The Place:
Edificio la Isla
It receives its current name due to the fact that during the 17th century its owners held the noble title of Marquises of the Island.
It was built in the 16th century at the expense of a branch of the Blázquez-Mayoralgo family that had settled in Cáceres at the time and was not recognized by the branch of the family that had been in the city since the Reconquest. This family dispute explains the two Latin inscriptions that can be read on its façade on the one hand «Moderata durant. Nobilitat animus non acta parentum» (Moderate things last. It ennobles the spirit, not the deeds of relatives) and on one of the coats of arms located in one of its inner courtyards by another: «Vanitas vanitatum et omnia vanitas» (Vanity of vanities and all is vanity).
The palace is owned by the City Council of Cáceres and is used as a cultural center and for various events and exhibitions. During the second half of the 20th century it was the seat of the Provincial Historical Archive of Cáceres, which ended up moving to the Palace of Toledo-Moctezuma. In addition, since the end of 2005 it was designated as the headquarters to coordinate the actions carried out by the consistory in relation to the candidacy of Cáceres as European Capital of Culture for the year 2016.
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Marqueses de la Isla:
This building owes its name to its owners, Blázquez Mogollón, who during the 18th century were Marquises of the Island.
Now
The place
Library Julián Rodríguez Marcos. Julián Rodríguez Marcos in one of the three Municipal Libraries of Cáceres.
"The Network of Municipal Libraries of Cáceres is committed to satisfying the information, reading and entertainment needs of citizens without any distinction, through any type of support and technological means, supplied by a system of services, which, properly organized, allow self-training and access to the information and knowledge society."
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Biography
Julián Rodríguez Marcos was born in Coria , province of Cáceres in 1968. In the early 1990s he edited and directed the art and aesthetics magazine “Sub rosa” and in Cáceres he created in 2010 the art gallery “Casa sin fin”. In 2011 he opened a branch of this gallery in Madrid , rooms that he closed in 2018 due to health problems. Rodríguez was the brother of journalist Javier Rodríguez Marcos . He died in Segovia of a heart attack on June 28, 2019.
Peripheral Publisher
In 2006 he founded the Editorial Periférico in Cáceres , together with Paca Flores , of which he was literary director until his death in 2019. For 13 years he directed the publishing label towards authors and works never before published in Spain.
Works
As a writer, Rodríguez Marcos published a first collection of poems in 2000 entitled "Nevada". In 2001 he published the novel "Lo improbable", centered on a love story. In 2002 the volume “La sombra y la penumbra” came out, three short novels with an urban setting. In 2004, “A cheap vacation in the misery of others” appeared, which won the FNAC New Talent award. In 2008 “Cultivos” came to light, a memory exercise in which his origins as the son of peasants from Extremadura are noted , and his training and learning process with multiple authors and travels. He was also awarded the El Ojo Crítico Prize for Narrative in 2006 for his novel «No need»."
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