{"id":33724,"date":"2015-09-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marqalicante-admin.qwair.com\/2015\/09\/21\/la-exposicion-de-la-fragata-mercedes-cierra-sus-puertas-tras-recibir-casi-50-000-visitantes-desde-marzo\/"},"modified":"2015-09-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T00:00:00","slug":"la-exposicion-de-la-fragata-mercedes-cierra-sus-puertas-tras-recibir-casi-50-000-visitantes-desde-marzo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marqalicante-admin.qwair.com\/en\/la-exposicion-de-la-fragata-mercedes-cierra-sus-puertas-tras-recibir-casi-50-000-visitantes-desde-marzo\/","title":{"rendered":"The exhibition of the Mercedes Frigate closes its doors after receiving almost 50,000 visitors since March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style='text-align: center;'><img alt='' src='\/contenido\/genericas\/092115 fragata mercedes 2.jpg' style='width: 350px; height: 233px;' \/><\/p>\n<p style='text-align: justify;'>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style='text-align: justify;'>The international exhibition <strong><em>The last voyage of the Fragata Mercedes<\/em><\/strong> has been visited by <strong>around 50,000 people<\/strong> during the seven months it has been on display at the Archaeological Museum of Alicante. The <strong>unpublished collection<\/strong>which was inaugurated last March, unveils the history of this Spanish ship that sank after an attack by a British squadron in October 1804.<\/p>\n<p style='text-align: justify;'>The Member of Parliament for Culture and Education, <strong>C\u00e9sar Augusto Asencio<\/strong>The report, which confirms that it has been \"a very positive experience\", was very positive.<u>a very special exhibition not only from a historical and heritage point of view. The exhibition support has been spectacular and the contextualisation has been a great support for people to enjoy the visit to this exhibition.<\/u>\".<\/p>\n<p style='text-align: justify;'><strong>March&nbsp;<\/strong>was the month of its inauguration and the month with the highest number of visits. More than <strong>9,000 people<\/strong> came to the MARQ to enjoy the recovered heritage of the frigate after the <strong>dispute with Odyssey<\/strong>. In addition, the exhibition, organised by the <strong>Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport<\/strong>the <strong>Ministry of Defence<\/strong> and <strong>Spanish Cultural Action<\/strong>The importance of the protection of the environment has been emphasised to the audience. <strong>underwater heritage<\/strong> and the dissemination of the historical context of the time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style='text-align: justify;'>On the other hand, the influx of the public has been reinforced by the different recreational and educational activities that the museum has organised during this time on the occasion of the exhibition. In this respect, the <strong>dramatised visits<\/strong> and the <strong>GUIDED PASSES<\/strong> through the treasures of La Mercedes which have included more than <strong>30,000 coins<\/strong>, <strong>archaeological remains<\/strong>, <strong>weapons parts<\/strong>, <strong>a naval flag<\/strong> which exceeds 24 square metres, as well as a <strong>model of the frigate<\/strong> which reproduces the procedures followed in the shipyard in Havana, where it was built. The exhibition was also completed with a series of important documents from the period, such as the <strong>Amiens Peace Treaty<\/strong> or the official letter signed by Prime Minister Manuel Godoy that gave rise to the vessel's voyage, as well as two <strong>works by Goya<\/strong>The portrait of Charles IV and the portrait of Maria Luisa of Parma.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; La muestra internacional El &uacute;ltimo viaje de la Fragata Mercedes ha recibido la visita<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kia_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marqalicante-admin.qwair.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marqalicante-admin.qwair.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marqalicante-admin.qwair.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marqalicante-admin.qwair.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marqalicante-admin.qwair.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marqalicante-admin.qwair.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marqalicante-admin.qwair.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marqalicante-admin.qwair.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marqalicante-admin.qwair.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}