The sailor Álvaro de Mendaña puts on a galleon for a hat to celebrate the 50 years of his institute

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The sailor Álvaro de Mendaña puts on a galleon for a hat to celebrate the 50 years of his institute

The hat worn by the Bertian navigator Alvaro de Mendaña, discoverer of the Solomon Islands and the Marquesas, in the iconic image that has transcended him and that anyone can see on Wikipedia, has been transformed into a galleon with sails to the wind in the mural three meters wide by four and a half height that since this weekend shows the facade of the institute that bears its name in Ponferrada and with which it has begun to celebrate the 50t…