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The Cultural Year of Abate Marchena<\/strong>which during 2018 was held in the ‘.Mostachon City’.<\/strong> on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the birth of this historical figure from Utrera who was a protagonist of the history of Spain and Europe in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, has closed with the arrival in Utrera this Friday of the large metal sculpture weighing 1,000 kilograms of steel and measuring 2.61 meters in size<\/strong> which will soon be placed next to the fa\u00e7ade of the Surga de Utrera House<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The work ‘Abate Marchena’ is\nan artistic creation of the prestigious sculptor Jordi D\u00edez<\/strong>. The\nthe arrival of the sculpture, focused the gaze of many Utreranos as it passed by\nMar\u00eda Auxiliadora Avenue, at the time of unloading and also, during\nthe exhibition itself, which can be visited these days until February 9 at\nfrom 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the opening of the\nThe author of the sculpture, Jordi Diez, himself explained that his work, in the\nwhich he has been working on for seven months, has as its main objective to\ncharacteristic that it is made of steel, a material that gives with its absence\nof color<\/strong> an immaterial character<\/strong> to the sculpture with the\nto better reflect, “not the Abate Marchena himself, but the interior of the\ncharacter”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From the symbolism of the figure\nThe absence of a face<\/strong>, because it is not known, and the hands,\none with the pen, which reflects his wisdom, and the other, the left one, with which he\nthe past away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Following the presentation of the\nthe new sculpture of the Abb\u00e9 Marchena, the event continued with the presentation of the\nproject for the renovation of the Surga House and a visit to the construction site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The project is about the\nthe Casa Surga as a Cultural Center of Utrera<\/strong>, and the\nwill be completed by the end of May or early April<\/strong>.\nThe evolution of the work can be contemplated by the people of Utrera who come to see it.\nthese days to the exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The work is being carried out\nwith prefabricated demountable modules<\/strong> and uses\nlightweight, quick to assemble and reversible elements. This makes the\nhistoric buildings are not being modified, but are only being used in them.\nfree spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to the assembly of the\nprefabricated movable structures, the project includes a second phase of the\nThe works have already been approved by the Provincial Heritage Commission, which has already\nwill consist of the restoration of the fa\u00e7ade<\/strong> and the refurbishment of the\nof the monument up to its first bay. This second phase of the works will not\nwill start until the end of the first one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The new Surga House features\nwith the first bay that can be used as an exhibition hall<\/strong>,\nan auditorium for 200 people<\/strong>, a reception module, an elevator\nmounted inside a transparent capsule, a hydraulic module mounted inside a transparent capsule, a hydraulic\ntoilets adapted for users and connecting galleries between the elements that\nwill be open or closed depending on the time of year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the presentation of the project of the new Casa Surga, the mayor, Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Villalobos, explained that the objective of this project and the new sculpture of Abate Marchena are to recover the city’s heritage, enhance its value and give it an added cultural value for the city. to place Utrera in the artistic and cultural vanguard of Andalusia and Spain.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nRenovation project of the ‘Casa Surga’.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n