The rector of the Miguel Hernández University (UMH) of Elche, Jesús T. Pastor Ciurana, together with the mayor of Altea, Jaume Llinares, presented the UMH’s “Anneta Nicoli” Institutional Chair of Artistic Studies this morning at the Gadea Cultural Center in Altea, where the Chair will be headquartered. The Chair will be directed by Daniel Tejero, a professor in the Sculpture Department at the UMH, and Carmen García Muriana, a professor in the Drawing Department at the UMH, will serve as secretary.

Also present at the presentation were the Vice-Rector for Culture and University Extension, Tatiana Sentamans; the General Secretary, Mercedes Sánchez; the Vice-Rector for Faculty, Eva Aliaga; the local Councillor for Culture, Diego Zaragozí; and members of the local council.

The “Anneta Nicoli” Chair of Artistic Studies, under the auspices of the Vice-Rectorate for Institutional Relations at the UMH, will be located in the Gadea Cultural Centre of the Altea Town Hall and affiliated with the Altea campus of the Miguel Hernández University of Elche.

Anneta Nicoli (Altea 1841- El Campello 1893) was an opera singer from Altea, daughter of Miguel Jorro, a diplomat and owner of the Moreria estate, later owned by his brother Vicente, the Count of Altea. Ana Jorro Gómez, “Anneta”, was married to the Carrara (Italy) sculptor Silvio Nicoli and lived between Rome, Florence, and Altea. She died while traveling to Alicante, in El Campello, according to information from the book Altea 1896-1955 (La Tertulia, 1986).