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| APC, the City Council and the Regional Government have presided over the opening ceremony and lighting an icon of Cartagena's maritime activity | The Port Authority of Cartagena, the City Council of Cartagena and the regional government inaugurated the Gr a Sans n roundabout this afternoon, in an act where the lighting of the Gr a took place, which was attended by the president of the APC, Yolanda Muñoz, the Minister of Tourism, Cristina S nchez, the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Cartagena, Ana Bel n Castej n and Noelia Arroyo.
"Today the entrance of Cartagena through Santa Luc a welcomes Cartagena and visitors with one of the portraits of the Port in its last century, Gr a Sans n.
A reform that has aimed to bring the history and the culture of Cartagena, with more efficient lighting, betting on accessibility and with native and seasonal vegetation, more than 5,000 thyme, lavender and esparto plants that embellish the roundabout and its surroundings, ", Yolanda Muñoz has said.
The roundabout has a 7-meter-high monolith and five folded corten steel sheet signs that welcome visitors with the five names that the city has received since its foundation: its Carthaginian name Qart Hadasht , the Roman Carthago Nova, the Byzantine Carthago Spartaria, the Arab Qartayannat al-Halfa to present-day Cartagena.
They have their own lighting and beds with seasonal flowers, symbolizing the flag of Spain.
The president stressed that "the love and value that Cartagena has for Gr a Sans n and we have wanted it to look as it deserves, to be the starting signal for a remodeling and integration of Puerto- is indisputable.
A city that will continue its journey with Plaza Mayor "and recalled the close collaboration with the Cartagena City Council and the regional government to launch these projects because" Cartagena cannot be understood without its Port and its Port cannot be understood without Cartagena ".
The project, with a budget of more than 268,000 euros, has sought to "beautify an icon of Cartagena's maritime activity that has served our city since 1929 and is living history," Yolanda Muñoz recalled.
In the roundabout is the original crane boom, after it was demolished and scrapped in 1993, its base was used as a trench for the Port Works Board (APC) and this part was placed as a monument in memory and icon of its history linked to maritime activity.
Although destined for the Navy, it became essential to lift enormous loads, it could lift 100 tons to 25 meters high, for transport within the dock, as an example four large pieces for the Castillitos battery or the discharge of material for Butane, in addition to assisting in the buoyancy tests of the Isaac Peral submarine.
The action, included in the Immediate Action Plan for Economic Reactivation, endowed with 200 million euros, contemplates 50 actions comprised in 12 blocks, lines of work divided into 5 blocks, aimed at the execution A number of comprehensive engineering actions in the port and its integration with the city.
Performances Among the actions, the lighting has been reinforced, both on the curb to guarantee the safety of the vehicles and on the crane, monolith and signs with LED lighting from projectors and fences that enhance the work.
In addition, automated irrigation has been installed that will allow the maintenance of native and seasonal vegetation.
The different species have been planted forming concentric rings.
In the ring closest to the road or curb, plants with a smaller size, so that visually, in their growth, they do not obstruct the plants that are behind it in the inner rings.
In such a way that thyme has been planted in the first line; second line, lavender; and finally, esparto, as a nod to the importance that this material had in the life of the different cultures and peoples that have inhabited these lands.
Finally, the ground has been covered with gravel in two colors, white and reddish brown, which gives a nice contrast.
On the opposite sidewalk, an information stand has been placed with the history of the graphic in two languages ??(Spanish and English) and in Braille.
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