Leonor says goodbye to Brazil with a floral offering and follows his journey to Uruguay

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Last day in Salvador de Bahia. The Juan Sebastián de Elcano school ship raised anchors four days after arriving at the largest port in Brazil, a visit in which they have commemorated the 400th anniversary of their recovery by a combined fleet Portuguese Hispanic commanded by Admiral Don Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo. The 76 guards that are formed in the XCVII instruction cruise, among which is the Princess of Asturiashave participated in the farewell ceremony on Tuesday with a floral offering to the fallen of the Spanish and Brazilian armed forces.

The appointment has taken place in the Fort of Santa María and has last gathered the Elcano Guardiarinas with a representation of the ex -army, Marinha and Força Air of Brazil. The heptagonal structure of the fort, original of the seventeenth century with wide stone curtain walls, welcomed the ceremony, which began with the interpretation of both national hymns. Subsequently, and in the presence of the Consul General of Spain in Salvador, Ignacio Pérez Cambra, a restored copy of the ‘Site and company of Salvador de Bahía’ was delivered to Marinha do Brasil ‘, in the Naval Museum of Salvador de Bahia (Baro de Baro).

A day before, Leonor and his teammates attended the History Seminar entitled ‘Salvador de Bahía and its 1625’ site and company, organized by the Cultural Counseling of the Embassy of Spain in Brasilia with the collaboration of the Cervantes de Salvador Institute -one of The eight headquarters of the Institute in Brazil- and the Geographic and Historical Institute of Bay, one of the reference institutions in the research and preservation of the historical heritage of the city. Bahian and Spanish historians participated in the seminar, and a representation of Juan Sebastián de Elcano officers attended.

Recall that it was the last day 14 when Princess Leonor and the rest of her companions docked in the port of Salvador de Bahía after a 23 -day journey through the Atlantic Ocean. They were received at the rhythm of drummers performed by a picture of musicians specialized in Brazilian traditional rhythms. An authentic party that even had the hymn of his well -known carnival, Brazil, La, la, the.

This Wednesday, the ship Juan Sebastián Elcano, with 76 Guardiamarinas on board, 20 officers, 20 non -commissioned officers, 130 military of the sailor and troop scale and two civil teachers, will leave for their second Latin American destination: Uruguay. The cruise, which came out on January 11 of the port of Cádiz and has also passed through Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, offers comprehensive formation to the shipped guards and makes visible the relations of Spain with the countries where it stops.

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