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The project to restore the Roman Theatre in Cartagena in Istanbul on Thursday won the Grand Prize at the 2010 Europa Nostra award granted by the European Union and recognize excellence in conservation, restoration and enhancement of European cultural heritage.

The Roman Theatre project had already been the winner in this contest have been selected as a finalist along with 15 others, among whom were the Real Sitio de San Ildefonso (Segovia) and the Church of the Nuns in à ‰ CIJL within Spain .

The Mayor, Pilar Barreiro, who could not travel to the Turkish city to receive the award on his behalf making the director of the Museo del Teatro Romano, Elena Ruiz, highlighted the support that is its grant to bet Cartagena tourism quality and heritage conservation arqueológico.Según Pilar Barreiro, this international recognition of Cartagena museum project shows that for the best, you have to choose the best, in reference to the project manager Cartagena recovery site, the architect Rafael Moneo , and the team of archaeologists who worked under his supervision.

To the mayor this award also gives reason to those who stood at the time that policies are not worth the rush projects of the scale and architectural importance of this.

He also highlighted that a commitment to quality tourism in recent years held in Cartagena has done that in moments of crisis like this continue to increase tourism figures.

The Roman Theatre in Cartagena opened the July 11, 2008, after four years of work and almost twenty archaeological work to restore a monument dating from the first century BC.

This museum halls divided between two buildings connected by an underground passage, allows visitors to get from the Town Hall Square to the same theater, saving 25 meters and width of two streets, and houses pieces from the excavations, including highlighting the altars dedicated to the Capitoline triad that dominate the main hall and at the time chaired the theater.

Its opening led the final 20 years of excavation and will invest 43 million euros, financed by the autonomous region, municipality of Cartagena and Cajamurcia, participants in the call Fundación Teatro Romano.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena