Mário Laginha was even born in Lisbon, but he is the son of a mother from Loulé. The ties that unite him to the city are, therefore, obvious and were reinforced this Thursday, 27th of July. It is that the acclaimed pianist and composer of jazz visited the exhibition “LOULÉ. Territories, Memories and Identities”, at the National Archeology Museum, in Lisbon, from which he came “even more of Loulé than I already felt”.
The musician spoke with the Sul Informação after visiting the exhibition and the balance was positive. “I really liked it. It's even touching to see that the ties go further than what we thought. The entire exhibition is well documented», he said.
On this visit, Mário Laginha had a “special guide”: António Carvalho, director of the National Archeology Museum. «It was very interesting to realize that the history of Loulé follows the History of Portugal», said the musician.
The exhibition features 504 cultural assets, from 35 of the 154 archaeological sites identified in the territory of Loulé, as well as a section dedicated to “Identities”, with large and expressive black and white photographs by archaeologist Pedro Barros.
Throughout the exhibition, «many things impressed me», stresses Mário Laginha. First: the fact that the oldest act of council in Portugal is from Loulé, dated 1384, in the midst of a crisis of succession to the throne (1383-1385).
Then, the fact that it was found, in the municipality of Loulé, bones of a carnivorous amphibian called Metoposaurus algarvensis, that inhabited the Earth at the beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs.
Furthermore, the fact of being able to “touch some objects” in the exhibition “is a very happy idea”. "It's a way to feel closer," said Mário Laginha.
“LOULÉ. Territories, Memories and Identities” will be on display until December 30, 2018 and until then the musician guarantees that he will recommend the visit. "I'm going to start any conversation by saying: have you been to the exhibition in Loulé?", said, between laughs, Mário Laginha.
For now, the truth is that the musician began his visit at 9:20 am, the doors opened to the public at 10:00 am and at 10:01 am, he guarantees, «there were already people in the Museum», which shows the interest that the exhibition is generating.
The location is also an "advantage", as the National Archeology Museum is in the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, in Belém, one of the places with the most tourists in Lisbon.
«Feeling the connection of the world, with all its history, to a territory is very touching. Even I will start looking at Loulé in a different way», concluded Mário Laginha.
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