Chipiona commemorates the 271st anniversary of the Lisbon tsunami
The programme includes sirens on the beaches on November 1, an exhibition, talks and an evacuation drill on the 6th.
Chipiona devotes the first week of November to remembering the 1755 Lisbon tsunami, of which 271 years are being marked. The Town Council has organised a programme with religious events, an exhibition, training sessions and an evacuation drill at a school.
Sirens and religious events
The programme starts on Sunday, November 1. At 10:00 the commemorative sirens will sound on the beaches of Regla and Cruz del Mar. At 12:00 the staff of command will be presented to the Santísimo Cristo de las Misericordias in the parish of Nuestra Señora de la O, and at 18:00 the procession of the Cristo de las Misericordias will set off.
Exhibition and training
From Tuesday, November 3 to Friday, November 6, the San Fernando building will host, from 9:30 to 13:30, an exhibition of the Chipiona Tsunami Ready project. On Tuesday, November 3, at 10:30, the Centro de Adultos Manuel Espinosa Pau will host a training session on tsunami risk management.
On Wednesday, November 4 and Thursday, November 5, from 10:00, there will be school visits to places related to the Lisbon tsunami. On Wednesday, November 4, at 17:30, the El Rocío Jurado centre will host an information session for the educational community of that centre.
Evacuation drill
The programme ends on Friday, November 6 with an evacuation drill exercise at the CEIP Príncipe Felipe.
The programme was presented by the mayor, Luis Mario Aparcero, together with the Education delegate, Virginia Porras, the Beaches delegate, Eduardo Lorenzo, and the coordinator of the local committee of the Tsunami Ready project, Paco Castro, at the Tsunami Ready centre in the San Fernando building.