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Union City Council has just received two works by local artists and Pencho Cegarra Fina Solano, who have donated their work for enjoyment of residents and visitors of the municipality, and that from now are exposed to the public on the walls Tourism Office, located in the building 'Casa Pinion. "

The picture of the deceased Pencho Cegarra, donated by his family, collected through a collage of images unionense singularities of the municipality, since it reflects the world of the mine and the Sierra with the development of mining tools as a headframe or station wagon, the local Easter and Christ of Miners, or the village of Portman and access to the Mediterranean.

The artist Fulgencio Cegarra Pérez was born in Barcelona in 1920, but after two years he moved with his family to La Union.

For years he cultivated his artistic passion, especially in the decoration technique learned from the master flask Benzal Diego, which applies in polychrome tile in many buildings and public spaces of Murcia, Cartagena, La Union and La Manga.

Cegarra, who worked as an artist on the sets of the Festival del Cante de las Minas and whose works are also known in the United States, France, Germany and the United Kingdom, was awarded the title of "Honorary Citizen of the Union" on December 2 2008, in a ceremony in which the distinction picked José Antonio Cegarra, representing his father.

For its part, Fina Solano, fond of painting and partner in several exhibitions, has donated a work that reflects the entrance of La Union Mining Park, which has a range of vibrant colors which can distinguish the silhouette cut mining and saw windmills as opposed to the blue sky and a sunny day which usually in the region.

The mayor of La Union, Francisco Bernabé, has referred to the donation of these paintings as "a great satisfaction, because the work of local artists and Fina Cegarra Pencho solano contributes very significantly to the artistic heritage continues to grow unionense as citizens within and outside the district know what their exposure in the Office of Tourism. "

Source: Ayuntamiento de La Unión