{"id":3455,"date":"2020-04-17T17:49:33","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T17:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/?p=3455"},"modified":"2020-04-18T11:26:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T11:26:14","slug":"la-leyenda-de-hercules-y-la-fundacion-de-sevilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/en\/blog\/la-leyenda-de-hercules-y-la-fundacion-de-sevilla\/","title":{"rendered":"The Legend of Hercules, founder of Seville."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Hercules: Myth or reality?<\/h2>\n<p>All commentators and historians agree that Seville was founded by <strong>Hercules<\/strong>. But can we believe this claim? Isn&#039;t Hercules a god of the <strong>classical mythology<\/strong>How can we believe in a mythological god who came to Seville to found it as a city?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3460\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3460\" style=\"width: 1053px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3460 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hercules-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1053\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hercules-scaled.jpg 1053w, https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hercules-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hercules-674x1024.jpg 674w, https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hercules-768x1167.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hercules-1011x1536.jpg 1011w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1053px) 100vw, 1053px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hercules<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The Phoenicians in Spain<\/h2>\n<p>Around the year <strong>1000 BC<\/strong>, That is, about three thousand years ago, the first navigators arrived <strong>Phoenicians<\/strong> to Spain. They were sailing through the <strong>Mediterranean Sea<\/strong>, Having sailed along the coast of North Africa, where they learned the Egyptian religion (that of the god Osiris and the goddess Isis); and where they founded a colony, near present-day Tunisia, which they named <strong>Kar-tago<\/strong>, what does it mean <em>new city<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>From there they continued to progress in their journeys or voyages, getting closer and closer to <strong>Strait of Gibraltar<\/strong>. They did not dare to cross this zone because of the fear that all the ancients felt of the unknown ocean., <strong>the Atlantic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3466\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3466\" style=\"width: 940px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3466 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/fenicios-en-sevilla.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/fenicios-en-sevilla.jpg 940w, https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/fenicios-en-sevilla-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/fenicios-en-sevilla-768x490.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phoenicians in Seville.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Between two seas<\/h2>\n<p>Only one navigator, more daring than the others, called <strong>Melkart<\/strong>, He decided to sail his ship, braving the currents, between the two promontories that form the Rock of Gibraltar and the Rock of Calpe.<\/p>\n<p>After finding the Atlantic Ocean, he continued sailing north along the coast until he found the <strong>mouth of the Guadalquivir River,<\/strong> which at that time was located near Coria del R\u00edo. He traveled up this river and reached the place that Seville occupies today. Here, on an islet formed between two branches of the river, he found his place. <i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>This is the space where we see today <strong>Plaza del Salvador, Cuesta del Rosario and Plaza de la Pescader\u00eda<\/strong>. In this triangle, nowadays, when trenches are dug to open foundations each time a building is constructed, or when sewer repairs are carried out, fragments of ceramics and other vestiges of the <strong>first Phoenician foundation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3467\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3467\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3467 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Nave-fenicia.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Nave-fenicia.png 600w, https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Nave-fenicia-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phoenician ship.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The first Phoenician factory<\/h2>\n<p>Legend says, however, that those lands were already inhabited by...<strong>the Turdetani<\/strong>, who was in command of <strong>King Geryon<\/strong>, They lived off the trade of hides and skins from the numerous wild bulls that occupied the hills and plains of the region.<\/p>\n<p>However, Melkart, the navigator, established here the <strong>first Phoenician trading post<\/strong> which he named \u201c<strong><em>Spal\u201d<\/em><\/strong>, which in the Phoenician language seems to mean &quot;plain next to a river&quot;, that is, &quot;marsh&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, he achieved, through treaties and armed incursions,<strong> seize the monopoly on furs and hides<\/strong> from Andalusia, probably teaching the indigenous Turdetani to capture and kill the countless wild bulls that inhabited the mountains and plains of the region.<\/p>\n<p>He was able to do this after subduing the king of the Turdetani, <strong>Geryon<\/strong>, whom he imposed not only commercial servitude, but also the change from the primitive religion professed by the Turdetani to a <strong>new Egyptian religion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3465\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3465\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3465 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hercules-2_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hercules-2_0.jpg 760w, https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hercules-2_0-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3465\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sculpture of Hercules.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The origins of the legend<\/h2>\n<p>These are the facts as they occurred. Later, based on this real foundation, a new narrative was formed. <strong>the legend<\/strong>. Melqart, when he died, was declared by the Egyptians and Phoenicians to be a hero, saint, and god, later changing his name from Melqart to that of <strong>Heracles<\/strong>, and among Latinos because <strong>Hercules<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It is natural that he is considered <strong>hero<\/strong>, Since he had been the first to dare to navigate an unknown ocean, supposedly full of evils and dangers, it was natural that he was considered<strong> saint and god<\/strong>, for having brought a religion to savage peoples.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3469\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3469\" style=\"width: 1176px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3469 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/heracles-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1176\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/heracles-scaled.jpg 1176w, https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/heracles-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/heracles-753x1024.jpg 753w, https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/heracles-768x1044.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/heracles-1129x1536.jpg 1129w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1176px) 100vw, 1176px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hercules or Herakles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The people make the hero and the saint<\/h2>\n<p>In reality, the Phoenicians behaved exactly the same way as later peoples have behaved, and so we Spaniards, <strong>we have considered heroes<\/strong> to the bold<strong> discoverers of America<\/strong>, who founded cities in Mexico or Peru, and we have recognized their pious virtues for having brought our Christian religion to the wild Indians of the New World.<\/p>\n<p>There has been no shortage of repeated proposals and attempts to<strong> canonize Christopher Columbus<\/strong> as a saint, for having been the initiator of the Christianization of America. Even today, his cause for sainthood is being promoted for that reason. <strong>Queen Isabella the Catholic<\/strong>, for having sponsored the discovery of America, which doubled the scope of Christendom.<\/p>\n<p>In the same way, Melkart, called Herakles and Hercules, ascended to the altars of classical mythology.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3471\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3471\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3471 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/el-mito-de-hercules.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/el-mito-de-hercules.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/el-mito-de-hercules-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hercules and the Nemean Lion, Relief.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The passage to posterity<\/h2>\n<p>After, <strong>the poets and the authors of tragedies<\/strong>, In Greece and Rome, they invented, using authentic events from their lives, the legends of <strong><em>\u201cThe Twelve Labors of Hercules\u201d<\/em><\/strong> Among these achievements, some more embellished than others, was the breaking of the mountains that joined Africa and Spain, which symbolically meant forcing passage through the Strait of Gibraltar. In this way, myths and fears were dispelled, and it became <strong>&#8220;<em>Plus ultra<\/em>&#8221; <\/strong>what until then had been <em>\u201cNon plus ultra\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>And another event, that of <strong>having taken over the market for bull hides and skins<\/strong>, which enriched Phoenician trade, becomes the legend that<em> \u201cHe cleaned the stables of King Geryon and tamed the ferocious bulls.\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3470\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3470\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3470 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/doce-trabajos-hercules.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/doce-trabajos-hercules.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/doce-trabajos-hercules-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail of the ceramic depicting Hercules and the Hydra of Lerna.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The myth of Hercules<\/h2>\n<p>The myth tells that Hercules was the <strong>son of Zeus and Alcmena<\/strong>. But his birth was not the result of a love affair, for Zeus disguised himself as Alcmena&#039;s husband, Amphitryon, and assumed his form while he was away at war. In this way, he fathered a son with her, Hercules. This had dire consequences for young Hercules, for Zeus&#039;s wife, <strong>Hera<\/strong>, Upon learning of this and enraged by the event, she set about tormenting Heracles&#039; life from childhood.<\/p>\n<p>Heracles was not known for great intelligence or wisdom; the things he enjoyed most were wine, food, and women. Furthermore,<strong>she was very temperamental<\/strong>, This caused him to lose control of his immeasurable strength whenever he gave in to anger. However, this didn&#039;t mean everything was bad. Once he calmed down, he came to understand the weight of his actions and accepted the punishment he deserved, even vowing not to use his strength for the duration of that punishment.<\/p>\n<p>Our Greek hero also <strong>He had children with Megara<\/strong>, Upon them, a terrible event befell them. Hera, Zeus&#039;s wife, as we have already mentioned, unable to defeat Hercules because he was stronger than her, caused him to lose his memory for a time. In his confusion, Hercules murdered his wife and three children in cold blood, and when he regained his memory, he was filled with sorrow and agony. <strong>To make amends for his actions, he agreed to perform 12 jobs<\/strong>, entrusted after visiting the Oracle of Delphi as penance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3472\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3472\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3472 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Los_doce_trabajos_Hercules.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Los_doce_trabajos_Hercules.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Los_doce_trabajos_Hercules-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Los_doce_trabajos_Hercules-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3472\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mosaic of the Twelve Labors of Hercules.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The Twelve Labors of Hercules<\/h2>\n<p>The list of tasks, jobs that were entrusted to\u00a0<strong>Hercules<\/strong>, The following were performed in order to purify his sins and grant him eternal life:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Kill the\u00a0<strong>Nemean Lion<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Kill the\u00a0<strong>Hydra of Lerna<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Capture the\u00a0<strong>Ceryneian Hind<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Capture the\u00a0<strong>Erymanthian Boar<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Clean the\u00a0<strong>Augean stables<\/strong>\u00a0in a single day<\/li>\n<li>Kill the\u00a0<strong>Stymphalian birds<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Capture the\u00a0<strong>Cretan Bull<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Steal the\u00a0<strong>mares of King Diomedes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Recover the girdle\u00a0<strong>Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Steal the monster&#039;s cattle\u00a0<strong>Geryon<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Stealing the apples from\u00a0<strong>Garden of the Hesperides<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Capture and bring back\u00a0<strong>Cerberus, the Guardian of the Underworld<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Finally, Hercules I<strong>He managed to overcome these 12 difficult tasks<\/strong> and earned his place as the greatest hero in Greek history, alongside<strong> Achilles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3473\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3473\" style=\"width: 483px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3473 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hercules-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"483\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hercules-2.jpg 483w, https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hercules-2-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sculpture of Hercules.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The founder and his remains<\/h2>\n<p>Seville, through all its historians and chroniclers, has always recognized, and continues to recognize, <strong>Hercules as the founder of the city<\/strong>. For this reason, we find his statue placed in public places, and in the place of honor reserved for the founding fathers. Thus, in the <strong>Town Hall archway<\/strong>, The statue of Hercules is the first.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3461\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3461\" style=\"width: 932px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3461 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/H\u00e9rcules-ayto-sevilla.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"932\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/H\u00e9rcules-ayto-sevilla.jpg 932w, https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/H\u00e9rcules-ayto-sevilla-175x300.jpg 175w, https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/H\u00e9rcules-ayto-sevilla-596x1024.jpg 596w, https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/H\u00e9rcules-ayto-sevilla-768x1318.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/H\u00e9rcules-ayto-sevilla-895x1536.jpg 895w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 932px) 100vw, 932px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sculpture of Hercules in the archway of the Town Hall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And when the illustrious assistant of the city, Don Francisco de Zapata y Cisneros, <strong>Count of Barajas<\/strong>, He built the Alameda promenade, and placed on it, topping it off, one of the columns brought from <strong>Temple on Marble Street<\/strong> The new promenade featured a statue of Hercules, the founder of Seville, and gave his name to the place, which has been called Seville ever since. <strong>Alameda de H\u00e9rcules<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3462\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3462\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3462 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/alameda-hercules.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/alameda-hercules.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/alameda-hercules-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Columns of Hercules and Julius Caesar in the Alameda de H\u00e9rcules.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, we will say that in the <strong>Jerez Gate<\/strong> (gate in the wall, demolished in the 19th century) there were some above the entrance arch <strong>Latin verses<\/strong>, which translated into Spanish said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cHercules built me up,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Julius Caesar surrounded me<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>of walls and high towers,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>and the holy king won me over<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>with Garci P\u00e9rez de Vargas*.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>*(Garci P\u00e9rez de Vargas was a Castilian knight of the 13th century, a hero of the Spanish Reconquista.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3463\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3463\" style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3463 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Placa_de_Puerta_de_Jerez.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Placa_de_Puerta_de_Jerez.jpg 330w, https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Placa_de_Puerta_de_Jerez-250x300.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3463\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plaque currently located on Maese Rodrigo street, next to Puerta de Jerez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3464\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3464\" style=\"width: 433px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3464 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/inscripci\u00f3n-puerta-jerez.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"433\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/inscripci\u00f3n-puerta-jerez.jpg 433w, https:\/\/cultureaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/inscripci\u00f3n-puerta-jerez-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3464\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail of the plate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hercules: Myth or Reality? 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