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- The spokesperson for Citizens in Cartagena, Manuel Padín, believes that "the declaration of World Heritage is not only something we deserve, it is of great importance in Cartagena, not only promote and project the image of our historical, archaeological and natural wealth Worldwide, increasing our tourist position and our prestige, but we could access the World Heritage Fund for various restoration and protection actions. "
- For the deputy of the Orange Formation in the Assembly, Luis Fernández, "it is incredible that a city with more than 3,000 years of history, with this archaeological complex, with the role it has played over the centuries, with the footprints Of the Carthaginian and Roman civilizations, but also Iberian, Byzantine, Phoenician, Arab that has and protects, is not already and for many years Patrimony of Humanity.
The regional deputy of Citizens, Luis Fernandez and the spokesman of the Municipal Group of the orange formation in Cartagena, Manuel Padín, have met with the pharmacist and former member of Teaching and Research of the College of Pharmacists, Juan Ángel Álvarez, on the occasion of the Procedures that are being carried out in the Regional Assembly and in the City of Cartagena to promote the international recognition of the historical and cultural heritage of Cartagena through the declaration of World Heritage.
Juan Ángel Álvarez was a study partner of Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Unesco's director general between 1987 and 1999, and has pledged to transfer all the documentation related to the initiatives, promoted by Citizens, to declare a World Heritage Site to the historical and Archaeological site, as well as the proposal of the port city's candidacy to the Government of the Nation as Cultural Landscape of Humanity (in process from 2014).
The objective of this meeting is to get the former Director General of Unesco to transfer to this specialized agency of the United Nations his support for the cataloging of Cartagena as a World Heritage Site, since as Mayor himself said in March 2016 In his visit to the Consistorial Palace, "Cartagena stands out for the mixture of three aspects: the natural heritage, the fantastic archaeological heritage that has been discovered especially in recent years and the historical heritage.
Mayor Zaragoza then said that there was a serious possibility of achieving this, and that the preparation of the candidature was being analyzed and the relevant advice was being sought to move the proposal forward.
It happens that the former director of Unesco will return to Cartagena in mid-February, and Citizens wants to take advantage of his visit to request a meeting to take stock of the administrative moment in which we are and to promote the necessary procedures to achieve a Objective shared by all the parliamentary groups, as well as by all the municipal groups of the Consistory cartagenero for the international recognition of Cartagena by Unesco.
For the deputy of the Orange Formation in the Assembly, Luis Fernández, "it is incredible that a city with more than 3,000 years of history, with this archaeological complex, with the role it has played throughout the centuries, with the traces of The Carthaginian and Roman civilizations, but also Iberian, Byzantine, Phoenician, Arabs who have and protect, are not already and for many years a World Heritage Site. I can not speak for the rest of political formations, but Citizens will not give up , Will work tirelessly to achieve this goal. "
Citizen spokesman in Cartagena, Manuel Padín, recalled that his group also pushed through the City Council through an amendment this statement, which was finally enriched with the contributions of the other groups and was brought to plenary as a joint motion.
Padín believes that "we must not forget this issue and we must push among all, work and move, the declaration of World Heritage is not only something we deserve, is of paramount importance in Cartagena, not only promote and project the image of our Historical, archeological and natural wealth around the world, increasing our tourist position and prestige, but we could access the World Heritage Fund for various restoration and protection actions. "
According to Padín, "we are among those cities where this statement can have the most benefits, others because of their immense income and their position may not need it because it does not compensate them so much, but for Cartagena, we have the economic limitations we have, Irrevocable destination ".
Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena
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