum of Alicante town, working with the English Court in the organization of this scale events that will bring, from 2 to 18 May, commercial, cultural and leisure activities to the streets city
Boost tourism and spice trade, are the objectives that, over a year ago, the idea of organizing Shoepping in Cartagena, MACROEVENTS of the Spanish footwear industry that will develop from 2 to 18 May, emerged driven by the English Court in the program of activities to commemorate its tenth anniversary in the city, which has had the support of the City of Cartagena, the Elda and Shoe Museum this Alicante town, birthplace of making the best Spanish footwear.
Hence the official presentation of the event, which took place Tuesday at the Palace Hall, councilors have come Commerce, Mariano García, and Tourism Palazón Carolina, by the City of Cartagena;
the mayor of Tourism of Elda, Francisco Muñoz, and the director of the English Court, Alfredo Carvajal.
During the fifteen days of this large sample of footwear, which begins with the celebration of the Crosses of May and ends coincide with the Night of Museums, will be both cultural activities such as shopping, with exhibits that show the peculiarities of the Spanish footwear and the latest trends, an exclusive store with over 300 models from top brands Made in Spain El Corte Ingles and perhaps most spectacular, the Shoe Street Art, a route which runs from the port to the mall in Alameda , in which a monumental set of footwear will be discussed.
Throughout this journey thirteen artworks large, distributed structures shaped shoe 2 meters high property INESCOP (Technological Institute for Footwear), which until now has only visited four Spanish cities.
It was not easy to bring this exhibition to Cartagena, asserted Mariano García, profiling requires many details, but our intention is to work for boost trade in this sector and are, to date we have organized an event on the wedding industry, and now are with the shoe, for which we have the cooperation of the strip mall.
For his part, Councillor for Tourism Elda shown delighted that our shoes are promoted in a city like Cartagena, one of the most emerging with regard to tourism and trade and which have much to learn.
ROUTES FOR LOVERS OF SHOES
Besides the great monumental footwear shows a large scale, the Shoepping offer several exhibitions made ​​possible thanks to the collaboration of the Footwear Museum of Elda, who has given some of its parts.
Thus, the Refugio Civil War Museum will host the exhibition Traces of History, will show the process of making handcrafted shoes, and includes faithful reproductions of distinctive footwear past.
At the other extreme, the latest design can be seen in Shoes with Signature, which can be visited in the Museum of the Roman Theatre, a real showcase of the leading trends of the season at the hands of the most prestigious Spanish companies .
The cultural offer is completed with two exhibitions at the English Court, Showtime, showing shoes of famous people from all fields, as Rafa Nadal, Fernando Alonso, Iker Casillas, the Duchess of Alba, Julio Iglesias and Lola Flores ;
Smaller Shoes and the world, featuring small miniature models of footwear.
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TEN YEARS OF THE COURT England ‰ S IN CARTAGENA
Shoepping is framed in various activities and events that the English Court of Cartagena will develop to celebrate its tenth anniversary in the port city.
These activities, as noted by the manager of the mall, Alfredo Carvajal, highlights the Birthday Party that will be held April 30 starting at 6 pm, in which a candle will be blown Great cake four feet in diameter and six meters high to be divided between Cartagena and there will be a concert.
To this we must add, among other activities, Food Fair of the District of Cartagena, from 13 May to 1 June, with over 500 products of the earth;
a Gastronomic Days, from 13 to 29 May, with the best chefs in the region;
Casting Women and Real, May 22, to find the most beautiful Cartagena.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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