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Alcala-Alcossebre Council relocates the plaque dedicated to the astronomer Milan R. Stefánik
This action means that Alcala-Alcossebre is adding itself to the numerous European cities which have a monument dedicated to the important Slovakian person
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Alcala-Alcossebre Council has relocated the plaque commemorating the astronomical observation of the eclipse of the sun directed by the Slovakian astronomer Milan R. Stefánik. He was welcomed to Alcossebre in 1905. In 2005 the plaque had been placed on the former Tourist Office building and was removed when the new Office was built and now the Council has decided to give it a new, more visible location. The plaque has been placed on a pedestal in the Vista Alegre square, overlooking the Cargador beach.
The event to place it in its new location was attended by a Slovakian delegation headed by the ambassador for the Slovak Republic in Spain, Jaroslav Blasko. Also present were the chairman of the Stefánik Mont Blanc Club and a sub-delegate of the government in the province, Soledad Ten. The ambassador pointed out that “with the relocation of this plaque, your municipality becomes one of the numerous European cities with a monument dedicated to Stefánik, among which are Paris, Prague, Bratislava, Vienna and Moscow”.
Mayor Francisco Juan said that “as always we are speaking of science, curiosity and the wisdom of the scientists which is usually at the start of advances, thus we can be proud that, with Alcossebre as his stage, astronomer Stefánik could complete and enrich his studies here”.
In August 1905, Alcossebre was chosen by various delegations of European astronomers for observation of the solar eclipse and to carry out scientific investigation into it. The Slovakian astronomer and mathematician Milan Ratislav Stefánik formed one of these delegations. According to the chronicles of the time, they had to use carts to transport the telescopes, photographic objects and equipment they needed to study and take photographs of the Sun, from Alcala to Alcossebre. During his stay in Alcossebre, Milan Stefánik was accommodated in a house in the calle Rench and there exists proof of his social life in the town, as there are photos in which he can be seen attending a mass. Besides being an astronomer, Stefánik is an important person in his country where he is remembered as a military man – he was a general in the French army during the 1st World War – and as a politician, being one of the forerunners of the creation of the Czechoslovakian Republic.
Alcala-Alcossebre Council has relocated the plaque commemorating the astronomical observation of the eclipse of the sun directed by the Slovakian astronomer Milan R. Stefánik. He was welcomed to Alcossebre in 1905. In 2005 the plaque had been placed on the former Tourist Office building and was removed when the new Office was built and now the Council has decided to give it a new, more visible location. The plaque has been placed on a pedestal in the Vista Alegre square, overlooking the Cargador beach.
The event to place it in its new location was attended by a Slovakian delegation headed by the ambassador for the Slovak Republic in Spain, Jaroslav Blasko. Also present were the chairman of the Stefánik Mont Blanc Club and a sub-delegate of the government in the province, Soledad Ten. The ambassador pointed out that “with the relocation of this plaque, your municipality becomes one of the numerous European cities with a monument dedicated to Stefánik, among which are Paris, Prague, Bratislava, Vienna and Moscow”.
Mayor Francisco Juan said that “as always we are speaking of science, curiosity and the wisdom of the scientists which is usually at the start of advances, thus we can be proud that, with Alcossebre as his stage, astronomer Stefánik could complete and enrich his studies here”.
In August 1905, Alcossebre was chosen by various delegations of European astronomers for observation of the solar eclipse and to carry out scientific investigation into it. The Slovakian astronomer and mathematician Milan Ratislav Stefánik formed one of these delegations. According to the chronicles of the time, they had to use carts to transport the telescopes, photographic objects and equipment they needed to study and take photographs of the Sun, from Alcala to Alcossebre. During his stay in Alcossebre, Milan Stefánik was accommodated in a house in the calle Rench and there exists proof of his social life in the town, as there are photos in which he can be seen attending a mass. Besides being an astronomer, Stefánik is an important person in his country where he is remembered as a military man – he was a general in the French army during the 1st World War – and as a politician, being one of the forerunners of the creation of the Czechoslovakian Republic.
