History and Cultural Heritage
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Spain and America. Four Hundred Years after Don Quixote
On 29 May, Miguel Ángel Cortés, President of the Board of Trustees of the Fundación Carolina, Rafael del Pino y Moreno, President-Founder of the Fundación Rafael del Pino, and José Ángel Sánchez Asiaín, President of the Board of Trustees of the Fundación Colegio Libre de Eméritos Universitarios, signed a Collaboration Agreement for the joint implementation of the...
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The prize of being Viceroy
With the sponsorship of the Foundation, the book "El premio de ser Virrey: los intereses públicos y privados del gobierno virreinal en el Perú de Felipe V", published by the CSIC and authored by Alfredo Moreno Cebrián (Professor of the University of Navarre), was presented on 17 November 2005 at the General Archive of Navarre,...
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The Crown of Aragon
On 19 April 2005, the Foundation decided to financially support the International Meeting entitled "The Crown of Aragon in the Spanish Monarchy", which brought together a group of specialists in Madrid to discuss various issues related to the role played by the territories of the Crown of Aragon in the Spanish Monarchy.
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Doña Juana, Queen of Castile
On 19 April 2005, the Foundation approved the financing, in collaboration with the Royal Academy of History, of a series of lectures entitled "Doña Juana, Queen of Castile", directed by Professor Gonzalo Anes y Álvarez de Castrillón. The lectures took place between the 25th and...
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Monument dedicated to Joaquín del Pino y Rozas
The Foundation approved the project for the erection of a monument dedicated to the former Viceroy of the Río de la Plata, Joaquín del Pino. The monument is located in the centre of the town of Baena and was inaugurated on 11 April 2003. The design of the monument was decided by the Foundation and...
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Don Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera. 1528-1574. Origin and descendants
On 22 September, the presentation of the book by Professor Alejandro Moyano Aliaga, sponsored by the Foundation, took place at the Enrique Larreta Museum of Spanish Art in Buenos Aires: "Don Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera. 1528-1574. Origen y descendencia". The book was presented by Jaime de Salazar, Vice-Director of the Real Academia Matritense de...
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Replica of the Vera Mújica's house in Santa Fe and model of the city
On 22 September, in the city of Santa Fe, capital of the province of Argentina, the Governor of the province, Carlos Alberto Reutemann, was presented with a faithful replica of the Royal Standard of the ancient city of Santa Fe de la Veracruz, donated to the Municipality of Santa Fe by the Fundación Rafael...
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Restoration of the Church of Our Lady of the Pillar in Buenos Aires
On 21 September, the inauguration of the restoration work carried out on the main altar of the Church of Nuestra Señora del Pilar in Buenos Aires and the unveiling of a bust of the Vicereine Doña Rafaela de Vera Mújica y López Pintado, former wife of Joaquín del Pilar, took place.
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Love of royal service: Don Joaquín del Pino and the organisation of Uruguay Hispánico
In May 2001, when our Foundation was still in its infancy, we convened in Buenos Aires, Cordoba and Santa Fe, a Viceroyalty Conference of the Río de la Plata, whose main scientific focus was the political and administrative personality of Don Joaquin del Pino y Rozas, VIII Viceroy of the Provinces of the Río de la Plata.
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Association of Protectors of the Royal Academy of History (RAH)
The Rafael del Pino Foundation has been a member of the Association of Protectors of the Royal Academy of History (RAH) since 2001. The numerous activities that the Royal Academy of History promotes and in which it participates would not be possible without the collaboration and support offered by the patron companies through the...
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Europe, America and the World: Historic Times
On the occasion of the celebration of the 4th centenary of the publication of the first part of Don Quixote, and organised jointly by three Spanish cultural institutions, the Fundación Carolina, the Fundación Rafael del Pino and the Colegio Libre de Eméritos, the event took place in Madrid in 2004 and 2005, at the headquarters of the Fundación...