The Local Government Commission of the Toledo City Council approved during its extraordinary session the request for designation of Toledo as European Capital of Culture for the year 2031as well as the application program and the declaration of … that the city is not in any situation that would prevent it from receiving awards from the European Union.
Toledo thus takes a new step towards becoming European Capital of Culture in 2031, after the official presentation at the Rojas Theater, reaffirm commitment to culture as a driver of developmentcohesion and social transformation, the municipal council said in a press release.
The Councilor for Culture, Ana Pérez, stressed that this candidacy “is a major opportunity for restore the light of Europe to Toledo“, collecting the best of our heritage and projecting it into the future.”
In addition, he recalled that this can
idatura was born from the consensus and participation of all social, institutional and cultural sectors of the city and achieved institutional unanimity throughout the region, defending culture as a basic element.
Finally, Ana Pérez claimed the historical legitimacy of Toledo as a world heritage city and the capacity to offer in these times a cultural and humanist response to the challenges of the continent.
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