The Asociación Cultural Blas de Lezo presents this morning at 12 noon at the Centro Cultural Pardo Bazán in the Plaza de Colón in Madrid (Calle Goya, 1), the exhibition Blas de Lezo and the War of the Seat, which will be open from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 9 pm, until 28 April.
The aim of this exhibition is to show the life and exploits of the great Spanish sailor, as well as his environment and the people with whom he lived or who influenced the events in which he took part. For this exhibition, the Blas de Lezo Cultural Association has managed to bring together some unique pieces of Spanish history: a unique document from 1739, King George of England’s declaration of war on Spain, will be exhibited; a faithful reproduction of Blas de Lezo’s flagship, the Galicia, will be on display. More than 1.20 metres long; the only original handwritten letter by Blas de Lezo that has been preserved will be on exclusive display. A missive he sent to his father from Peru asking him to inform the Minister of the Navy of his discharge from the Navy for not receiving his salary; a meticulous diorama of the castle of San Felipe, the historic site where the last English assault failed, whose piece measures more than 1.50m x 1.30m, as well as a portrait of Blas de Lezo by the battle painter Augusto Ferrer Dalmau.
The exhibition is completed with more than 40 paintings, 5 sculptures, facsimiles from the 15th to the 17th century, royal uniforms and flags. Archaeological remains, weapons, maps and original plans will also be on display, completing an exhibition of more than 10 different pieces. It should be remembered that the most important feat of Blas de Lezo is undoubtedly the challenge to himself, the overcoming of a person who, with great physical deficiencies, reached the rank of Lieutenant General of the Navy, with great effort and tenacity, participating in 28 battles and dying undefeated.
