| FUNDACIÓN JUANELO TURRIANO | 051 2014 February |
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NEWS |
JUANELO TURRIANO AND HIS ARTIFICE. INTERVIEW WITH ÁNGEL MORENO |
| On the occasion of a lengthy interview broadcast from Castilla La Mancha Radio on 7 February, Ángel Moreno Santiago, member of the Fundación Juanelo Turriano Advisory Commission, and History of Science professor Manuel Castillo Martos, analysed Juanelo Turriano’s oeuvre, its importance for the history of Toledo and the artifice used to draw water from the Tagus River to the city’s fortress. Access the podcast |
OTHER CURRENT EVENTS |
THE HYDRAULIC HERITAGE OF THE PROVINCE OF ALICANTE. PHD. DISSERTATION |
| The Provincial Government of Alicante has published a book by Ágata Marquiegui Soleaga entitled El patrimonio hidráulico de la provincia de Alicante: catálogo ilustrado de mil quinientas obras y actuaciones [The hydraulic heritage of the province of Alicante: illustrated catalogue of one thousand five hundred works and undertakings, an account of the area’s water-related heritage and its conservation]. This study forms part of the author’s PhD. dissertation entitled Acciones hidráulicas en tierras alicantinas [Hydraulic works in Alicante] defended in 2007 at the University of Alicante and rewarded with summa cum laude honours. Bibliographic data sheet |
EDUARDO TORROJA INSTITUTE FOR CONSTRUCTION SCIENCE. ANNIVERSARY |
| The opening ceremony for the Eduardo Torroja Institute for Construction Science’s 80th anniversary will be held at the Spanish National Research Council’s auditorium at 12:00 noon on 20 February. The anniversary will be commemorated throughout the year with the organisation of a number of activities: bibliographic exhibition, exhibition entitled Quienes somos, de dónde venimos (who we are, where we were), an international congress on rehabilitation, conservation and innovation, an open house day, experimental workshops in educational institutions, competitions for students and the Eduardo Torroja Institute for Construction Science Award. |
ATLANTIC SEABOARD |
| Asociación Tajamar, an organisation engaging in the study and furtherance of the architectural and landscape heritage, invites you to access news on the Atlantic seaboard from here. |
MATHEMATICS DAY. SAN PABLO CEU UNIVERSITY |
| The Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics of San Pablo CEU University, in conjunction with the Asociación Española de Profesores Universitarios de Matemáticas para la Economía y la Empresa (ASEPUMA: Spanish association of university professors of mathematics applied to economics and business), is organising a Mathematics Day on 18 February as part of its endeavour to foster scientific research. Download programme |
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