Little could I imagine when I walked through that door, the surprises that I would find there (and why John Angel had warned me that something new had). Because lurking, hidden, hidden from public view in general, is this beautiful mural of Manuel Baeza of sizeable dimensions of 20 x 4.5 m (approx.) and a storage right now, no use and enclosing this treasure in the old converted ferry terminal in Alicante's Maritime Terminal.
The old ferry terminal was built in the late 60 for the same purpose has now been remodeled, to receive via sea passengers come to our city. Obviously in those years there were more passenger who chose this means of transport to move, especially to and from the Balearic Islands and Canary Islands, now the flow has shifted to the cruise tourism, which the Port of Alicante is receiver necessitated a new terminal, with the necessary facilities for this purpose and to improve accessibility.
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This remodeling and adaptation to changing times, is what has caused that certain parts of the old building , have been relegated into the background. In ancient
Ferry Terminal, there were two grand staircases that connected the two main floors and in the meeting of both, is thought to embellish the cloth wall with a mosaic mural that was commissioned Manuel Baeza. The stairs are gone, but kept the mural.
course, the theme was the sea: here we see two sirens with long slender hair blowing, casting their nets over and collecting shells on the other, on a seabed teeming with fish, with the silhouette of a sailboat, anchor and a giant starfish on blue-green background of the Mediterranean Alicante.
The long closed time spent building deteriorate made this artwork, but thankfully, someone thought it should be restored and this was done, now shines in all its splendor, but in a room without public access, with columns in front that prevents photograph it in its entirety, but who know if in the future in the living room is converted to some use in the wind we can all enjoy this jewel
And the musical moments, today we owe to Ray Conniff and his orchestra and chorus (safe bet for any version) and " Low Tide (Ebb Tide) this legendary song although there are many versions, including just discovered a body that was looking muucho time ago.
Our thanks to the Port Authority and in particular Albert Povey for his generosity, willingness and support.
JUAN ANGEL CONCA and ELKIKO
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