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Plaza de las Letras Valencianas(Alzira)

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This square is located on Horts dels Frares Street de Alzira and has an area of 1420m². The Municipal Library, which was inaugurated on September 25, 2014, is located in this square.
This square pays tribute to the Valencian literary authors who have stood out throughout history and to whom the 15 tall decorated columns are dedicated.
In October 2015, within the scheduled events of the Estellés Week, the artist José Antonio Espinar Muñoz painted the mural entitled “L’estela d’Estellés” on a wall in this square, in honor of this Valencian poet.
A year later, and within the activities programmed in the month of the Alzira book, this artist painted the first five columns of the square in which Valencian writers are shown. And in 2017, five more columns were painted
In April 2018, the artist José Antonio Espinar Muñoz, painted the last 5 columns of the square with murals that represent Valencian writers.
The columns are by the following Valencian authors:
Ibn Khafaja
Ausiàs March
Joanot Martorell
Jaume Roig
Isabel de Villena
Joan Roís de Corella
Josep Bernat i Baldoví
Francesc Palanca i Roca
Teodor Llorente
Carles Salvador
Manuel Sanchis Guarner
Enric Valor
Joan Fuster
Maria Beneyto
Carmelina Sánchez Cutillas.

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