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This morning's new book Official Chronicler of Eagles was presented at a press conference during a ceremony held in the Consistory aquiline and was conducted by the Councillor for Culture and Heritage, Francisco Miguel Martínez Haro, and author, Luis Díaz Martínez.
The publication, which ranked fifteenth in a series of books written by Díaz Martínez on the history of the town, entitled "Historical Notes on the plaiting in Águilas. XVIII, XIX and XX Centuries" and he collected a number of text, photographs and documents that reflect the importance that the esparto in the resort, from its foundation, where he ranked as one of the main sources of income for its inhabitants.
In the epilogue also quotes engraved on facts related to the first definitive Eagles Hall, established in 1834 under the leadership of Antonio Gines Romero Morales, as well as appear the next seven years.
Focus on the rush, the Chronicler recaps since 1770, when the Soria family becomes the bulwark of this office in Águilas, followed, in early nineteenth century by Pedro Sanchez-Fortun and Pedro "El Lobo" two esparteros which were invaluable in those years.
As recorded by Luis Diaz in his writings, in 1840 the prominence it obtained the English, who came to use this plant to make paper currency.
Other families, like Muñoz and Garriga, had notoriety in the late nineteenth, with Raimundo Ruano Blázquez "El Rey del Esparto," which illustrates the cover of the book.
Reporter also pays special mention to John Gray Watson "the most famous and popular of all those English were settled in Eagles" in 1904 some factories and shopping becomes the president of industrial Esparto locally.
This publication refers to the Moris family also makes the brothers: Pedro, and Diego Román Ramón Gálvez, who along with his cousin Pedro Jiménez Román, belong to the past aquiline who exercised the noble profession of esparteros.
Likewise, remember that, this year, the City of Eagle in Full Council appointed date of August 7 as "Esparto Local Day."
The book is now on sale, priced at 11 euros, on the stationery of Eagles.
Similarly, copies thereof shall be deposited in the library and reading rooms of different schools, so it can be accessed by interested parties.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Águilas
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