The University of Lleida will design, manage and present an exhibition to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the birth of Sant Francesc de Borja that will take place in 2010 in Gandia, thanks to an agreement signed with its Town Council. The exhibition will display around fifty works by artists like Francisco de Goya, Diego Velázquez, El Greco, Francisco de Zurbarán, Bartolomé Murillo and Joan de Joanes, among others. The Research Group on Art and Culture of the Modern Period, leaded by the Chair in Art History Ximo Company is in charge of the organisation. According to its organisers, the aim of the exhibition "Sant Francesc de Borja, Grandee of Spain: Art and Spirituality in the Hispanic Culture of the 16th and 17th Centuries " is "to exhibit the extraordinary creative wealth of Spanish plastic arts in that period, while keeping the figure of Sant Francesc de Borja and the scope of his political, social, cultural and spiritual action as a conducting thread". The exhibition will be open between October and December 2010 in Gandia and will occupy two different spaces. The “La Marquesa” Gallery will accommodate the most important works coming from big museums, galleries or world-famous private collections. It is conceived as an anthological selection of paintings and sculptures that might also include literary works or decorative arts. The other venue will be Francesc de Borja’s Ducal Palace itself, one of the most outstanding palace houses in mediaeval and modern Spain. The building displays furniture of the period and other elements like original manuscripts by Francesc de Borja. Apart from these, other works will be added in order to draw a better portrait of his dimension as a politician and a Jesuit, as well as an insight into his private life and his family. Gandia Tourist Information Spain. Community events and Resources. What to see, where to stay and lots more! Gandia Turismo Información 2010 Borja.   Accomodations Gandia