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THE PLAQUE

This metal plaque is placed in the entrance hall of the Casa das Ciencias you can enter entrance hall and visit it without paying, to visit the museum you must pay 2€.
The plaque rads:

"Esta Casa de Las Ciencias
de La Coruña
fue inaugurada
el dia primeiro
del mes de Junio
del año
mil novecentos ochenta y cinco
por SS. MM. los Reyes
D Juan Carlos y Dª Sofia
siendo alcaide de la Ciudad
El execmo. señor
D. Francisco Vazquez Vazquez"

"This House of Sciences
of La Coruña
was inaugurated
first day
of June
of the year
one thousand nine hundred eighty five
by SS. MM. the Kings
D Juan Carlos and Dª Sofia
being mayor of the City
The Mr.
Francisco Vazquez Vazquez "


WHAT WAS INAUGURATED

[English]
"In Santa Margarita Park, this museum about science and its principles was one of the first interactive museums in Spain. The visit is pleasant and illustrative, particularly for children, who can experience physical phenomena and see collections of animals and minerals, to end at the Planetarium on the top floor, where the sky and the stars are displayed on a large dome."

[Galego]
"No parque de Santa Margarita, este museo sobre a ciencia e os seus principios foi un dos primeiros museos interactivos de España. A visita do mesmo é un percorrido ameno e ilustrativo sobre todo para os nenos que poden experimentar fenómenos físicos, ver coleccións sobre animais e minerais ata rematar no planetario da última planta onde nunha gran bóveda mostran o ceo e as estrelas."

[Castellano]
"En el parque de Santa Margarita, este museo sobre la ciencia y sus principios fue uno de los primeros museos interactivos de España. Su visita constituye un recorrido ameno e ilustrativo, sobre todo para los niños, que pueden experimentar fenómenos físicos y ver colecciones sobre animales y minerales hasta fi nalizar en el planetario de la última planta, donde en una gran bóveda se muestran el cielo y las estrellas."

From the Galicia official website: http://www.turgalicia.es

WHO WAS THAT INAUGURATED IT

Juan Carlos
"Juan Carlos I (born 5 January 1938) reigned as King of Spain from 1975 to 2014, when he abdicated in favour of his son, Felipe VI.
Generalísimo Francisco Franco, the Spanish dictator, took over the government of Spain from the short-lived Second Spanish Republic by force in 1939, and ruled as "Regent to the [exiled] King of Spain". In 1969, he chose Prince Juan Carlos, grandson of King Alfonso XIII, to be the next head of state, bypassing his father Juan de Borbón and expecting him to continue Franco's own authoritarian regime. Juan Carlos became King on 22 November 1975, two days after Franco's death, the first reigning monarch since 1931. His father did not abdicate in favor of his son until 1977. Soon after enthronement, Juan Carlos introduced reforms to dismantle the Francoist regime and begin the Spanish transition to democracy. This led to the approval of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum, which established a constitutional monarchy. In 1981, Juan Carlos played a major role in preventing a coup that attempted to revert Spain to Francoist government in the King's name.
During his reign, Juan Carlos served as the president of the Ibero-American States Organization, representing over 700 million people in its 24-member nations of Spain, Portugal, and their former American colonies. In 2008, he was considered the most popular leader in all Ibero-America.
In 1962, Juan Carlos married Princess Sofía of Greece and Denmark, with whom he has three children. Juan Carlos and Sofía retain the titles and style they enjoyed during his reign."

From: http://wikipedia.org

Sofia
"Sofía (born 2 November 1938) is the wife of King Juan Carlos I. Born a princess of Greece and Denmark, she became Queen of Spain upon her husband's accession in 1975. On 2 June 2014, Juan Carlos announced that he would abdicate in favour of their son, Felipe VI, who assumed the throne on 19 June 2014."

From: http://wikipedia.org