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| The "Isaac Peral" Room with its new content will reopen from October 22, from Tuesday to Saturday, from 10:00 to 14:00: 00 hours | The Naval Museum of Cartagena has inaugurated its new Submarine Room, located inside the "Isaac Peral" Room of the Museum, this Tuesday, October 20.

At the event, the mayor of Cartagena, Ana Belén Castejón, stressed that "Cartagena would not be understood without this great museum, which collects the entire history of the underwater weapon." "From the City of Cartagena we have put out to tender, for a little more than 200,000 euros, the Birthplace of Isaac Peral, therefore, among all the Administrations and Organizations what we have come to do is to continue writing one more chapter of the history of Cartagena ", recalled the first mayor.The Sala "Isaac Peral" with its new content will reopen to the public from October 22, from Tuesday to Saturday, from 10:00 to 14:00.The Director of the Naval Museum of Madrid, Vice Admiral, Marcial Gamboa Pérez-Pardo, explained that "what is intended is that it can be visited from the inside, that it has an entrance and exit access, also adapted to people with disabilities, to to see what it is to live and coexist in a submarine.

"The vice admiral pointed out that being able to visit a submarine is "a tourist attraction that gives Cartagena a boost" while emphasizing that the city of Cartagena is the "cradle of submarines."This new space is destined to expose the history of the submarines of the Spanish Navy throughout its more than 100 years of existence, and in it the visitor will be able to immerse themselves from the beginning of their journey to the present day, enjoying throughout the visit not only of the chronology of the various types of submarines that have served in the Navy during all these years, but also of real elements, and even living spaces, used in them throughout history for the performance of their function.The room, framed next to the original of the first submarine-torpedo boat designed and built by the renowned sailor and inventor of Cartagena, Isaac Peral y Caballero, who gave rise as a pioneer in underwater navigation to the development of this type of ships in the world, puts the The finishing touch of this museum space available to the Naval Museum to publicize the peculiarities of the Submarine Weapon of the Spanish Navy, so closely linked to the city of Cartagena since its creation in 1915.The event was also attended by the deputy mayor, Noelia Arroyo, the deputy mayor, Manuel Padín, the director-curator of the Naval Museum of Cartagena, the captain, Mauricio de la Gándara, as well as representatives of the Cartagena museum field.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena