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School’s Out Sculpture Unveiled
RAILS, sleepers and train tracks from the old AlicanteDenia railway have been given a new life in the hands of the sculptor Viktor Ferrando, who, using more than five and a half tonnes of this waste material, has created Hemeroskopeion, the sculpture that now presides over the entrance to the tram station in Denia.
It was unveiled on Tuesday, July 25. The project was born from an idea of Ferrando's, supported from the beginning by the Rotary Club of Denia and Denia town hall.
DURING summer in l'Alfàs del Pi, many parents work and have no option of staying at home with their children, but gradually entertainment options have emerged to keep children entertained in the town. This summer, once schools had finished their term, the children from l'Alfàs del Pi were able to choose between a variety of summer schools a mul ti sport campus, basketball campus, athletics campus, or the rhythmic gymnastics campus which were recently visited by the councilors José Plaza and Carolina Solbes. The councillors were pleased that this year, the number of boys and girls who joined the extensive range of activities that the department of sports organises each summer had increased.
At the end of the summer, more than 500 boys and girls from l'Alfas del Pi will have participated in these activities thanks to the initiative of the department of sports. L'Alfas del Pi is willing to invest and provide the necessary facilities for holding these sports schools, which contribute to improving the skills of all those who attend.
The idea combines the importance of recycling and the recovery of historical heritage with a tribute to the most ancient history of the city.
Hemeroskopeion takes its name from the one that the first Greek colonists gave to Denia. It means “watchtower”, and this is what the sculpture is meant to symbolise.
The mayor, Vicent Grimalt, thanked the involvement of the Rotary Club Denia in the project and highlighted the close collaboration it maintains with Denia, especially in the field of social welfare.
