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Start of the lV edition
of
“Fridays at the Residence”
conferences
The IV edition of the “Fridays at the Reti-
rement Home” conference cycle, a cultural
activity sponsored by FCC Volunteers with
the collaboration of the Esther Koplowitz
Foundation, kicked off on 19 October with
a presentation by Antonio Gómez Ciria, the
FCC Group managing director of Adminis-
tration and Information Technologies.
Born in the province of Scoria, Antonio Gó-
mez Ciria spoke to the retirees living at the
“Nuestra Casa” home, his passion for Soria
and the poetic works of Antonio Machado,
one of Spain’s greatest and most immortal
poets.
The speaker gave a documented and de-
tailed summary of the impressive biography
and works of the Seville-born poet who, as
a high-school French teacher went to live in
Soria where he met his first wife who beca-
me his muse, Leonor Izquierdo.
The pleasant and instructive conference
also included songs by Juan Manuel Serrat
who sang the poetry of Antonio Machado
accompanied by a slide show of images
and landscapes of this city on banks of the
Duero River.
Antonio Gómez Ciria started his presenta-
tion with a few words to express his grati-
tude to the chairman of the Foundation and
core shareholder, Esther Koplowitz. A large
group of members of the FCC Group Board
of Directors were present at this event, in-
cluding Fernando Falcó, Rafael Montes and
Felipe B. García, members of the Executive
Committee such as José Mayor and Mi-
guel Hernanz, as well as Andrés del Río,
the vice-chairman of the Esther Koplowitz
Foundation.