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The temporary exhibition of the 'MVSAS' stops this Christmas at the Archaeological Museum of Murcia, after the success of visitors it has had at the National Archaeological Museum of Madrid (MAM).
The paintings of the paintings of Apollo and the Muses of the poetry Terpsicore and Calíope, found in the excavations of the Archaeological Park of the Molinete de Cartagena, will be exhibited from December 18 to February 17 in Murcia.
This Monday, February 17, has made the official presentation of the temporary exhibition 'MVSAS' in Murcia, which has had the presence of the mayor of Cartagena, Ana Belén Castejón;
the Minister of Tourism and Culture of CARM, Miriam Guardiola;
the vice president of the Repsol Foundation, Ignacio Egea and the curator of the exhibition and co-director of the Molinete excavations, José Miguel Noguera.
In this official presentation the mayor has highlighted the work of the Cartagena Port of Cultures Consortium, always backed by the City of Cartagena, which in recent years has made an important work of recovery, study and conservation of heritage that has been integrated into the plot urban city.
And about these archaeological projects that have been carried out in the city, he highlighted "he who is rushing in the Barrio del Foro Romano, in the Archaeological Park of the Molinete".
Castejón highlighted "the extraordinary work of the team of this project, led by José Miguel Noguera, Andrés Cánovas, María José Madrid and Izaskun Martínez, who won the National Prize for Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Property of the Ministry of Culture in 2012" .
The mayor of Cartagena also wanted to put the project of the Barrio del Foro Romano as "a good example of public-private collaboration" in the recovery of historical heritage, in particular thanks to the participation of the Repsol Foundation.
"Thanks to the contributions of the Foundation, the future Museum of the Roman Forum is being built, where exceptional epigraphic inscriptions and paintings with evocations of Apollo and two Muses will be exhibited, recovered in the so-called Atrium Building".
To conclude, the councilor has indicated that "the exhibition 'MVSAS' is about heritage and a legacy that Cartagena and all its citizens feel proud of and want to share."
For his part, the curator of the exhibition, as well as co-director of the Molinete excavations, José Miguel Noguera;
He explained the great importance and importance of the discovery of these paintings "that will rewrite the history of the Roman colony of Carthago Nova", since it reopens the debate on the crisis of the colony in the II-III centuries.
THE PAINTINGS
The paintings are paintings by Apollo and the Musees de la poesía Terpsícore and Calíope, works from the first century, found in the excavations of the Archaeological Park of the Molinete de Cartagena.
Due to their remarkable technical and stylistic quality they are the work of artisans of italic origin.
They come from a public environment, perhaps from the Atrium building itself (which can be visited in the Barrio del Foro Romano), where a hypothetical cycle of Apollo and the Nine Muses would have recreated a cultural environment.
But in the year 218, these paintings were extracted and reused in room 14 a.
The pictorial group appeared very fragmented in a cave-in located during the archaeological excavation of rooms 14 a and c of the Atrium Building.
Subsequently began its work of restoration and conservation, to finally be exposed to visitors.
First in the National Archaeological Museum of Madrid and now in the Museum of Murcia.
The exhibition will be at the Archaeological Museum of Murcia from December 18 to February 17, in the morning from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm and in the afternoon from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
On Sundays, as well as on December 24 and 31, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
The museum will be closed every Monday and on December 25, January 1 and 6.
Admission is free.
The pieces will be exhibited, permanently, in the future Museum of the Roman Forum of the Molinete in Cartagena.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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