A sweet donation

THE Ecuador embassy has donated a replica of a 3,500 BC vase to Villajoyosa’s Valor Chocolate Museum.

The original vase was discovered at the Santa Ana­La Florida site in Ecuador and constitutes the earliest evidence of cocoa consumption in the world.

Representatives of the Ecuadorian government presented the replica to Chocolates Valor president Pedro Lopez and Villajoyosa mayor Andreu Verdu at the museum last week.

Sr Lopez thanked the embassy for “the donation of this wonderful piece proving that Ecuador was the first place in the world where chocolate was consumed.”

Mayor Andreu Verdú highlighted the relationship between Ecuador and the origin of chocolate, describing it as “a magnificent cultural and magical contribution to the rest of the world.”

The Museo del Chocolate

Valor in Villajoyosa is the only official museum dedicated to

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chocolate in Spain and the new piece donated by the Ecuadorian Embassy is expected to be visited by an estimated 100,000 people a year.

They are fully equipped to facilitate the work of the officers and are selfrecharging hybrid vehicles, enabling the council to take one step further towards sustainable mobility.