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The model of the submersible "Ictíneo II", built by inmates of the Murcia II penitentiary, located in the Murcia municipality of Campos del Río, is already exhibited in the Museu Maritim de Barcelona (MMB), former Reales Atarazanas, shipyards dating back to the 13th century Being the best preserved of the Mediterranean coast where under the reign of Jaime I the Conqueror, monarch educated by the Knights Templarios, had its maximum splendor constructing the galleys of the Aragonese Catalan fleet.
In the construction, four people were involved, taking a year since the initial equipment has been serving their sentences, using recyclable materials such as poplar wood from fruit boxes, coffee, toothpick holders, thread, plastic Packaging, a fine-haired saw, paint, varnish, all materials that pass a rigorous security check.
The plans have been facilitated by the MMB and this action is part of the Project Fénix Prisoners of Fine Arts and Crafts created in 2006 by the Association Templarios Jumilla whose Commendation in Catalonia was assigned to the Cultural Association Jumillana located in the emblematic neighborhood of Barcelona Of Poble Sec, who is responsible for the coordination of all operations with the authority of the Barcelona Museum.
The submersible measures 40 cm in length, 10 cm of sleeve and 10 cm of strut.
It is equipped with its own container case, in its construction there is not a single metallic element, and as historical illustration say that the universal sailor, Cartagena Murcia Isaac Peral, inspired by the ichtíneos of the Catalan Narcís Monturiol, invented the submarine that revolutionized The global navigation.
Source: Templarios de Jumilla
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