The brooch is part of the limited edition that was done to commemorate the Bicentennial of the death of the enlightened politician from Gijón and it reproduces a plant that was named after him
The heirs of Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos awarded this morning a brooch known as the Jovellana to the directors of the Feijoo University Institute for Studies of the 18th Century. The gem will be part of the catalog of the entity.
The award ceremony took place at the premises of the Institute at the Campus of El Milán. María Teresa Cienfuegos Jovellanos and Domingo Caramés represented the family of the dignatary and the director of the Institute, Álvaro Ruíz de la Peña, was in charge of receiving the brooch. Inmaculada Urzainqui and the Vice-Deans of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, Roger Bosch and Eva Álvarez Martino, were also present during the ceremony.
The gem was designed and created at the workshops of Quirós Arte-Joya to commemorate the Bicentennial of the death of Gaspar Merchor de Jovellanos in 2011. It is one of the eleven broochs that form this limited edition. The gem reproduces a plant that was named in honor of the Asturian politician.
