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The Light of Images exhibition “Art Paths”, which will open its doors next March in Alcoy, you already have an image. It is a representation of a Sant Jordi (city pattern) that Daniel Nebot has made, National Design Award.
The La Luz de las Imagens foundation has selected an image that recreates Sant Jordi with the armor, spear and shield on black background. A design that is inspired by the figure of the warrior that appears on one end of the reliquary arm of the saint, of medieval origin, made in silver, oro, enamel and wood, according to sources from the Department of Culture.
The origins of the aforementioned relic -according to Culture- They go back to the year 1377 when Eleanor of Aragon (1333-1416) gifted to King Peter III the Ceremonious (your cousin) with a silver arm with the right arm bone of Saint George, with its attributes the shield with the red cross appears on it.
So the reliquary arm of Saint George was deposited in the chapel of Saint Agatha of the Royal Palace of Barcelona.. Year 1432 Alfonso the Magnanimous moved the relic to the Santa Catalina chapel of the Royal Palace of Valencia, and is currently kept in La Seu.
So, An image of Sant Jordi will be the design that identifies the ninth edition of The Light of Images held in Alcoy. An image made by Daniel Nebot and that will be exhibited in “Art Paths”, the exhibition that will open next March and has three locations: St. Mary's Church, that of the Mare de Déu and the Old Asylum of the Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly, They report from the department directed by Trini Miró.
Last works before the inauguration
The workers of La Luz de las Imagens continue preparing the venues that will host the exhibition “Art Paths”. As this newspaper has been informing you, in the church of Saint Mary, after completing the restoration of its interior, They are already preparing the panels that will house the representative pieces of the patterns, popular religiosity and the annual cycle of festivities. In the church of the Mare de Déu, The restorers are about to finish the work in this space in which the mural paintings of Vicente Castelló Amat and a selection of images from prehistory and paintings of Marian themes will be exhibited. And in the Asylum, located on El Camí street, The work has also entered the final stretch. So it's the final touches before the inauguration of “Art Paths” scheduled for mid-March. m. vice
