The pirates take the Revillagigedo

ANA RANERA Gijon

Few stories are as exciting as that of corsairs, clandestine inhabitants of the sea, from the classical world to the present day. They are indispensable characters in literature and cinema, but their reality remains hidden in the shadows, alien to the majority. That ignorance is about to disappear, thanks to the exhibition 'Pirates. Los ladrones del mar', which opens its doors this Friday at the Palacio de Revillagigedo with the collaboration of EL COMERCIO, to take a journey through the centuries, through these owners of the waves.

This exciting show will take visitors to meet the pirates of the classical world and the Vikings, sail the Caribbean seas and settle on Tortuga Island, the refuge of buccaneers since the 17th century. Through the tour of the Gijon palace, it will be easy to immerse yourself in the waters of the Middle Ages, navigate with the Berbers and the Turks and find out who the most famous pirates in history were, those who are unforgettable.

But, beyond times, names and routes, this exhibition brings out its human side, because it reveals what these howling sea lions were like under their feared flag. A corsair is not the same as a buccaneer or a freebooter and, to delve even deeper into his world, it is essential to know his homes, those light ships with which they quickly sowed fear and chaos. The same thing happened with their weapons -from daggers, swords and sabers to grenades, pistols and cannons-, the flags that waved and their characteristic appearance so many times portrayed. Nobody could imagine a corsair without a doublet, shirt and boots, it is true, but they usually dressed in clothes that they stole from their victims and, depending on where they were, they could even go almost naked, for example, in the climates suffocating tropical heat.

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It will also be necessary to know the details of the customs of a raw life, of violence, rum drinks and storms, in the sky and on deck. As well as knowing that, for the long voyages, they fed mainly on turtle meat, which they kept alive in the boats and which they irrigated with seawater.

And, although it seems that theirs was a lawless world, the pirates were governed by extremely firm rules. Homelands and religions were prohibited, everyone was equal to each other, they followed democratic principles and sanctioned misconduct among them, with the same violence that they applied to the rest.

It is worth getting lost in the Revillagigedo and knowing everything about them. The exhibition will remain open until March 11, from Monday to Friday, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. uninterruptedly. Admission is priced at 9 euros, 7 for children and 28 for the family pack. A pass to dive with the pirates in their only homeland, the sea.