The Ondara City Council, together with the local historian Robert Miralles, has published the book Ondarenques, Ondarencs, history as it has never been told before, to spread local history. The history of Ondara is fascinating and is now presented with a different approach; specifically, with a set of 63 texts that allow you to get a snapshot of Ondara's past, from the most remote period to the most recent.
The target audience of the book is local youth and, in fact, it was recently delivered by the Youth and Education Departments of the Ondara City Council to the new generations. All the 6th grade students of the CEIP Sanchis Guarner received a copy of the book at the end of last year, when they moved on to 1st year of ESO. The mayor, José Ramiro, and the councillors for Education, Rosa Ana Marí, and for Youth, Jordi Ruiz, went to the CEIP Sanchis Guarner to deliver the copies, accompanied by the school's management team.
Now, the work will be presented publicly at an event that will take place next Friday, October 25 at 20:30 p.m. at the Ondara House of Culture; an event in which the author, Robert Miralles, will speak; the Councillor for Education, Rosa Ana Marí; the Councillor for Youth, Jordi Ruiz; and the event will be closed by the Mayor, José Ramiro.
The book Ondarenques, Ondarencs, by Robert Miralles, covers the local history of Ondara with a language and approach that is “different” to what we are used to in history books; it is “history as it has never been told to you”. It does so in clear, simple language that is close to its target audience, which is the local youth. The content of the book is the result of a thoughtful elaboration, selecting the most interesting information, avoiding specialized vocabulary and choosing the simplest and easiest to understand expression. The objective is that the book “Ondarenques, Ondarencs” is read, and that it is done in a few sessions, either at home or in class.
The story does not follow the tradition of creating a single text, usually dense, extensive, divided into chapters, full of data, figures and details. In this case, in “Ondarenques, Ondarencs” there is not a single text, but 63 correlative but closed texts, independent of each other. Each text has a beginning and an end, connected to the previous and the next. The subject matter is broad, as corresponds to a modern vision of history: its pages address physical, economic, demographic, urban, political, military and social aspects. The whole is a puzzle of sixty-three pieces that, once assembled, allow us to obtain a snapshot of Ondara’s past, from the most remote period until just a few days ago. “The history of Ondara is simply fascinating; now, we present it with a different approach.”