I reproduce literally the press release of these days:
To mark the 270 anniversary of the famous and heroic defense of Cartagena de Indias by Don Blas de Lezo and within the events organized to mark the Bicentennial of Independence Academy of the History of Cartagena and the Royal Academy Matritense of Heraldry and Genealogy, sponsored and backbone of the cultural office of the Embassy of Spain in Bogotá, organized a Conference in Honor of the aforementioned Don Blas de Lezo and Olavarrieta, Lieutenant General of the Royal Spanish Navy and defense of Cartagena, in this city of 7 to 9 September next.
The events begin with a solemn Mass, the same day 7, the anniversary of the death of Don Blas, officiated by the Rt. Archbishop of Cartagena, Monsignor Enrique Jimenez Carvajal, and will continue with two intense days of lectures to be delivered by top experts in many different aspects of that defense and its maximum protagonist Thus, Horacio Trujillo Velez Don Leon (President Academy of the History of Cartagena) will deliver the keynote address at the Naval Museum of the Caribbean on day 8 at 9 am. In the same Naval Museum will give a lecture Vice Admiral Guillermo Uribe Pelaez. Later, in the Conference Room of the Convent of Santo Domingo, headquarters of the Spanish Cooperation Agency, other conferences will take decisions that will be offered by architect Don Ricardo Zabateta by Colonel Marines of the Spanish Armada Miguel Aragon Fontenla (Member of the Institute of Naval History and Culture of Spain), by historian Rodolfo Segovia, Jose Manuel Restrepo (Director of the Archive Restrepo), by the French antiquarian Bogota gift Timothée de Saint-Albin, the historian and former senator Pablo Victoria (biographer of Don Blas de Lezo), by the biographer and descendant of the famous Spanish sailor Don Ramiro Ribas Narvaez and the Spanish genealogist Javier Gomez de Olea and Bustinza.
On day 9 there will be a wreath at the monument of Don Blas de Lezo near the Castle of San Felipe de Barajas and you will find a plaque on the walls of Cartagena. On day 8 a group of descendants of the famous ocean will be presenting a portrait of him at the Naval Academy in Cartagena, particularly in the presence of Colombian naval authorities and diplomatic Spanish.
Cartagena de Indias, September 6, 2011
FINAL PROGRAM OF THE CONFERENCE OF TRIBUTE TO DON BLAS Lezo
On September 7 at 11 am: Mass at the Cathedral of Cartagena celebrated by Archbishop Monsignor Jorge Enrique Jimenez Carvajal, CCLXX occasion of death anniversary of Don Blas de Lezo. Remarks by the honorary president of the Academy of History, Dr Arturo Figueroa Matson.
September 8 at 9 am: Introduction of Don Leon Trujillo President of the Academy of History of Cartagena de Indias, Location: Caribbean Naval Museum
September 8 at 9:45 am: military analysis of the defense of Cartagena in 1741 and defeat of Vernon, lecture given by former Vice Admiral Guillermo Uribe Pelaez, member of the Academy of History of Cartagena, location: Caribbean Naval Museum
Break from 10:30 to 11:00 am. Transfer to Spanish Cooperation Center, Faculty of Santo Domingo.
September 8 at 11 am: Conference on the campaign of Cartagena, issued by Don Miguel Aragon Fonteina, Marine infantry colonel and member of the Institute of Naval History and culture of Spain, location: Center for Spanish cooperation
September 8 at 11:45 am: As it was Cartagena at the time of the attack English, by the architect Ricardo Puello Zabaleta, a member of the Academy of History of Cartagena, location: Center for Spanish cooperation
September 8 at 12:15, Lake of stone. the geopolitics of the Spanish forts in the Caribbean, by Dr. Rodolfo Segovia, Location: Center for Spanish cooperation.
September 8 at 5pm, Delivery and unveiling of the painting of Admiral Don Blas de Lezo, Caribbean Naval Museum instead. Glass of wine.
September 9 at 8:30 am, The conspiracy of lies, lecture by Don Ramiro Narvaez Ribas, writer and descendant of Don Blas de Lezo, Place: Spanish Cooperation.
September 9th 9am, Don Blas de Lezo in the defense of Cartagena de Indias in 1741, lecture by Jose Manuel Restrepo, Director of the file Restrepo, Location: Center for Spanish cooperation.
September 9 at 9:45 am, Medals, Maps and Prints, an exhibition of antique French Timothée of Saiint Bogota Don Albin, location: Center for Spanish cooperation.
Break 10:30 to 11:00 a.m.
September 9 at 11am: Life of Don Blas de Lezo. by Paul Victoria, a former senator of the republic of Colombia, location: Center for Spanish cooperation.
11:45 a.m. Conference by Javier Gomez de Olea And Bustinza,
Member of the Royal Academy of Heraldry and Genealogy Matritense. Location: Center for Spanish cooperation.
12:15, conference by Leon Trujillo, president of the Academy of History of Cartagena, Location: Center for Spanish cooperation.
September 9 at 4pm, placement of a plaque on the walls of Cartagena Square Location cars.
September 9 at 5pm, wreath at the monument to Don Blas de Lezo with the Ambassador of Spain and Colombian naval authorities, Banda de Guerra, Location: Castillo San Felipe de Barajas.
* Information and software provided by the Academy of History of Cartagena.
Sincerely,
Luis Carlos Vergara Lorduy
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