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- "We are talking about a jewel, barely known in this Community, with a very high cultural, heritage and historical value, which deserves the support and help of the local administration with the aim of further enhancing our tourism offer," said Manuel Padín

- The museum, whose pieces are in a perfect state of conservation and properly identified, has been closed to the public for about twelve years and is now, according to the owner, waiting for the grant of an activity license that was requested from the City Council two years ago.

Cartagena, Friday, September 1.

The Citizen spokesman in Cartagena, Manuel Padín, along with the orange vowel in the Neighborhood Council of El Algar, Ángel Sánchez, visited the Museum of Carriages and Motorcycles Zamar, in the kilometer 2 of the Road of the Union, in the county council cartagenera of El Algar, accompanied by the owner, Pedro Zapata.

This private museum is housed in a large nave of more than 4,000 m² and is divided into four spaces: on the one hand, more than 130 carriages are exhibited with pieces of great historical value from the 17th century to the present day, on the other, a large collection of national and international classic motorcycles with their original colors and in operation that also surpasses the hundred units, one of the most important of the country, a section dedicated to the implements of tillage and finally a commercial space that serves as souvenir shop for the visitors.

The museum, whose pieces are in a perfect state of conservation and properly identified, has been closed to the public for about twelve years and is now, according to the owner, waiting for the concession of an activity license that was requested from the City Council two years.

The Citizens' spokesman has confessed to being "sincerely impressed by this private collection, one of the most important of Spain in its genres, which can only be explained by the dedication, effort and passion that for 50 years has been put on her by her promoter" .

"We are talking about a jewel, barely known in this Community, with a very high cultural, heritage and historical value, which deserves the support and help of the City of Cartagena with the aim of further enhancing our tourism and cultural offer," he said. Manuel Padín who has announced that he will soon move this intention to the mayor of Cartagena, Ana Belén Castejón.

"We will propose to the mayor to assess the possibility of establishing a framework of collaboration with the Museum of Carriages and Motorcycles to allow temporary exhibitions and guided tours, because we understand that it can fulfill an important social function, allows the diffusion of local history , national and international and to dynamize our municipality culturally, "explained the spokesman of Cs.

Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena