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The rich heritage of Cartagena is enhanced by the adaptation and enhancement of the archaeological remains belonging to the Roman road, Decumano Máximo, which runs in the subsoil of the plaza de la Merced, where a new fence allows to see the state of the works And the explanatory posters complete the information on this archaeological site.

The Mayor of Cartagena, José López, accompanied by the Councilor for Tourism, Obdulia Gómez and the Coordinator of Archaeological Heritage, María del Carmen Berrocal, were responsible for publicizing all the details of this new signage.

The purpose of the archaeological remains of Decumano Máximo will be to convert them into a center of interpretation, but until then, according to López, from Infrastructures it is planned to provide this deposit with a hearth that covers the remains so that they can continue to work on them.

The mayor has expressed his desire that these works are executed throughout 2017 and do not delay in time so that the square does not lose its functionality.

This action in the also known as square of the Lake, is framed within what the first edil has described like a totally transversal plan that includes the avenue that goes from Sor Francisca Armendáriz until Caridad street that is going to put in march, The possible management of the Central Cinema, the adaptation of the university district with the excavation of the thistle that descends from this neighborhood, among others.

López has commented that this project is totally open to the neighborhood contribution, not only with proposals but with works and ideas.

This Roman road in which buildings are distinguished on both sides will convert the area, as stated by Obdulia Gómez, in a first-class archaeological complex that will expand the axis of current tourist interest that runs from the port, Main Street and the street from Carmen;

Attracting more visitors and boosting tourism in the area.

For its part, the patrimony coordinator, María del Carmen Berrocal, has highlighted the value of the square as a unit in which the actions that have been carried out so far, far from being punishable, are the first rule of a In charge of guarding the patrimony, the preservation of the good above everything.

EXPLANATORY PLACES

In total there are six posters positioned along the square and surrounding the site.

This sign explains the archaeological remains of this road belonging to the program of urban monumentalization of the Augustan period (27 ac -14 dc) In addition, the posters have QR codes that allow you to listen to all the information in Spanish and English.

For the recording, the City Council has had the collaboration of Radio Nacional de España in Cartagena, which has given up its studies, and of Salvador Escolar and María Dandsdill, an English reader of the El Bohío High School, who put voice to the description Of the deposits.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena