Ecija A book extols as "the baroque city par excellence"
Professor Juan Miguel Gonzalez coordinates this illustrated volume
El Correo de Andalucía, April 4, 2011. Alejandro Luque. A true capital of the first magnitude in the Baroque world, and is presented in the book Ecija, under the coordination of Professor Juan Miguel Gonzalez, has been set up recently under the title Baroque Ecija, published under the auspices of the Rural Development-Alcores The Countryside of Seville.
In this volume, says Gonzalez himself, "is being presented to the reader, under different approaches major artistic events of the city during the XVII and XVII centuries, both in regard to civil and religious art, "he explains. A rich mosaic that makes Ecija" the baroque city par excellence, and certainly "a milestone separate entity among the great cities of the Baroque in Spain, "it added.
The architecture, sculpture and painting, but also the decoration, furniture, silverware, or world music holidays are some of the issues under consideration in this book, which have contributed their expertise with nine teachers and specialists in the Department of History of Art University Seville, including two Ecijano.
addition of that Juan Miguel Gonzalez, included in the brief the experts Jesús Aguilar Díaz, Alfredo Morales, Enrique Valdivieso, Maria Jesus Sanz Serrano, María de las Mercedes Fernández Martín, Gerardo García León, Jesús Rojas -Marcos González and María Jesús Álvarez Mejías.
They highlight the uniqueness of the object of study, a city that should this particular historical period that we call spirit of a place, and that just confirms how thoughts and feelings of its inhabitants. "From their villages, temples, monasteries and chapels," says Gonzalez, "especially in Baroque Ecija is a manifestation of the first order, which goes beyond what is pure art, to truly become a way of life."
On the other hand, the volume Baroque Ecija has a great interest to scholars of the time, so you have to "catch-up of everything that has been studied and published to date the city. We have developed an important task of updating all this vast material, "said Juan Miguel Gonzalez, who nevertheless defines the work as "As recommended reading for specialists in art to the ordinary reader, or simply curious. Than it is to spread and implement this outstanding heritage value."
Lavishly illustrated, the book has Ecija baroque color photographs, most of which are signed by José María Arroyo. Also listed as the author of numerous snapshots Rafael Amadeo Rojas, among other authors. The rest of the images belong to the Funds Photographic Archive at the University of Seville and the Museum of Fine Arts in Seville and the contributions of several fraternities and sororities.
Presentation March 21, 2011. More information:
http://www.campialcores.org/descripNoticia.php?id_noticia=85
Original title: La regina di Saba, 1952 
San Diego de Alcala was born in 1400 in San Nicolás del Puerto (Sevilla), where he spent the first years of his life. As a Franciscan lay brother was in the convent of San Francisco de Arrizafa (Córdoba) and in other places like the San Francisco convent Casa Grande in Seville, the convent on the island of Fuerteventura, the convents of Sanlucar de Barrameda Alcala de Guadaira, Convent of Santa Maria de Gracia in Pastrana, Convent of Nuestra Señora de la Salceda in Tendilla (Guadalajara), and the convent of Santa Maria de Jesus at Alcalá de Henares, where he died on November 12 1463. (...). 
The next Sunday, April 3, 2011, at 12.30 noon, is presented in the Municipal House "Luck" Cañada Rosal Township (Sevilla) the last book of José Antonio Filter "GLEN ROSE. CHRONICLE OF THE CENTURY. VOLUME II. 
