This is my response to the “Is anybody there” thread on the LUG. I am very much
here, working, cycling and taking pictures every day.
The other day I was walking around in the centre to look at the Christmas
lights, and found myself outside Alicante's town hall. The door was open and
people were going in to have a look at something, so I did as well. And what I
saw was a nice nativity scene display in the main lobby, with the figures made
by local artists—this is very much a thing here, as evidenced by the poster of
the association of “belenistas” (belén means nativity scene):
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-DgSLhj7/A
The central detail:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-TTHhPgp/A
And a delightful bonus. At the bottom of the grand staircase the leads to the
ceremonial rooms there is a sculpture of St. John the Baptist, made by Salvador
Dalí:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-PzkXtnv/A
For readers in the US: you may be surprised at such religious symbols in a town
hall. Spain does not have the kind of sharp legal separation of Church and
state as does the US, so a nativity scene in a public building is fine. In
practice though, religion intrudes much less on public life in this country
than it does in the US.
Cheers,
Nathan
Nathan Wajsman
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http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
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http://www.frozenlight.eu
YNWA
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