Friday October 11, 2024
6 p.m.
Maricel Museum and Maricel Palace
Free activity. Limited capacity
On the occasion of the commemoration of the 700th anniversary of the foundation of the Hospital de Sant Joan Baptista, Museus de Sitges pays tribute to the figure of Charles Deering, the American philanthropist behind Maricel, inaugurated in 1918 and which its space had previously hosted the Hospital of Sant Joan.
During the event, a reproduction of the plaque commemorating the appointment of Charles Deering as an Adoptive Son of Sitges (1916), by the sculptor Josep Llimona, will be unveiled. The original plaque is on the Stone House, the house Deering built in Miami. In addition, we will also install in the Maricel Museum the painting Portrait of Charles Deering (191), by Ramon Casas, which is currently in the Hospital, and we will present the new Charles Deering Route in Sitges.