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The Mayor, Pilar Barreiro, director general of Tourism, Marina Garcia, Councillor of Tourism of the City of Cartagena, Javier Herrero and manager of Cartagena Puerto de Culturas, Agustina Martínez, presented this morning's program of activities to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Cartagena Port of Cultures, which manages more than a decade of tourist services of museums, interpretation centers and sites are there in Cartagena.
The Punic Wall, one of the first centers of interpretation put in value Puerto de Culturas, the framework has been chosen to present the programming under the slogan D converting en years past into the future.
The Mayor, Pilar Barreiro, stressed that Cartagena Port of Cultures was created with the aim of creating a landmark in tourism that would promote tourism as a line of business.
The objective is achieved in the last ten years as an investment of 15 million euros, Cartagena Port of Cultures has been bringing the city and its valuable assets to a total of 2 million people.
In fiscal 2010 this initiative, promoted by the City of Cartagena and the autonomous region, received 345,000 visits.
For ten years since the Cartagena Puerto de Culturas consortium has developed an ambitious recovery plan for cultural and archaeological heritage which has culminated with eight museum recovered and as many new creation, improved access and implementation of tourist transport.
Cartagena Port of Cultures is a living product, which closes the circle tour of the 3,000-year history of Cartagena.
There remained the medieval period has been covered with the opening of Centre of medieval history at the Castillo de la Concepción.
During the year 2011 we will open to tourists the Roman neighborhood of the windlass, the mayor announced.
Citizen services is also a priority of this consortium, to meet the demands of the public, offers visitor surveys to give their views on cleanliness of facilities, schedules, prices, and offer their suggestions.
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES FOR ALL PUBLIC
Under the program commemorating the tenth anniversary Cartagena Puerto de Culturas include cultural and recreational activities for all ages.
Between February and April will honor the Punic and Roman world and from this time a space is dedicated to the medieval world.
Activities include: an unpublished photo exhibition to show the recovery process of the Punic Wall, or a series of meetings with authors, both archaeological and architectural, to offer the public a unique view of the reclamation works.
Furthermore, the consortium Cartagena Puerto de Culturas looking approach to literature through a series of talks with writers who have published works based on this historical era.
Among the recreational activities for children's and families including workshops and theatrical, but as offering outstanding history in one click playmobil, unprecedented exposure to recreate through these little toys most important moments in the history of Cartagena, since the time of the Carthaginians and Romans to modern times.
V also convene the photo contest, and holding open days.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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