A talk by Toni Torregrossa & Joaquim Marques Bolufer - Wednesday, 21 May 2014 at 20.00 in the Auditorium of the Museum of Xàbia
The talk will be in Castellano and English
All welcome

Toni is Torregrossa is a translator in Valenciano and a specialist in the study and spelling of place names – toponymy. He has studied toponymy and map corrections from the year 1985 and has published studies on the topic, the most recent on names on the coast of Javea.

Joaquim Marques Bolufer is the municipal archaeologist of Javea. He has conducted and published several works of archeology and ethnography and compilations of toponyms.

Together they will talk on the fascinating subject of the meaning of place names in Javea.

Toponymy is a discipline of linguistics that studies the origin of "place names" . Xàbia, a large municipality occupied intensely since prehistoric times, preserves a rich "toponímic" heritage. For example, the name of the "partida" Falandons or Forandons located at the western end of the area, derives from the name of an old farmstead owned by a mudejar of Gata called "Ando" (XIV -XV centuries) where there was - and still is - a water source. All this meant the "partida" was known, at least to the eighteenth century, as the Font d' Ando (Ando’s Source), a name that eventually became Forando.










Stay and enjoy a drink and an informal chat afterwards

The first Annual General Meeting of the association ‘Amics del Museu de Xàbia’ will take place on  Wednesday 12 February 2014 in the Sala de Conferencias of the said Museum.  The First call will be at 19.30h and the Second call at 20.00h.
The agenda will be as follows:
1. President’s address
2. Membership report
3. Treasurer’s report (and auditor’s comments)
4. Election of Secretary*
5. Formal election of co-opted committee members**
6. Motions put forward by members

The current Committee was formed in 2012 to create and establish the association.  Committee members agreed to stand for a period of three years, unless ill-health or other circumstances prevented this.  It comprises:

President :         Joaquim Bolufer Marqués
Vicepresidenta :     MºDesemparats Bolufer Castelló
Secretària :          Margaret Morgan
Tresorer:          Josep Salvador Castelló Marí
Vocal 1ra           Christine Betterton-Jones
Vocal 2na          Nina Davies
Vocal 3ra          Pepa Roig Sarrión
Vocal 4rt          Cesc Camprubí Martell

*  Margaret Morgan wishes to stand down as secretary for health reasons, but would like to stay on the committee as a vocal.

**Co-opted Members:  The committee wishes the meeting to confirm the election of the following people:

a.  Membership Secretary:  Irene Moekkote as Membership Secretary, responsible for maintaining the database of members in conjunction with the Treasurer.
b. Minutes Secretary:  Vicenta Cruañes Moragues as Minutes Secretary, responsible for agendas and minutes.
c. Vocal:  Anne Sefton as a vocal.
d. Deputy Treasurer:  nomination to be confirmed.
e. Secretary:  nominationl to be confirmed.

The Association’s Statutes (in Valencià and English) are available with the Secretary for inspection.

                                  MARGARET MORGAN – Secretary
   January 2014

To celebrate the day of Santa Lucía,
AMUX has planned two activities:
Thursday 12 December
Museum : 18:00 “Santa Lucía, archaeology and tradition”
Talk by Ximo Bolufer, muncipal archaeologist, with an introduction to the festival by Nina Davies. Power Point presentation with translation into English.

The objective is to impart the history of this chapel and the particular characteristics of its site. It is hoped that foreign members in the audience who celebrate the fiesta in their countries will tell us about their festivities.

And at the end, mulled wine with Christmas sweetmeats.

Friday, 13 December
Romeria (pilgrimage) to Santa Lucía - Start of the climb to the Chapel at 10.30am
Empar Bolufer, councillor for culture, will guide us up to the chapel.
At the chapel, the Brotherhood of Santa Lucía will offer hot chocolate, “bambes” and mistela.
The path is rough and quite steep in places. Walking shoes or trainers recommended.
Meet at the tosca cross opposite the Instituto Antoní Llidó (Avda Angel Domenènech)

Luis Pablo Martinez, an international expert on cultural heritage, will explain, in Castellano and English, the work to include riches like the Palm Grove of Elche in the UNESCO lists of World Heritage sites. Come to the Xàbia Museum at 19.00 on 15 March to find out more and enjoy a drink and an informal chat afterwards