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assistance of specialised instructors and all the necessary material to carry out the activity.
“At the end of the training, users will obtain a PADI Open Water Diver certification that will allow them to practise diving anywhere in the world up to 1825 metres deep, depending on the country.”
DIVING COURSE: Includes theoretical and practical classes.
“The introductory course will be taught by the ISUB Diving Centre, in San Jose and is a programme that includes theoretical and practical classes, as well as the
WIND and rain couldn’t prevent the residents of Cerro de San Cristobal from waiting for Saint Valentine.
At 11 o’clock in the morning on Saturday, February 11, the fun began in Almeria.
San Valentin de Almeria is one of the martyrs from the catacombs which were dis
Love is in the air
covered in the 18th century in Rome.
The remains of the martyr’s body that arrived in Almeria was one of many pilgrims who went to pray at the tomb of San Pedro.
Spread your wings
A BLACK vulture and a black kite now restored to good health have taken flight after their stay in the Centre for the Recovery of Threatened Species (CREA).
The release of the two birds took place at the foot of the castle of VelezBlanco on Friday, February 10, in the presence of about 20 students from a local school who were able to see how the largest bird of prey in Europe, the black vulture, took flight.
The freed specimen of vulture (aegypius monachus) stayed at CREA cared for by its staff throughout its 83day stay.
The councillor for the Economy and Environment, Manuel de la Torre Francia, highlighted the singularity of the black vulture: “It went through a very difficult situation last century, but in recent decades we have managed to recover its populations.
“In Los Velez, he has occasionally been seen accompanying the abundant griffon vultures and a few years ago he returned to breeding in the pine forests of the Sierras de Lorca, not far from here.”
They were Christians who martyred them and buried them with a cup of blood, alluding to their martyrdom.
When the catacombs of Rome were discovered in the 18th century and the bodies of several martyrs were exhumed, they were moved to various places, and one of these bodies arrived in Almeria.
Anyone interested needs to sign up for the Municipal Sports Patronage User Card which can be done at the PMD offices in the Palacio de los Juegos Mediterraneo, Almeria.
The relics of the body were his wax coated bones, remains that were placed under the altar of San Indalecio and were exposed to worship in August 1782.
Among the festivals celebrated in his honour, are those of February 14 and May 15 (Patron Day of Almeria, San Indalecio).
