Cartagena de Indias, September 9, 2011.

Receive warm greetings from Cartagena de Indias,
Today last day of the conference in honor of Don Blas de Lezo. The morning began with a series of talks that ended at 12:30 noon. Among the speakers were: Jose Manuel Restrepo, Timothée de Saint-Albin, Paul Victoria Wilches, Javier Gómez de Olea and Bustinza, Leon Trujillo Velez and Alfonso Cabrera Cruz.

Then at 4 pm attendees gathered in the Plaza de los Coches, where he placed a plaque on the counter of the wall (or face clock tower of the bridge).

Then at 5 o'clock in the afternoon all participants went to the monument of Don Blas de Lezo located at the foot of the fortress of San Felipe de Barajas, there was a wreath in charge of naval and civilian authorities, with the accompaniment of consul of the embassy of Spain in Colombia.

The flower delivery was accompanied with the interpretation of the respective national anthems of the Republic of Colombia and Spain.
This culminated in the ocean acts as a tribute to Don Blas de Lezo Basque and Olavarrieta.

Sincerely,

Luis Carlos Vergara Lorduy

Thank you very much to Luis Carlos Lorduy Vergara for his chronicle of the days and the pictures he made. Remember that Luis Carlos keeps track of the burial of the remains of Blas de Lezo.