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The museum will feature 3,500 square meters, which will add another 1,500 musealization Church San Francisco

The Minister of Development, Public Works and Planning, Francisco Barnabas, today visited the rehabilitation and upgrading of the old convent of San Francisco will host the Blue Museum Easter (Mass), of which emphasized its "great importance" in the cultural heritage of the city and the region.

Barnabas conducted an extensive tour of the property, which was practically in ruins after the earthquake, to know in detail the execution of works in the building, which highlighted its "colossal".

In this regard, he thanked his "dedication and effort" to Step Azul, which "is making a spectacular recovery efforts."

During the visit, the Minister was accompanied by the president of the Brotherhood of Farmers, Paso Blue, José Antonio Ruiz Sánchez, President of Blue Step Foundation, Andres Espinosa Carrasco, and the president of the Association of Our Lady the Virgin of the Dolores, Joaquina Gil Arcas.

The Blue Museum of Holy Week, which will be located in the former convent of San Francisco and was later Hospital San Juan de Dios, will have 3,500 square meters to 1,500 square meters will be added to the area was musealizará of the church of San Francisco.

The head of the Ministry of Development, Public Works and Planning visited the cloister, which is in the final stages of the works, as well as various rooms that will accommodate, among others, the six pieces of embroidery in silk and gold of the guild that are cataloged as a Cultural Interest (BIC).

He also toured the carrerón of San Francisco, where the president of Paso Blue showed him the latest findings, consisting of a series of paintings and inscriptions that have appeared in recent days after the chopped walls before being plastered.

The new facilities of Blue Museum of Easter, which is expected will be opened before Easter next year, will have space according to host special exhibitions, conferences and seminars on heritage and culture.

Also, the building will have a specially designed area for researchers may use the files of the brotherhood.

The Minister Francisco Barnabas also visited the House of the Caryatids, where the Museo Casa del Paso Azul, and there beheld, including embroidery, some of Cultural Interest.

The tour around the embroidery shop, watched some of the garments that will be released next Easter and stressed "the outstanding work done by embroiderers who stitch by stitch get what a painter with a brush and palette."

"It's something unique," he said.

Source: CARM