The feast of Saint Matthew It is celebrated this Saturday marked by the traditional act of the return of the standard of Alfonso VIII from the City Hall of Cuenca, where he spent the night, to the Cathedral carried again by the youngest councilor of the Corporation, Héctor Serrano García.
The return of the symbol the conquest of Cuenca The procession led by the said councilor and the maceros took place after the traditional route to the temple of the cathedral; and followed by Mayor Darío Dolz and the second deputy mayor, Isidoro Gómez Caverowith the rest of the municipal corporation.
There are also authorities such as the delegate of the Council in Cuenca, María Ángeles López; the official chronicler of the city, Miguel Romero; the Association of Peñas Mateas; the maroméros; and the historical reenactment group “Las VII Partidas”. Then, the Municipal Musical Orchestra of Cuenca and the representation of the different Peñas Mateas with their banners, indicated the City Hall in a statement.
After the Eucharist, the procession headed towards the equestrian statue of Alfonso VIIIwhere Mayor Darío Dolz; the president of the Association of Peñas Mateas, Mario Pinós; and the town crier, Laura García Melero, made the traditional floral offering.
purple dot
On the other hand, these festivals have once again staged a purple dot under the arcades of the Town Hall which is used during the nights of the festival with the aim of providing information, awareness and attention on gender-based violenceas well as the support and intervention of victims in the event of possible sexist attacks, designed as a safe space.
The Councilor for Social Services and Equality, Estela Soliva; the Government Subdelegate in Cuenca, Mari Luz Fernández; and the Provincial Delegate for Public Administrations, Ramón Pérez Tornero, visited this space during the first matea night, learning from Ana Belén López Miota, coordinator of the Red Cross Youth, and Rosa Ruiz Guzmán, a volunteer of the organization, the awareness-raising activities that are carried out, the City Hall said in a statement.
After the Eucharist, the municipal corporation paraded through different neighborhoods of Cuenca
This Purple Point was launched by the Cuenca City Council with funds from the Spanish Government of the State Pact against Gender Violence and is attended by qualified personnel from the Red Cross Youth, specifically eleven people, five of whom belong to the technical team. and six are volunteers. Regarding the schedule, it is operational from 10:30 p.m. to 3:00 a.m., coinciding with the closing of the festival.
