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Being part of the group of places of Europe distingued by

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their importance in the development of Physics is an honour that the Residencia

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receives with pride and it is added to the European Heritage, which,

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as you know, the Residencia has recently received from the European Union Council

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both honours extremely meaningful to us, because,

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on the one hand, it reinforces the international european vocation that inspired and

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encourages the project of the Residencia from its beginnings and, besides, in this

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particular case, it highlights the dedication and constant attention to Science

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emphasazing the importance of Physics and conscience

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giving this designation. This honour to the Residencia de Estudiantes, well-deserved honour

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for the rest, shows that Science is at the same level as Humanities.

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Although it is thought that the Residencia is Lorca, Dalí, Falla,

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it is also the physicists that were acournd the

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Residencia and recognizing that Science is a part of Culture

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with capital "C" I think it is very important in a

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society that, although it is hard to admit,

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is far away from the golden years of the Residencia, 100 years have passed, but is is

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very important to expose. Now the international scientific society also

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has 42 national societies at the moment and it promotes scientific excellence

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and has contributed significally to the european Physics in Education, research, to the mobility

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publication and authenticy. We overtake 305 members and about 40 associated members from the industry, manufacters...

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now it presents about 120.000 physicists in Europe in the international society.

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Our labor here is transmit our ideas and our

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experiences and I think it is precisely what the Residencia used to

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do in the 1920s and 1930s in 20th century. I am not going to repeat

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the list of names since they have been already mentioned, but when

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any extraordinary person had something to say regarding several cultural matters

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of course, but also as the professor Azcárraga has pointed out about

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diverse aspects of science in general of Physics and in particular to the

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visit to the Residencia. He stayed or not in its facilities and he will give a

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lecture about the state of scientific knowledge. The most

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well known scientists and intelectuals of all the areas of research

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transformed this place into the golden place of Science, Culture and tolerance.

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Nowadays, the Residencia follows the same path and it is weird if there is a week without

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debates and lectures that maintain alive and thriving the interest regarding science and culture in general.

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Now we are going to uncover, in the gardens, the commemorative nameplate as an tribute to

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those who made possible the existence of this oasis of calm and civilization and of that dedication.

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I hope that, apart from this tribute to the nameplate, it symbolizes the announcement and

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the compromise of our intention to make this go on in the same way.