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The Roman Theatre in Cartagena has received nearly 20,000 visitors from inside and outside the Region during the month of July.
The increase registered attendance over last year was more than 13 percent and, during the month of August, the Foundation of the Roman Theatre, which form part of the Community, the City and the Cajamurcia Foundation will continue to offer numerous activities.
Just the name of August, the eighth month of our calendar, originated in elemperador Augusto.
He was elimpulsor the Roman Theatre in Cartagena, every day this month will host a visit or different route tematizada organized in collaboration with Cartagena Port of Cultures.
Tuesday, under the name "From Egypt to Carthago Nova ', there will be a guided tour starting in the Roman Theatre and continue through the neighborhood of the Roman Forum and the Augusteum, which has recreated the tomb of Tutankhamen.
Wednesdays, 'Citizen of empire' also depart from the Roman Theatre Museum to the Roman Forum and the Roman House of Fortune.
Both tours begin at 11:30 hours.
Thursday, meanwhile, will be devoted to family activities 'Theatrum: Spend a morning of theater', in which participants will learn Roman society, religion, politics and culture through theater visit.
The activity and visit the museum cartagenero will take place at 18:30 hours.
'De Qart Hadast to Carthago Nova' on Fridays (11:30 hours) will be organized.
This route will go from the Punic Wall that raised Hasdrubal and Scipio conquered until Carthago Nova;
a journey through the daily life of Roman society that includes a visit to the Casa de la Fortuna and the large building shows, the Roman Theatre, built in times of Augustus and dedicated to his grandsons Gaius and Lucius.
Finally, on Saturday (12:00 hours), at the Teatro Romano route will begin dramatized 'Indiana Jones scene', in which the famous character will lead to participants at the time of the archaeological find of the Roman Theatre.
It will also include a tour of the Temple of Isis, the windlass, and the tomb of Tutankhamen, recreated in the Augusteum.
The program of activities will be completed in August with the dramatized nocturnal visit 'Aulaeum.
Down the curtain ', scheduled on Thursday August 11 at 21:30 pm, and the guided tour' The theater under the moonlight 'on Saturday August 20 at 21:30 hours.
For more information and make reservations for tours and guided tours are available phone numbers 968,504,802 and 968,500,093.
The Director General of Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture and Spokesman and member of the board of the foundation, Maria Comas, said that "all these activities allow participants to both Murcia and tourists visiting the region during these weeks , enjoy the Roman Theatre in a different way, also visit other places of the city of Cartagena and discover new aspects of Roman civilization. "
Comas explained that, "in addition to the visit to the iconic monument, become an example of asset recovery in the region of Murcia, who come this month to this space can also admire the temporary exhibition" Piranesi, the rediscovery of Rome. ' "
He also added that "throughout this year 2016, it is expected that the Roman Theatre in Cartagena receives more than 200,000 visitors, which will be consolidated as the most visited museum in the region and one of the most important of all country".
The Museum of Roman Theatre in Cartagena will be open during this August from Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 to 20:00, and on Sundays and holidays from 10:00 to 14:00 hours.
Source: CARM
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