28/09/10
Former Artillery Barracks ready for Manifesta 8

Pavillions 1 and 2 of the former Artillery Barracks in Murcia are ready to welcome the artists invited by tranzit.org to start installation for Manifesta 8. The Minster of Culture of the Region of Murcia, Pedro Alberto Cruz, the Mayor of Murcia Miguel Ángel Cámara together with Hedwig Fijen, Director of the Manifesta Foundation and Esther Regueria, general coordinator of Manifesta 8 presented the refurbished buildings to the press today. The story of these barracks dates back to the first quarter of the 20th Century, when the Ministry of War commissioned the construction of buildings to accommodate the 33rd Infantry Regiment of Seville. Comprising six pavilions, built from 1921 to 1926, the eclectic complex of buildings boasts many decorative elements borrowed from Al-Andalus, neo-Mudéjar and the Moorish style.



Foto de Pablo Ferao

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