118 February 2017

The lecture, highlighting the versatility of Spanish scholar José Echegaray, civil engineer, playwright, politician, mathematician and counting, will be delivered by PhD. in Civil Engineering and Fundación Juanelo Turriano trustee Fernando Sáenz Ridruejo at 16:15 on 2 March.

Madrid’s Chartered Institute of Civil Engineers will provide the venue (‘Sala Verde’) for the event, which will be open to the public and cost-free.

The Revista Panacea humanidades, ciencia y sanidad devoted its latest issue to José Echegaray, with articles authored, among others, by Fernando Sáenz Ridruejo and José Manuel Sánchez Ron, Fundación Juanelo Turriano trustees.

The Engineering Institute of Spain’s Maritime Affairs Committee is organising a seminar on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of harbour and coastal engineer Ramón Iribarren Cavanilles.

To register for the event, to be held on 22 February at 18:15, click on this link or call +34 913 197 417.

 

In December last, the Carrara marble bust of Juanelo Turriano custodied at the Santa Cruz Museum in Toledo, Spain, was removed to the country’s Cultural Heritage Institute (IPCE) for study, documentation and restoration. The work will be supervised by stone materials expert Ms Ana Laborde Marqueze.

Much is still unknown about this exceptional Spanish Renaissance piece, which, after surviving a troubled past, is not in an optimal state of conservation. The IPCE’s involvement will improve the condition and contribute to an understanding of the sculpture.

The fifth edition of the ReUso Congress, to be held in Granada on 18 to 21 October, is now open for registration and submission of communications.

This edition will revolve around intervention methods and strategies geared to valorising and conserving the built, urban, industrial-architectural and natural heritage.

Information on registration and deadlines

 

The awards ceremony for the Eduardo Torroja Prize for senior/MSc theses will be held at 17:30 on 22 February at the Technical University of Madrid’s Vice-Chancellery.

The event will be presided by Vice-Chancellor Guillermo Cisneros Pérez, Fundación Eduardo Torroja President José Antonio Torroja and the Ministry of Public Works’ Deputy General Director of Architecture, Javier Martín.

The Fundación Juanelo Turriano library now has a copy of the book Hitos del patrimonio industrial en la provincia de Granada [industrial heritage landmarks in the province of Granada], donated by authors José Miguel Reyes Mesa and Miguel Giménez Yanguas.

Bibliographic data sheet 

Bibliography on heritage issues