Post by tracymack on May 11, 2008 15:40:12 GMT 8
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Priest after whom city was named to be built statue
By Gabriel Cardinoza
URDANETA CITY -- AFTER 150 years, the first statue of Spanish priest Andres de Urdaneta, after whom this city was named, will be erected as part of the priest’s 500th birth anniversary celebration this year.
Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. said the National Commission for Culture and the Arts has informed him that five national artists will be involved in the project, which includes the design of a new plaza in front of the City Hall along the national highway in Barangay Anonas here.
“We are proud that our city was named after somebody who was considered a hero in Spain and a very good priest at that,” Perez said.
Urdaneta, who was born in Ordizia, Spain, in 1508, was a navigator and soldier before he became a priest. He became a celebrity when he discovered the Manila-Acapulco (Mexico) route, which was used in the Galleon Trade that brought Asian culture to Europe through Mexico.
This city had forged a sister city relations with Ordizia during Perez’s visit to Spain in December last year.
President Macapagal-Arroyo had issued Proclamation No. 1423 declaring this year as the “Year of Urdaneta,” in recognition of Urdaneta’s achievements and “his contributions to Philippine culture and history.”
The proclamation also created the Urdaneta 500 Commission, which involves members of the private sector and co-chaired by Antonio Ynchausti and Dr. Alejandro Roces.
According to the NCCA website, the national artists who will collaborate on the project are Napoleon Abueva, who will create the wooden boat replicating Urdaneta’s original ship; Abdulmari Asia Imao, who will work on the bronze monument of Urdaneta; Ildefonso Santos Jr., who will design and landscape the park; Roces, who will write the text in English and Spanish that would be accompanied by Filipino, Basque, Ilocano and Pangasinan translations; and Benedicto Cabrera, who will design a mural facing the plaza from the city hall.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer
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This is great news!
Five National Artists!?!? Wow! That is so cool!
It's great that Fr. Urdaneta is being paid tribute. It's a bonus that a new landmark is to be built in our city. Fr. Urdaneta's monument & a new plaza/park in front of the new city hall in Anonas!
Priest after whom city was named to be built statue
By Gabriel Cardinoza
URDANETA CITY -- AFTER 150 years, the first statue of Spanish priest Andres de Urdaneta, after whom this city was named, will be erected as part of the priest’s 500th birth anniversary celebration this year.
Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. said the National Commission for Culture and the Arts has informed him that five national artists will be involved in the project, which includes the design of a new plaza in front of the City Hall along the national highway in Barangay Anonas here.
“We are proud that our city was named after somebody who was considered a hero in Spain and a very good priest at that,” Perez said.
Urdaneta, who was born in Ordizia, Spain, in 1508, was a navigator and soldier before he became a priest. He became a celebrity when he discovered the Manila-Acapulco (Mexico) route, which was used in the Galleon Trade that brought Asian culture to Europe through Mexico.
This city had forged a sister city relations with Ordizia during Perez’s visit to Spain in December last year.
President Macapagal-Arroyo had issued Proclamation No. 1423 declaring this year as the “Year of Urdaneta,” in recognition of Urdaneta’s achievements and “his contributions to Philippine culture and history.”
The proclamation also created the Urdaneta 500 Commission, which involves members of the private sector and co-chaired by Antonio Ynchausti and Dr. Alejandro Roces.
According to the NCCA website, the national artists who will collaborate on the project are Napoleon Abueva, who will create the wooden boat replicating Urdaneta’s original ship; Abdulmari Asia Imao, who will work on the bronze monument of Urdaneta; Ildefonso Santos Jr., who will design and landscape the park; Roces, who will write the text in English and Spanish that would be accompanied by Filipino, Basque, Ilocano and Pangasinan translations; and Benedicto Cabrera, who will design a mural facing the plaza from the city hall.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer
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This is great news!
Five National Artists!?!? Wow! That is so cool!
It's great that Fr. Urdaneta is being paid tribute. It's a bonus that a new landmark is to be built in our city. Fr. Urdaneta's monument & a new plaza/park in front of the new city hall in Anonas!