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WALK THROUGH THE HISTORY OF ALICANTE (1)

begin our journey through the history of Alicante with these pictures of our city, taken not so long ago ... Does it?
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In 1979, he held the XXV Anniversary of the Caja de Ahorros Provincial de Alicante, as well light on a sign at the top of the Torre Provincial, in the Rambla de Mendez Nuñez (M. Arjones)

Aerial photograph of Alicante and its port. We can still admire the building disappeared the Navy

change almost Cities at the same speed that the trains run on our roads. City area of \u200b\u200bAssisi, with the "cursed corner" on the right of the photograph. Many people who have lost their lives while trying to cross that stretch. Today, new buildings in San Blas have substantially changed the place (JA Gómez)

Old group of operatives in the courtyard of the Tobacco Factory

Stock the Esplanade of Spain with Racing Club in the foreground. In the background, the "Meliá" under construction.

Another photo of the Esplanade, where you guess the Canalejas Monument

(Photographs of "Monographs Alicante" City of Alicante)

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Tannhäuser in Venusberg. Oil painting of John Collier, 1901.

Many of you are wondering about the meaning of the title of this blog: the " Tannhauser Gate." And the truth is that the explanation is simple:

Tannhäuser was a German poet, born in 1205 in a family of knights of the Salzburg region. It is thought that participated in the Crusade of 1228 and, after frequenting the courts of the Duke of Austria, Frederick II, Duke of Bavaria, Otto II, led a life of wandering poet in Germany, writing poems and song lyrics.

few years after his death in 1270, arose the legend about her figure. It was said that after leading a sinful life in Venusberg, had journeyed to Rome, where Pope Urban IV had told him it was so impossible to grant the pardon like watching his pilgrim's staff greening . However, during their way back, his stick was covered with leaves, sorry, went to the Holy Land, where he died.

His story inspired many poets and musicians German including Heine and Wagner, who in 1845 composed the famous opera Tannhäuser.

In the movie "Blade Runner" (Riddley Scott, 1982 ), the replicant Roy Batty, dying at the end, makes a reference to a fictional spontaneous "Tannhäuser Gate" before dying. Apparently, it's the place you go to die start replicating and where to dream of electric sheep. This phrase has become and one of the most famous in film history:

"I've seen things you people would not believe: Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I have seen rays C glow in the dark near Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost ... in time ... like tears ... in rain. ... It's time to die. "

That said, the parallelism of the "Tannhauser Gate" with culture Alicante and everything related to it is enormous: we must keep our history and culture is diluted and lost with Over the years, like tears in rain.

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