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Cecilia Giménez Dies, the Neighbor Who 'Restored' the 'Ecce Homo' of Borja and Who Managed to Energize the Tourism of the Village

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Cecilia Giménez, author of the repainted Ecce Homo, in the Shrine of Mercy of Borja (Zaragoza), died in the old people's residence of this town this Monday at 94 years old. This has been confirmed to Heraldo de Aragón by the mayor of the Aragonese town, Eduardo Arilla, who has emphasized that for the municipality "it is a great loss". "One of the most beloved people of Borja is leaving. His infinite generosity is reflected in what we have been a…

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The town of Borja, in Zaragoza (Spain) sends off one of its best-known neighbors internationally; Cecilia Giménez, who died Monday at 94 years old and who passed into history in 2012 after starring one of the most unusual episodes in the world of art. It turns out that Giménez was the author of the failed restoration of the mural Ecce Homo, work of the painter Elias García Martínez, located in the Sanctuary of Mercy, in the aforementioned Spanis…

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Cecilia Giménez, the amateur painter responsible for the viral phenomenon of Borja's 'Ecce homo', with...

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He passed away at 94 years of age.

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Cecilia Giménez, author of the repainted Ecce Homo, in the Shrine of Mercy of Borja (Zaragoza), died in the old people's residence of this town this Monday at 94 years old. This has been confirmed to Heraldo de Aragón by the mayor of the Aragonese town, Eduardo Arilla, who has emphasized that for the municipality "it is a great loss". "One of the most beloved people of Borja is leaving. His infinite generosity is reflected in what we have been a…

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Cecilia Giménez, who made the world known to the Ecce Homo de Borja, died this Monday at 94 years of age in the residence of that town where he lived with his son, who had intellectual disability. Cecilia, fond of painting, wanted to restore in 2012 the Ecce Hommo of his people without imagining that its result would make her world famous and would end up attracting thousands of visitors to the sanctuary of Mercy of this town.

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farodevigo.es broke the news in on Monday, December 29, 2025.
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