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The Secondary School (IES) "Romano García" Lorquí hosted on Thursday March 25 the conference "Pedro Villa.

A ilorcitano between Spain and France, "about his personal experience as a child of a refugee Frenchman Republican in the country and their future studies on the Spanish Civil War.

In the talk, school students enjoyed a unique testimony on the Civil War, an exhibition of templates with photographs and explanatory texts, and neutrality of what happened in Spain rarely seen.

This conference was an initiative of the Department of History ilorcitano Institute, whose members wanted to pay a heartfelt tribute to one of its most illustrious residents, however, has its own street in the municipality.

In his presentation, Peter Villa said that the fundamentals in a conflict like the Spanish Civil War is "not to forget, to never happen again."

During the 45 minutes of exposure, Villa said that "although there are studies very good and very well documented on the Spanish Civil War, always seem to fall into the same error: throw the dead to face the struggle of figures, regardless a single death is already a crime. "

With the heart Lorquí

Pedro Villa was born in Lorqui, but at an early age had to travel clandestinely to France where his father was a refugee after the war.

Once in the neighboring country, Villa won, thanks to its excellent ratings-funded studies to reach University of Nimes wing and get the chair in chemistry.

"I've always been in France and one more, but I have always been at the heart Lorqui," said Villa.

When Pedro Villa retired at age 64, a friend suggested making a presentation on the Civil War.

"This theme I've always been inside, like a scar that has never stopped hurting," confessed Villa.

Months of hard work led him to develop a work that can be found at the National Library in Paris.

Since then, Pedro Villa has been claimed by different schools to give lectures to students about their work in the Spanish race.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorquí