Conde de Floridablanca
Key man in the history of Spain, Jose Moñino and Redondo, Count of Floridablanca, was born in Murcia in 1728. This year marks the bicentenary of the death of this illustrious Murcian who died in Sevilla, who became first secretary of state for sixteen years in the reigns of Carlos III and Carlos IV. To remember the Autonomous Community of Murcia, the City Hall, the Ministry of Culture, the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando and Cajamurcia Foundation organized the exhibition "Floridablanca (1728 - 1808), the utopian reformist". (Source)
He has this statue in the garden that bears his name: Jardin de Floridablanca (Garden of Floridablanca), in the Barrio del Carmen. For more information about this character and the exposure (exposure of Sept. 22 until Dec. 8, 2008) Click (information on the web is in Spanish only)
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