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| The contracting budget for the first phase is 734,000 euros and its execution period is seven months, as indicated by the director of the Roman Theater | The Foundation of the Roman Theater of Cartagena has met to present the Project of execution, excavation, consolidation and restoration of the western sector of the Porticus post scaeam, Phase 1, which has already been reviewed , delivered to the culture department and authorized.

In addition, topics such as the evaluation of the Museum's activity during 2020 and the situation before COVID-19, the approval of the Action Plan for fiscal year 2021 and the renovation have been covered.

n of the Agreement with the Cartagena Puerto de Culturas Consortium, among other aspects. The meeting, organized this Wednesday, December 16, was attended by the Mayor of Cartagena, Ana Bel n Castej n, the Deputy Mayor, Noelia Arroyo, and the Deputy Mayor, Manuel Pad n, along with the President of the Regional Government, Fernando L pez Miras, the Minister of Culture, Esperanza Moreno, the president of the Roman Theater Foundation, Elena Romano, the general director of cultural assets, Rafael G mez, and other authorities.

The Foundation was born in 2003 by the regional government, the Cartagena City Council and the Cajamurcia Foundation. The mayor thanked "the work that has been done in a very complicated time, in which we have been forced to close our museums due to the pandemic.

Cartagena thrives on tourism and the main museums, sites and interpretation centers, but there is no doubt that the Roman Theater is the reference museum, the jewel in the crown, not only of the city but of the entire region.

n ". For her part, the director of the museum and president of the Roman Theater Foundation explained that “the project of this phase 1, corresponding to the western portico, involves more than two hectares of the Roman city and will join to the theater ”.

The contracting budget for the first phase is 734,000 euros and its execution period is seven months.

In the absence of phase 2 and 3, which currently have an economically valued memory of approximately 2,500,000 euros, according to Elena Ruiz has announced. Finally, the counselor valued officials and technicians “who participate in this theater of great cultural reference because they have managed to get one of the most visited theaters in all of Spain to reopen its doors with a protocol that guarantees the measures of security". Although last year the Museum of the Roman Theater broke a record with 2,000,000 visitors, this year it has not been possible to exceed the number due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena