Benidorm recognizes with its cultural distinction the teacher Bárbara Alemany
The Board of Spokesmen supports the proposal of the commission of the award 'Ciutat de Benidorm'
The mayor proposes to nominate as '9 d'october' the new avenue next to Foietes Park
The City Council will grant the teacher and philosopher Bárbara Alemany the cultural distinction 'Ciutat de Benidorm', which is presented annually on October 9 coinciding with the celebration of the Valencian Community Day. The Board of Spokespersons has supported that the award goes to Bárbara Alemany, as proposed by the Commission in charge of this distinction, composed by the prizewinners of previous editions.
With this distinction, it is recognized "the educational trajectory, constant and discreet" of Barbara Alemany, as well as "her work of historical dissemination of various aspects of Benidorm." A graduate in English Philology, Alemany is a professor of English and has been teaching at the IES Pere Mª Orts i Bosch since 1980, leading the English department until 2011.
Bárbara Alemany was the first woman to speak at the Coronation ceremony of the Queens and Ladies of Honor of the Festes Majors Patronals, and is also the first to obtain the cultural distinction 'Ciutat de Benidorm'.
She has written some works like English Language Gymkhana (1996,), A beach reading (2012), and the article Es diu a Benidorm, which was published in the Official Magazine of Festes Majors Patronals and in the book of Sant Antoni Festivities. She has also participated in the Biography of Pere Mª Orts i Bosch, by Pasqual Almiñana; and El Castell de Benidorm and Església de Sant Jaume i Santa Anna by Charles Wilson. In addition, she is one of the authors of the Dictionary of Benidorm, specifically in the section of paremiology, in which are grouped a lot of sentences made from Benidorm.
In the same Board of Spokespersons the mayor has also transferred to the rest of groups of the corporation his proposal to nominate '9 d'october' the new avenue emerged with the construction of the Foietes Park, which runs parallel to the avenue of the same name and surrounds the new green zone until arriving at the roundabout located in front of the social center Jose Llorca Linares, point in which begins the numbering of the Goya street and the avenue of Foietes. This proposal will be included in the regular plenary at the end of the month.
