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The San Marcos Cultural Center in Toledo is hosting the exhibition 'Felipe II – The Ingenuities and Machines' until November 30, developed by CEDEX-CEHOPU and the Juanelo Turriano Foundation.
The exhibition, organized by the College of Civil, Canal and Port Engineers as a prior activity to the International Congress of Heritage of Public Works and Civil Engineering, narrates how throughout the 16th century they converged in Spain thanks to Philip II, whose desire was to have the most accredited scientists and technicians of the time and from different kingdoms at the service of the Crown.technicians from the most diverse backgrounds
Velázquez has stated that the inauguration of this exhibition serves as a prelude to the International Heritage Congress “Public Works and Civil Engineering”, which will be held in Toledo on September 27 and 28, and will have other venues such Phone Number Data as Madrid and Cuenca. Likewise, he has highlighted the importance of “one of the most important conferences to be held this year in the regional capital” and has thanked the College of Civil Engineers, Canals and Ports of Spain and the regional Demarcation for choosing Toledo for celebrate this meeting.
For his part, the dean of the Castilla-La Mancha Demarcation of the College of Civil Engineers has invited all Toledo residents and visitors to enjoy this wonderful exhibition that shows the different ways of building infrastructure in the 16th century. Likewise, the president of the College of Civil Engineers has valued the innovative capacity and ingenuity that existed during the second half of the 16th century, which contributed to the economic and social development of our country.
About the exhibition
In the second half of the 16th century, coinciding with the reign of Philip II, there was a boost in the execution of large public works projects. The exhibition addresses all facets concerning the training of the architects responsible for these projects, the processes prior to the start of the works and their financing, as well as the technical and administrative organization of the works.
After the organizational aspects, the improvements of specific aspects are studied: the road network, the construction of bridges, the attempts to establish a network of navigation channels, the undertaking of port works and the construction of structures, docks and docks , the construction of large hydraulic works, the irrigation of vacant lands, the connection of pipelines, canals and irrigation ditches, dams and weirs, aqueducts and siphons, the supply of water to cities with the use of canals or qanats or the installation in operation of mechanisms to raise water like the famous mill erected in Toledo by the watchmaker Juanelo Turriano.
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