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HISTORIOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION – “FROM THE GOTHIC TO THE METAVERS”

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From June 15 to October 22, 2023, the exhibition “From the Gothic to the Metavers” will be held at the Barcelona Maritime Museum, which proposes a journey through history to learn about the origins of the Consolat de Mar, its contribution to law and the history and future perspective in the field of dispute resolution.

This exhibition combines different channels and supports to communicate the history of Consolat de Mar from its beginnings to its future projection. Real objects and the most relevant books that record the history of this institution are presented, audiovisual elements in which highly prestigious professionals explain the historical and legal elements of the Consolat de Mar, especially its contribution to mediation, and immersive elements where glasses are placed at the service of the visitor and transported through virtual reality to a 14th century cake, which sailed in the middle of the sea.

The exhibition is supported by the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, the Generalitat of Catalonia, the Barcelona City Council, the Barcelona Provincial Council, Barcelona Turisme, and the Barcelona Grain Market.

15th June 2023

The Consolat de Mar celebrates the 750 years of history

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On October 24th 2022, it took place in Tortosa (Tarragona) the opening ceremony for the 3/4 de Mil·lenni – Consolat de Mar Memorial of the 750 years of history of this institution.

This celebration was held at Felip Pedrell Theater and several authorities attended the event, as well as Ms. Meritxell Roigé, mayor of Tortosa; Mr. Jordi Domingo, first consul at Consolat de Mar, and Ms. Mònica Roca, president of the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce.

 

20th October 2022

Presentation of the 3/4 Millennium Celebration of the Consolat de Mar of Barcelona

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This 2022 the Consolat de Mar commemorates its 750 years of history. From this fall to fall 2023, the institution will celebrate with all honors the 750th anniversary of the Consolats de Mar. The anniversary will pay tribute to the social value and the representation and contribution that this institution bought to our country and to the world during these seven and a half centuries. During this period it will be introduced the institution’s present activity, its future role, and how it is increasingly interconnecting in the world.

For this reason, a wide range of activities will be developed under the ¾ Millennium brand with the following objectives:

• Positioning the Consolat de Mar within the current collective thought of Catalan, Balearic and Valencian society, as a living institution that has shared its present and future history.

• Promoting the collective pride that means to have created an institution with seven and a half centuries of history with values, contributions and fundamental contributions to the western world.

• Promoting relations between several Catalan-speaking territories, which also had a Consolat de Mar.

• Establishing and promoting international relations throughout Europe and the world, based on cooperation and cultural diplomacy.

• Opening and promoting several Consolats de Mar —Llotges—at home and abroad that shall spread and explain the current role of the Consulate of the Sea.

• Raise awareness amongst companies about the values and advantages of mediation and arbitration as an alternative conflict resolution systems, opening a way for these tools to regain the weight they had had throughout the Mediterranean and in the world.

The first of these actions took place on July 13, 2022 in Tortosa, origin of the Book of Customs of Tortosa, which this year turns 750 years old and where the first uses and customs of the sea were compiled. The Book  later became a source of inspiration and the true cradle of international maritime law. In Tortosa took place the preparations for the celebration of these three quarters of a millennium of history of the Consolat de Mar.

13th July 2022