The Mayor of Totana, José Martínez Andreo, propose to the full City Council , which is held Thursday, July 30, giving the name "Library and Study Room and Abbey Munuera José María" to the new library and study room located in the neighborhood of El Parral, near the Point of Care for Children "Doña Pepita López Gandía.
The figure of José María Munuera and Abbey (1838 Mazarron - Totana 1909), who taught primary school, court attorney and historian, took for its significance and meaning an important part of the history of Totana, as noted by Martínez Andreo .
In this way, he recalled that work on the Shrine of the Holy, the hermitages of San Jose and San Roque, in press publications on various aspects of the past and local identity, as well as his "Notes on the History of Totana and Aledo, are fundamental references to deepen our roots.
For decades, his work was unique and essential reference for all research work cited in the work not only at local but also regional publications and research, mainly on studies conducted by universities.
In short, a work, developed by JM Munuera and Abbey, deserving the highest esteem and consideration, as stated by the mayor.
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Munuera José María began teaching at Totana professor of elementary education in 1860 until, in late 1870, is introduced into the legal world as a solicitor of the courts.
During that time research in municipal and parish archives, and various individuals, which leads to the publication of several articles in the press, whose theme is to present historical reality and the values of Totana, until the publication of his posthumous work, Notes on the History of Totana and Aledo, who was born in 1916 with the publication that carried out the weekly El Campo.
This last work, milestone of historical events of our city, was reissued in 2000 by the Real Academia Alfonso X the Wise, whose preliminary study by Professor Maria Martinez Martinez emphasizes its importance and significance.
Therefore, the work of José María Munuera and Abbey, as the mayor says, "needs to be recognized and valued in all its dimensions, closer to the present and future generations to his work, primary source for knowledge of Totana and history. "
