SCHOOL TRIP TO AZUL

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This pictura was taken on August 21, 2020 from: http://posicionadelantada.com.ar/politica/visita-al-teatro-espanol-de-azul-en-vacaciones/

In May 2019 we went to Azul for a school trip related to what we had studied in Literature. Azul has been the Cervantes city since 2007. Ronco museum which has thousands of collections of Don Quijote is in this city. It is so important that the entire city is recognized by this museum and by the Spanish theater officially declared by UNESCO in 2007. We were able to observe all those collections in the museum and we also went to the Spanish Theater where we had a talk and were able to go on stage in addition to the dressing rooms. As we can see in the photo, the museum on the outside is a big and old-fashioned building due to its facade and inside it is large and has images of Cervantes on the ceiling.

After visiting the Museum, we had some free-time to visit the city on our own. Then, we went to 'Casa Ronco' where there are almost 300 copies of 'Don Quijote de la Mancha' by Miguel de Cervantes. The oldest copy is from 1697, the 8th edition of the book.

The owner of the house was Bartolomé José Ronco, a renowned lawyer of the time who got married with a lady who was from Azul and her name was María de las Nieves Clara Giménez. In 1909 the only daughter of the couple was born, her name was Carlota Margarita. 

Dr. Ronco dind't buy all the copies in Argentina, he bought some in Europe and some of them were gifts from his friends.

At the Enrique Squirru museum we were able to observe several historical elements and documents, such as indigenous silverware, weapons, among other things. The idea of this museum arose in 1940, by the hand of Dr. Ronco, at that time director of the popular library of Azul, who had the idea of providing the library with a museum that will tell the story of a village that emerged in La Pampa in 1832.

We really like the school trip to Azul because it allowed us to know more about the city and about 'Don Quijote de la Mancha'. We would like to return at some point, especially to Casa Ronco.


REFERENCES

Anonimo. (s.f.). Casa Ronco. Obtenido de Casa Ronco: https://casaroncoazul.com.ar/

Anonimo. (s.f.). Museo Etnografico y Archivo Historico Enrique Squirru. Obtenido de Museo Etnografico y Archivo Historico Enrique Squirru: https://www.museosquirru.com.ar/


This article has been written by PEREZ Catalina, SORAIRE Juan Ignacio and WISSNER Máximo.


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