The Mayor of Mazarrón, Ginés Campillo, accompanied by the renowned French historian, Bernard Vincent, professor and coordinator of the international conference 'and Almazarrón Felipe II (1572).
The local construction of a global Empire ', José Javier Ruiz, and Council of Culture and Urbanism, Maria Celeste Garcia and Francisco Soria;
presented the minutes of that conference to be held in the town to mark the 440 anniversary of the granting of the privilege of Villa.
It is expected that 500 copies of this publication contains the findings of the quote that brought historians and researchers from different parts of Europe issued.
As José Javier Ruiz said "This book is the result of the commitment of the City of Mazarrón to establish itself as a leader in scientific research", adding that "the publication in their front and back, makes a play with this and the past because we can see the Castle of Vélez today and the drawing of the castle of the sixteenth century. "
For the professor of History, "that past allows us to improve and seek opportunities for development in what is now the present."
Meanwhile, Bernard Vincent, who was a speaker at the conference, said that "we must stress that already was an achievement in itself the meeting during the congress of nearly 80 people present their research" and also stressed the importance was "reflecting on the whole Spanish monarchy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries from granting villazgo Mazarron, studying the relationship between local events and the general facts of the monarchy.
Mazarrón Being a very wise choice for the study to be an important place for the global economy. "
The renowned historian based this assertion on "the important role of Almazarrón alums in the economy of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries" that was instrumental in "granting villazgo it was the recognition of this economic importance of Mazarrón."
The Mayor of Mazarrón, Ginés Campillo, was particularly pleased with the publication of these proceedings as "allow further scientific knowledge about Mazarrón, also coming from the local to the figure of Philip II and his empire."
The mayor especially thanked "the work undertaken to organize the conference and the technical Maria Magdalena Martínez Campillo and Jorge Javier Ruiz for being the alma mater of this quote, betting and engaging as possible;
as this quote was flag many other conferences and meetings we have held and expand hereafter. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Mazarrón