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The general director of Cultural Heritage of the Autonomous Government, Marisancho Menjón, has opted to “strengthen” the study of medieval, Gothic, Romanesque and Mudejar art, “and stimulate the quarry of specialists in these key periods in the history of Aragon”.
This has been pronounced during his appearance before the Education, Culture and Sports Commission of the Courts of Aragon, where he has informed, at the proposal of the counselor of the branch, Felipe Faci, on the Research Plan for cultural heritage.
Marisancho Menjón has advanced that in this exercise they have about 340,000 euros to research in cultural heritage and has highlighted the creation of the Gonzalo Borrás chair, which is committed to academic research in art history, and the advisory committee, made up of representatives of the Administration and the university, as well as scientific associations and professional associations.
“In the past years, the resources have been used, fundamentally, to finance campaigns in archaeological sites and to subsidize non-profit organizations and individuals, “he said. However, the current lines go through investigating emigrated art and the Civil War “to know the fate of elements that had a hazardous life, rock art, paleontological enclaves in different areas of Zaragoza and Huesca, dolmens, musical heritage, hydraulic heritage or Roman villas “, he has detailed.
Also, the general director has announced that next week will be rThey will activate excavation campaigns in Velilla de Ebro and the excavation of the Hospital de Santa Cristina, in Somport, or the recovery of paleontological material in Camarillas has been carried out. In addition, “we are working on historical memory, by legal obligation, but also moral,” he concluded.
The PSOE deputy, Darío Villagrasa, has declared that he is aware of the “difficulty” that working on heritage has entailed in a context of a pandemic and has emphasized that technology “is providing us with issues that could have been more traditional for a long time.”
The PP parliamentarian Fernando Ledesma has stated that the plan, for now, “is more a chimera than a reality” and the person in charge of Cultural Heritage “has come too early”, while urging her to go to the municipalities. The deputy of Citizens Elisa Sacacia has regretted that in this appearance no “doubts” have been resolved, nor has she explained the action plan because “He has only presented us with a list of activities carried out by the general management.”
The representative of Podemos, Itxaso Cabrera, has affirmed that “Aragon is rich in culture and art” and, in this sense, “the enhancement of its jewels is important”. “It would be essential to promote greater participation in European programs and in social networks “, has added. CHA parliamentarian Isabel Lasobras, for her part, said that dealing with cultural heritage involves “talking about employment, stimulation for tourism and knowledge” and “Investigating serves to discover wonders such as the Artieda site.”
Importance of research
The deputy of VOX, David Arranz, has pointed out the “great importance” of the investigation about all those Aragonese assets that are outside the autonomous community, as well as “the knowledge of their monasteries”.
The parliamentarian of the Aragonese Party, Jesús Guerrero, has congratulated the general director for her work and has focused on the Research Plan. “You cannot make a monthly or annual plan, but it has to be seen in the long term,” he said.
The IU deputy, Álvaro Sanz, has considered important “to avoid duplication”, because “if the organs do not work, they must be improved”, and has asked the general director “What role will industrial heritage, cultural parks and linguistic heritage play?”
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