Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 3:04 p.m.
The Departments of Festivities and Culture have collaborated with the Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art in organizing the exhibition “Sepultus est”, which can be visited in the cloister of the museum from March 9 to April 1. The sample has been presented this Wednesday by the Councilor for Festivities, Antonio Sánchez; the Councilor for Culture, Mar Ezcurra; the director of the museum, José Antonio Martínez, and the curator of the museum, Mariano Cecilia.
The mayor of Festivities explained that, with the organization of this exhibition, it is intended to “value the procession of the Holy Burial of Christ and make this unique procession known.” Thus, Antonio Sánchez has detailed that the exhibition will open tomorrow, March 9, at 7:00 p.m. and has highlighted the contribution of the exhibition to Holy Week, since the museum is located on the route of many transfers and events related to this celebration. “We thank the museum for letting us do this activity and for actively collaborating in the organization of the exhibition,” he said.
In this sense, the Councilor for Culture has also stated, who has pointed out that this activity “contributes to expanding the cultural offer of Orihuela with a view to Easter, when many people from outside visit us and many Oriolanos take the opportunity to get a little closer to the historical-artistic heritage of the city.
For his part, Mariano Cecilia has detailed some of the elements that can be seen in the exhibition. According to the curator of the Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art, the procession of the Holy Burial “maintains all the tradition and has been preserved as it was in the 18th and 19th centuries. In this way, the Reclining Christ will be exposed, a carving made by Seiquer Zanón and which is “the leading image of the procession”.
In addition, you will be able to see original documents from Holy Week that were discovered in the 18th century by Marcelo Miravete de Maseres, as well as the image of Nuestro Padre Jesús de Loreto and that of Primitiva Soledad, from the 16th century and discovered a few years ago. years. Likewise, versions of the ‘Miserere’ and the ‘Stabat Mater’ from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries can be heard. “We want to show the procession and the cultural, artistic and religious values that give Holy Week a unique heritage”, he said.
The director of the Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art has considered that “Orihuela wins with the collaboration between institutions” and has invited the public to visit the exhibition, since “the museum is open for Oriolanos”.
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