News View All García-Diego International Prize (9th edition). Awards ceremony Garcia Diego international prize The García-Diego International Prize awards ceremony was held at Madrid’s Chartered Institute of Civil Engineers on 26 April. In this ninth edition, first prize went to Víctor Pérez Álvarez for the paper Técnica y fe: el reloj medieval de la catedral de Toledo [Technology and faith: the Medieval clock in Toledo Cathedral]. Two second prizes were also awarded, for: Documentos cartográficos del Cuerpo de Ingenieros Militares en el siglo XVIII: Introducción a los materiales y a su técnica pictórica [Eighteenth century Corps of Military Engineers maps: introduction to the materials and the pictorial technique] by María Giménez Prades and El "yngenio" en palacio: arte y ciencia en la Corte de los Austrias (ca. 1585-1640) [Court ingenuity: Habsburg art and science (ca. 1585-1640)] by Margarita Ana Vázquez Manassero. The ceremony was presided by José Polimón López, Vice-President of the Chartered Institute of Civil Engineers, who introduced the other speakers, Victoriano Muñoz Cava, Fundación Juanelo Turriano President, and José Antonio González Carrión, Chairman of the panel of judges. The awardees each presented a summary of their studies.
García-Diego International Prize (9th edition). Awards ceremony Garcia Diego international prize The García-Diego International Prize awards ceremony was held at Madrid’s Chartered Institute of Civil Engineers on 26 April. In this ninth edition, first prize went to Víctor Pérez Álvarez for the paper Técnica y fe: el reloj medieval de la catedral de Toledo [Technology and faith: the Medieval clock in Toledo Cathedral]. Two second prizes were also awarded, for: Documentos cartográficos del Cuerpo de Ingenieros Militares en el siglo XVIII: Introducción a los materiales y a su técnica pictórica [Eighteenth century Corps of Military Engineers maps: introduction to the materials and the pictorial technique] by María Giménez Prades and El "yngenio" en palacio: arte y ciencia en la Corte de los Austrias (ca. 1585-1640) [Court ingenuity: Habsburg art and science (ca. 1585-1640)] by Margarita Ana Vázquez Manassero. The ceremony was presided by José Polimón López, Vice-President of the Chartered Institute of Civil Engineers, who introduced the other speakers, Victoriano Muñoz Cava, Fundación Juanelo Turriano President, and José Antonio González Carrión, Chairman of the panel of judges. The awardees each presented a summary of their studies.