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The archaeological excavations that are being carried out in a plot located between Carlos III, San Juan and Juan Fernández streets, are exposing a large part of the pentagonal bastion, called number 3, as well as curtain 2-3, belonging to the walls built in the reign of Carlos III, in the last third of the eighteenth century.

The works have recently been visited by the Councilor for Culture and Heritage, David Martínez, together with the Heritage Coordinator, Carmen Berrocal, and the architects Bernardino García and Juan José Rubio, as well as the archaeologists who supervise the excavations, Lorenzo Suárez and Mº José Madrid.

During his visit the councilor has been interested in future technical proposals related to the conservation of the wall, showing the will of the consistory to incorporate these archaeological structures so that they are visible to the public.

David Martinez has highlighted the heritage importance that for the city of Cartagena has the Wall of Carlos III, which initially surrounded the entire old town and the Arsenal with a length of 4790 meters of which are conserved visible 3.190 meters.

It has also advanced the placement of informative posters in various points of the wall layout with the intention of raising awareness among citizens and visitors of the great historical and heritage value of this monumental construction.

As happened with other lots in the area such as the Lonja, this bastion and its canvas are appearing with large elevations, showing that the interior front of the wall was not demolished as initially thought, but partially buried.

The Wall of Carlos III was designed by the military engineers Mateo Vodopich and Sebastian Feringán who designed for the Plaza Fuerte de Cartagena an abaluartado fortification system of eclectic neoclassical style composed of twenty bastions and eighteen canvases or curtains.

The Municipal Government considers the Heritage a source of resources, where both cultural and economic values ​​are generated, that is why it is working in all its aspects from the recovery of the Roman past through the Amphitheater and the Forum Quarter, until much more. recent as the Windmills of Campo de Cartagena.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena