Apr 30, 2018 | News
Redován 4/30/2018. At the moment it is a mystery, but little by little the details of a strange painting that appeared during maintenance works that have been carried out in the City Council of Redován will be discovered. The building, an ancient palace that served as residence for the Order of Preachers, was completed in 1726, and around that date the painting that has now been discovered on the roof is dated, a face that according to the mayor, Emilio Fernández , “The elderly attribute to Ridwan, a Moorish related to the origins of Redován, although there is no certainty about it.”
With respect to the authorship, “it is attributed to the masons who executed the roof,” explains Fernández, a part of the former Palace-Residence that has never been modified. The rest of the building has received modifications during its nearly three centuries of history, the first in 1968, when the work was begun to convert it into a Town Hall, and the second in 2000 to modernize its interior as it is known. nowadays. The work carried out now consisted in the repainting of the façade, and it was on going up with the machines when the curious painting was discovered.
The mayor admits that everything related to this face is “a mystery to be discovered” that will continue at the moment in the place it has occupied and where it has been maintained for nearly three centuries. “It has always been there in the open and it will continue there because it has never been covered with anything and the polychrome has remained,” says Fernández.
Who was Ridwan?
Abul Un’Aym Ridwan was a military vizier of the Nazari kingdom of Granada who carried out several attacks in the Vega Baja del Segura during the 14th century, including one at the Guardamar Castle. He chose Redován to install a space to shelter himself while allowing a quick escape to the Camino de Fortuna in case of having to flee, which motivated that in the nearby towns began to be called our town as ‘the place of the Reduan’ , where the current name comes from. Ridwan was born in Calzada de Calatrava and was first slave of the Muslims to later embrace their faith and become a prominent member of the Nazari Kingdom. Not only dedicated his life to the military, but also was a man lover of science and literature to which is attributed the creation of the first ‘madrassa’ or university in Granada.
Apr 26, 2018 | News, Traffic, Security and Emergencies
Redován 4/26/2018. The Royal and Honorary Order of Knights of San Antón and the City Council of Redován go hand in hand, one more year, to celebrate the traditional Pilgrimage of San Cristóbal that will bring to the Sacred Hearts School on May 1 a day of military exhibitions and police that will start at ten in the morning and that will extend well into the afternoon. The Councilor for Citizen Security, Ramón López Escarabajal, and the Chancellor of the Royal Order of Knights of San Cristóbal, Antonio Marín, have presented the acts that will be developed and that will take the municipality to different units of the Civil Guard, National Police , local police, Military Emergency Unit (UME), Patrol Patrol of paratroopers, the equine unit of the National Police of Valencia, the UPROE of Orihuela and the Canine Unit of Alicante, among others.
The mayor of Seguridad Ciudadana explained that “the different Security Forces will hold exhibitions of their work, for example, in the case of the UPROE of Orihuela a mock robbery in which the specialists will act accompanied by dogs while the paratroopers , as long as the weather permits, they will delight us with their always spectacular jumps “. Also, Ramón López has indicated that exhibitors will be installed “because it is about that especially children see police and military as people who are always at their disposal to help them.”
Antonio Marín, meanwhile, has described how a day will begin to develop at 9:45 am, starting at the Chapel of San Cristóbal de Orihuela, where the blessing of the participating vehicles will be made. “The caravan will leave at ten o’clock in pilgrimage to Redován, where his arrival is scheduled at 10.45”. At eleven o’clock in the morning the mass will start after which the imposition of decorations will be carried out “among which is the award to Manuel Belmonte, agent of the Local Police of Redován”, said Ramón López. The exhibitions will start at 12.15 and once they finish “the different vehicles will be exposed so that visitors can see them up close until five in the afternoon,” said Marín.
The day includes a meal of brotherhood and there will be bars in which to consume. “The money collected will go entirely to the Association Against the DIPG, an association to fight against childhood cancer,” explained the councilman. Both Ramón López and Antonio Marín have recalled the success of this event last year in Redován and have encouraged both the people of Redovanenses and the residents of the entire region to come to the Sacred Hearts School to enjoy this day of coexistence.
Apr 25, 2018 | News, Sports, Town planning
Redován 4/23/2018. The City Council of Redován has launched a contest of architectural ideas for the construction of a sports pavilion covered in the sports area of the B-4, “a highly demanded facility and whose execution we want to be as participatory as possible, hence we have opted to carry out this contest that gives option to all architects or disciplinary teams that believe it convenient, to present their proposal for the pavilion, “said the mayor, Emilio Fernández, who is also a town planning councilor. Precisely the competition part of the area of Urbanism along with that of Sports directed by Ramón López.
The contest has already been approved by the Governing Board and was published last Thursday in the Official Gazette of the Province. The bases are also available for those who want to check the bulletin board of the electronic headquarters of the City Council of Redován and proposals can be submitted until May 31. The sports area of the B-4 has an area of 6,960 square meters in which the pavilion must be integrated. The proposals submitted to the contest must take into account the existing buildings as well as the necessary actions on the adjacent infrastructures “so as to encompass the entire urban environment,” said Fernandez.
The bases establish that there is a special interest in the attention given to the public space as an articulator of the urban fabric, its design and the adjacent areas, for which three lines of action are established. The first, the transformation of the current sports area with performances that allow the execution of the pavilion; secondly, the functional adequacy of the space, providing it with accessibility, and the third, reinforcing the relations of the new construction with the urban environment.
The contestants will have to value the costs of execution of the total of the work in no more than one million euros “and the versatility in terms of the uses of the proposed solution will be assessed, trying to maintain existing buildings,” said the councilor.
This is a public contest aimed at architects or multidisciplinary teams that want to present themselves, and which will have a technical jury made up of two technical architects assigned to the municipal services, the secretary-interventionist of the City Council of Redován and the local development agent, the latter will act as president of the jury. They will be the ones who determine which of the proposals presented gets the prize of 1,500 euros that has been established, but also grant two runners-up without financial endowment.
The jury will make an assessment of the overall quality of the proposals taking into account the adaptation to the environment and the urban landscape, the architectural and urban quality of the proposal, the consideration that is made in each of them of the public space regarding the urban and landscape scene, the technical, urban, economic and constructive viability, the criteria of economic and environmental sustainability and those of universal accessibility and design for all.
Emilio Fernández has encouraged professionals to put their ideas “in a contest that we believe may be an opportunity especially for younger architects,” and has said that the government team is considered “an exciting project that also, once it is completed, it will be used by many and many Redovanenses who now do not have facilities of this type near their home. ”
The bases on which all the documentation to be presented is detailed can be consulted at: https://redovan.sedelectronica.es/board.
Apr 23, 2018 | Culture, News
Redován 4/23/2018. Redován held on Sunday the seventh edition of the Coral Music Contest 'Villa de Redován', an event that took place in the renovated San Miguel parish and that included the participation of three previously selected choirs and a fourth, the Francisco Vallejos Choir of Torrevieja that was the winner of last year. The jury, composed of three specialists, the coordinator of the contest (with voice but no vote) and a representative of the City Council as a secretary also with voice but without vote, decided that the Iuvenis Choir of Cartagena, led by Baltasar Sánchez, would remain in first place and therefore will take the first prize endowed with 800 euros and trophy. The second prize was for the Coral Ars Armonium of Orihuela, which gets 400 euros and trophy and the third for Coro Pilar, Pilar de la Horadada, which took 250 euros and trophy.
The Councilor for Culture, Clara Ezcurra, recalled that the City Council also allocated an aid of 300 euros to cover the expenses caused by the displacement, and highlighted "the high quality of the participating corals, thanks to which this contest becomes bigger year a year. " The participating choirs interpreted three works of free choice of sacred character, one of them of spiritual chant or gospel
Apr 12, 2018 | Councils News, Culture, News
Sixteen activities of different nature, but all related to culture, will complete until May 19 the Cultural Spring scheduled from the City Council of Redován presented today by the mayor, Emilio Fernandez, and the Councilor for Culture, Clara Ezcurra. The first mayor stressed that the activity “begins tomorrow” with the passage through the municipality of the Path of the Poet Miguel Hernandez that is scheduled to arrive at 12.00 at the Plaza de la Paz, “where walkers enjoy the recital that They have prepared the students of the Public School Sacred Hearts, “the mayor said, and tomorrow, but in the afternoon, a new edition of the Medieval Market will be inaugurated in the Plaza Miguel Hernández, which will continue until next Sunday.
The events will continue on Saturday with two events, in this case sports. On the one hand there is the Gil Hermanos Memorial Petanque Tournament that will run from nine in the morning at the Plaza Infanta Elena “and in the evening the promises of cycling and all the fans of this sport have a date on Pascual Martínez Street. Starting at four o’clock, to participate and witness the third edition of the Intercollegiate Cycling Race “, explained Fernández.
On April 20 and 21, Redován will host the VIII Vega Baja Science Contest “that will begin at Plaza Francisco Ferrer on the 20th at ten in the morning and will be held until the 21st with the presence of numerous school centers. our region that will show their experiments as well as the application of science to our daily life, “said the mayor of Culture, Clara Ezcurra, who recalled that the same weekend, in this case on Sunday 22, classic bicycles will flood the locality from nine o’clock in the morning to participate in the Regional Encounter that every year has more participation.
The Parish Church San Miguel Arcángel will be the epicenter of the activity on the afternoon of April 22, “an incomparable framework, even more after the rehabilitation, for the Sacred Music Contest that we organize from the Department of Culture each year with more enthusiasm “, The councilor expressed.
Redován will celebrate the Day of the Book on Monday, April 23 in the morning with a talk and gift of CDs at the IES Jaime de Sant Ángel, and on the 24th with storytellers for the children in the Municipal Library at six o’clock in the morning. late.
With the start of May, the Fiestas de la Cruz will arrive at the Plaza de la Cruz and the Rincon de Redován with children’s games activities. On Saturday, May 5, the Sierra will be the place where many walkers will participate in Senderos de Luz, a march that will depart at nine o’clock at night from the Plaza de la Iglesia and “for which the inscriptions are open through the website ‘asuspuestos.com’ “, recalled Emilio Fernández. That same day but an hour before in the House of Music Antonio Ibáñez Serrano the Musical Union of Redován will give his Spring Concert.
The mayor, Emilio Fernández and the mayor of Culture, Clara Ezcurra, during the presentation
The Municipal Library will host on Thursday, May 10 the talk ‘Idioms and comics (2nd part)’ by Carlos Martínez, from 9:00 pm, while Saturday May 12 will return the music to the House of Music Antonio Ibáñez Serrano with the concert of the Orquesta de Pulso and Púa Brisas de Redován that will perform the show entitled ‘Qué tiempo tan feliz’.
The program will culminate on May 19 in style, with a Gastronomic Tourism Day whose participants will be accompanied by a charanga and will start at two noon. The mayor of Redován has highlighted “the extensive programming that has been prepared by the City Council to start enjoying in our municipality of spring and good weather with many activities, many of them outdoors.”
