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Councilwoman Orange formation, Ana Branch believes that the Roman Quarries "are one of the most impressive and important of the district tourism resources, and it is our duty to find ways to value this heritage and protect it from abandonment in which it is currently. "

Roman Quarries were declared by the regional government of Cultural Interest in 2001, with category of historical site, establishing a protective perimeter around the site.

However, despite the above, the site is in a deplorable situation, abandonment, neglect and apathy, even serving on some occasions landfill.

Councilwoman Citizens in Cartagena, Ana Rama believes that the Roman Quarries "are one of our most impressive and important tourism resources, also part of the spirit of the old town of Cartagena, since its buildings, both from Roman times as the modernist era, some of which are still standing and inhabited rise with sandstone from these quarries. "

For Rama, "it is all that Cartagena with its town hall at the top, we must find ways to value this heritage and protect it from abandonment in which is currently this historic site.

Citizens Cartagena requested in the next municipal plenary that the Department of Culture and Tourism of the City of Cartagena convene urgently a joint meeting between the various public authorities, associations and groups involved in the preservation of historical heritage of Cartagena, and owners land where the Roman quarries of Cartagena, in order to study the current state of the site and agree on measures of restoration, rehabilitation or others that are necessary to ensure the conservation and identity of the Good of Cultural Interest and its broad appeal tourist.

Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena