Uno de esos personajes de nuestra red de rutas que merece ser devuelto a la primera línea del conocimiento general. César Martín Cano desarrolló una enorme labor científica tanto en España como fuera de ella que el estallido de la Guerra Civil truncó.
Continúa leyendo Personajes de nuestra Red de Rutas: César Martín Cano
One of those characters of our network of routes that deserves to be brought back to the forefront of general knowledge. César Martín Cano carried out an enormous amount of scientific work both in Spain and abroad, which was cut short by the outbreak of the Civil War.
L’Asociación Tercio Viejo de Cartagena a organisé l’exposition “El viaje a las especierías de Magallanes y Elcano”, du département de la culture du ministère de la défense, qui commémore le voyage de l’expédition espagnole qui a effectué le premier tour du monde.
La Asociación Tercio Viejo de Cartagena ha organizado la exposición “El viaje a las especierías de Magallanes y Elcano”, del departamento de cultura del Ministerio de Defensa, que rememora el viaje de la expedición española que dio la primera vuelta al mundo.
Continúa leyendo Una exposición para dar la vuelta al mundo… sin salir de Cartagena
The Asociación Tercio Viejo de Cartagena has organised the exhibition “El viaje a las especierías de Magallanes y Elcano”, from the Department of Culture of the Ministry of Defence, which commemorates the voyage of the Spanish expedition that made the first round-the-world voyage.
Parler de Mariano Haro, c’est parler de l’histoire de l’athlétisme espagnol. Une de ses phrases, qui résume bien qui nous sommes, est déjà légendaire: “J’avais l’habitude de courir et c’était ma tâche, courir et courir plus vite que les autres”.
Hablar de Mariano Haro es hablar de la historia del atletismo español. Legendaria es ya una frase suya que resume de quién estamos hablando: “Yo servía para correr y ese era mi cometido, correr y correr más rápido que los demás”.
Continúa leyendo Personajes de nuestra red de rutas: Mariano HaroTo talk about Mariano Haro is to talk about the history of Spanish athletics. A phrase of his that sums up who we are talking about is already legendary: “I used to run and that was my task, to run and run faster than the others”.
Born in Becerril de Campos (Palencia) in 1940, at the age of thirteen he left school and started working with his father, who was a bricklayer; at the same time he felt more and more attracted to the world of athletics.
Born and raised in a land of cold winters and hot, dry summers, the man known as “The Lion of Becerril” acquired a power that made him resistant to extreme conditions. This was also helped by the fact that he ran all the way to the provincial capital, Palencia, sixteen kilometres away.
The result was a prodigious athlete whose track record is full of Spanish records – up to 27 – in different categories: cross country, 10,000m, 5,000m, 3,000m steeplechase and long-distance. Not forgetting other titles such as European cross country team champion and several participations in the European and World Championships and in the Montreal Olympic Games in 1976, where he achieved a creditable sixth place.
After leaving sport, he became interested in the world of politics, and in 1979 he became mayor of Becerril de Campos, a position he held until 2003.
In 2019 he suffered a slight stroke from which he made a full recovery.
A legend of Spanish athletics and, above all, a character of our network of routes. And if you want to know more about him, we recommend you to watch this report of Conexión Vintage (Teledeporte, in Spanish):
En arrivant à Tornavacas, l’empereur Charles V décide de traverser la Sierra de Tormantos et de s’épargner quatre jours de voyage afin d’atteindre Jarandilla de la Vera le plus rapidement possible. Cela l’a empêché de passer par des villes qui l’attendaient, comme Jerte ou Vadillo, aujourd’hui disparue, sur son chemin vers Plasencia.
On arriving at Tornavacas, Emperor Charles V decided to cross the Sierra de Tormantos and save four days’ journey in order to reach Jarandilla de la Vera as soon as possible. This prevented him from passing through towns that were waiting for him, such as Jerte or the now disappeared Vadillo, on his way to Plasencia.
