Dominican Street intersection Saint Alvaroin the center of Cordoba, returned to its place. After it was hit by a car in January this year, the city council replaced the monolith and the cross that had always been in place. … Who remembers the founder of the monastery Saint Dominic of Scala Coeli.
Father Scala Coeli blessed him this Wednesday Mariano del Prado. Managing Advisor for Infrastructure at the Cordoba City Council, Miguel Ruiz MadrugaHe noted that the car divided the block into three parts and it was necessary to make a new part.
The cost, by a smaller contract, was 7150 euros It was placed in a slightly different location, less exposed to road traffic. This was not the first time he had been hit, as it also happened in 2020, with a delivery vehicle.
Thus, the cross that was first placed in 1860 returns to its place, Ruiz Madruga recalls, to honor the one who was then always called San Alvaro de Córdoba, although it is now known that he is only blessed. “We have a responsibility to protect this heritage. For me it is a pleasure as a consultant and as a consultant Catholic», highlighted.
Mariano del Prado explained that the cross was placed when the street was named after the monk who was praying Via Croesus He noted its “exceptionality.” Social and religious work». For this reason I also attended the brotherhood of Santisimo Cristo and San Alvaro de Córdoba, which maintains a devotion to the Scala Coeli that reaches the entire city.