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Friday May 27 the town of Mazarrón Auditorium will welcome the "Marquesa de los Vélez 'with a great show spearheaded by the Symphony Orchestra of the Region of Murcia.

The name of this spectacular cultural honors the Duchess Medina Sidonia, Luisa Isabel Álvarez de Toledo, who died recently.

The mayor of Mazarrón, Francisco Blaya, and the Minister of Works, Housing and Transport, José Ballesta, inaugurated the Auditorium along with the President of the Casa Medina Sidonia, Liliana Maria Dahlmann, widow Luisa Isabel Álvarez de Toledo y Maura, in attend an event that many personalities from the world of culture.

Worth noting that the Duchess of Medina Sidonia had occasion to visit the Castle of Vélez just over a year and wanted to drop inside and walk around the town on foot and make their own pictures.

The City of Mazarrón with the Ministry of Culture has developed a program in which explosive live music will be one of the main protagonists, set in a unique setting that offers breathtaking views of natural sites in the municipality.

Adaptation works and landscaping, which the Ministry of Public Works has played in the Patio de Armas del Castillo de los Vélez de Mazarron is one of the most attractive, made in the municipality, which combines historical and cultural importance supposed to Mazarrón.

The Auditorium of the Patio de Armas del Castillo de los Vélez has a dual function: firstly, it is an outdoor space for public use and, secondly, this stadium will host concerts, performances, festivals and any event.

To facilitate your visit will have adequate access with tight security for those who want to know this special place destined to be the largest cultural area of the municipality at present.

In the historical aspect is worth recalling the importance of this fortress built by the Marquis of Los Velez in the sixteenth century.

While the cultural aspect is impossible to ignore that this space is designated as a Site of Cultural Interest in 1,985.

Adaptation works and landscaping of the Patio de Armas del Castillo de Los Vélez has made the company the Environment and Vegetation SA awarded at a cost of 464.

482.56 million, of which the Ministry of Works, Housing and Transport has provided 359,136 euros and the City the remaining 119,712.

Biography of Luisa Alvarez de Toledo, Duchess of Medina Sidonia

Luisa Alvarez de Toledo was born on August 21, 1931 in Sanlucar de Barrameda and died on March 7, 2008, the same day that he married his secretary, Liliana Maria Dahlmann.

Grandee of Spain and daughter of Joaquín Álvarez de Toledo, Caro, 'XX Duque de Medina-Sidonia', and Maria del Carmen Maura was head of the Casa Medina Sidonia, the most important ducal house of Spain holds the first hereditary duchy which was granted in 1445.

His principal residence was the Palace of Medina Sidonia, located in Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz), which houses the most important private archive in Europe.

In 1955 he married Leoncio Collado de Gregorio y Martí, which had three children: Leonard, Maria del Pilar and Gabriel.

Luis Alvarez earned the nickname "Red Duchess" for his rejection of the Franco regime, since after the nuclear accident at Palomares in 1967, led a movement that claimed

The most striking features of his personality suggest that was an unusual and controversial aristocrat as well as historian, writer and curator of precious ducal file.

Not forgetting that it was recognized nationally and internationally for his many titles.

Titles of nobility conferred by the Ministry of Justice of Spain

Duchess of Medina Sidonia, with Grandee of Spain (1957)

Marquesa de Villafranca del Bierzo Grandee of Spain (1957)

Marquesa de los Vélez and Grandee of Spain (1951)

Baroness de Molins de Rey (1959)

Qualifications recognized by the Corps of the Italian Nobility

Montalbano Princess (1957)

Princess Paternò (1957)

Countess of Sclafani (1957)

Aderne Countess (1957)

Caltabellota Countess (1957)

Caltaxineta Countess (1957)

Caltabuturo Countess (1959)

Collesano Countess (1962)

Marquesa de Calatafimi (1959)

Centorvi Baroness (1959)

Viancavilla Baroness (1959)

Among his titles of nobility prevail the Spanish noble, XXI Duchess of Medina Sidonia, Duchess of Fernandina XV and Princess of Montalbán, XVII Marquesa de Villafranca del Bierzo, XVIII Marquesa de los Vélez, better known as "Red Duchess."

Source: Ayuntamiento de Mazarrón