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Cartagena has already begun to show its full tourism potential in the fortieth edition of the International Tourism Fair in Madrid.
The port city has landed today in the capital with a strong commitment that has begun with the presentation of its flagship project this year, the Museum of the Roman Forum, in the Archaeological Park of Molinete.
The site, nestled in the heart of the city, is a large area of ​​archaeological reserve where, since 2008, a very rich historical and archaeological heritage has been recovered, ranging from the legacy of the Roman Carthago Nova to the present day.
After the research, conservation and musealization work undertaken in the Termas del Puerto, the Atrium Building and the Isis Sanctuary, in the last two years the Cartagena City Council, with the help of the Repsol Foundation and the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, has turned to the Museum of the Roman Forum, which in a few months will become the entrance door to the park and that, through its museological discourse, will tell in a didactic way how the history and future of the city has been and its inhabitants, always from the archaeological remains recovered in the excavations undertaken in the Windlass.
The Museum was presented this Wednesday in Madrid in an act directed by the mayor, Ana Belén Castejón, who has been accompanied by the Minister of Tourism, Cristina Sánchez;
the Minister of Culture, Esperanza Moreno;
and the general director and vice president of Fundación Repsol, António Calçada.
Also present at the event were the Deputy Mayor and Councilor for Tourism, Manuel Padín, and the Councilor for Tourism, Cristina Pérez.
The building consists of three floors in which, through its splendid collections of archaeological material, it tells how the history and life of the Molinete neighborhood and the city of Cartagena have been through more than more than two millennia, since the foundation of the city by the Carthaginians in 229 a.
C. until the 19th and 20th centuries.
Through its rooms, the visitor will stroll through the Roman Carthago Nova from the Roman era, through the Spartaria Carthago of the Byzantine period, through the Renaissance Cartagena of the 16th and 17th centuries, and through the traditional neighborhood of Molinete in the 19th century, famous in all over the Mediterranean for its cabarets and popularly known as Little Marseille.
During the presentation of this new commitment of Cartagena for its history and its archaeological heritage, the mayor, Ana Belén Castejón, has revealed that the museum will be a gateway to the archaeological park, where attention is given to the archaeological remains of the Roman city .
From its lower floor you will access the Forum, the nerve center of the religious, political and administrative life of the colony, and the Curia (the meeting place of the local senate).
From that point you can access the areas already valued, such as those mentioned I and II.
"With this project, we make a giant leap in the park project," said the mayor.
Thus, the general system of access and circulation of the park will be reoriented, making it more rational and effective for its tourist exploitation, and the visiting times of this cultural asset will be extended.
With this, in addition, "we continue to contribute to the urban, social and economic regeneration of its surroundings".
"The Museum is a magnificent complement to the archeological park of Molinete, and a new and extraordinary value for our city and its conformation as the great destination of the southeast and peninsular cultural tourism," said Ana Belén Castejón during the presentation.
Cartagena Puerto de Culturas has exceeded half a million visitors for the first time in 2019.
Within this tourist Consortium, the Windlass, the Barrio del Foro Romano, has received more than 376,000 visitors since its opening in April 2012.
All this, stressed the mayor, "has reaffirmed this role as a tourist city, and is dynamically deepening the cultural and economic projection of our city."
THE ORDER AND LIGHT OF THE HOLY WEEK ALSO COME TO MADRID
Cartagena has also shown in Fitur one of its most emblematic celebrations: Holy Week.
The order and light of the Cartagena parades have conquered this capital on Wednesday on the first day of the International Tourism Fair.
The mayor, together with the president of the Board of Brotherhoods, Francisco Pagán, has highlighted the martiality of thirds of penitents and floral arrangements between the main characteristics of Cartagena's Easter Week in an act on religious tourism in which other municipalities have participated region of.
"I encourage you to visit Cartagena and immerse yourself in our cofrade universe, which will conquer you," said Ana Belén Castejón, who thanked the four passionate brotherhoods for their dedication and dedication so that every year the Holy Week goes out to the street that Opens the passionate parades in Spain.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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