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PATRIMONIO ARTÍSTICOLA CULTURA DE LOS SENTIDOSARTISTIC HERITAGECULTURE OF THE SENSESDefinía el escritor y poeta olivense Enric Sòria la cultura como“una continua brega con la vida en favor de la vida, un esfuerzopor devolverle la belleza y el sentido: la expresión justa y agraciada,los buenos platos bien cocinados, los libros que instruyen,deleitan o hacen reflexionar, los vinos que alegran, la música queconmueve, las imágenes sabiamente compuestas y ordenadas, laamabilidad, todo aquello que nos ayuda a vivir, razonar, sentir ydisfrutar como personas”.Así pues, cultura entendida en este sentido, amplio y particular, la hayporque ha nacido gente que la ha hecho; desde los primeros pobladoresque se asentaron en estas tierras y ocultaron su presencia en yaci-As Oliva-born writer and poet Enric Sòria defined it, culture is “a continualstruggle in favour of life, an effort to give it back its beautyand meaning; fair and deserving expression, well-cooked dishes, booksthat teach you something, delight you or make you think, wines thatmake you happy, music that moves you, wisely-composed and orderedimages, friendliness, all that helps us live, reason, feel and enjoy ourselvesas people.”‘Culture’ understood in this sense, as something both broad and personal,is there because people have created it – from the earliest settlers in theselands who hid their presence in unexpectedly-found archaeological digs, belowthe surface in the countryside and under street corners, on the sides ofmountains that bear testimony to each and every stone of that remains of asplendid past manifested in the gilt-edged Renaissance halls where the echo< Palau Ducal de GandiaLa Guía | The Guide | 17