| The press release to the media will take place on Tuesday, October 13 at the Municipal Archaeological Museum of Cartagena Enrique Escudero de Castro | The Municipal Archaeological Museum of Cartagena Enrique Escudero de Castro, will host the exhibition "The end of a civilization", from Tuesday October 13.That day a press pass has been called, at 10:30 am, which will be attended by the councilor for culture, David MartínezThe exhibition prepared together with the Archaeological Museum of Cehegín, will host almost twenty archaeological drawings by the artist and architect from Cehegín Fernando Febrel Melgarejo, count of Peńalva.The work, composed of paintings of dimensions and techniques as diverse as watercolor, pencils, charcoal or wax, describes with a realistic technique the beauty of ancient ruins.
Among the works we can find details of the relief of the Ara Pacis of Augustus, ruins of the temple of Olympus, or the busts of Antinous and Athena.
In addition to drawings of some monuments that have already disappeared, destroyed in 2015 by religious fanaticism of the Islamic state, such as the Arc de Triomphe or the temple of Bel, and that belonged to the Historical Site of Palmyra (Syria), declared, in 1980, by UNESCO , World Heritage.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena