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Cartagena Port of Cultures this weekend concludes the activities planned to celebrate the tenth anniversary of its constitution, designed to pay homage to the medieval city of Cartagena.

In the Interpretation Centre of the History of Cartagena and Medieval History at Castillo de la Concepcion, has paid tribute during the last month, medieval traditions, through the main characters, jugglers, magicians and craftsmen.

Visits dramatized "A minstrel in the court of King Alfonso X" in which the minstrel, the stonemason and the knight have the secrets of medieval court life, there have been all weekend with full backups.

Those who still have not received it can do this Saturday at 12pm.

On the other hand are scheduled workshops "jugglers, magicians and craftsmen" who have come to the smaller craft techniques more fun to Castles and Dragons in papier mache, puppets medieval minstrels, kings and princesses clips or draw the planets and stars.

And last Sunday will be held on "Self Medieval Workshop" with painting and stamping, at 12pm.

Cartagena Port of Cultures held, to close this season, a night visit to Castillo de la Concepcion, which will bring visitors to the Magic of the Stars.

Since time immemorial, stars have served as guides in paths to magical places and sacred.

The Wise Men, Alfonso X, took an interest in all branches of knowledge, and his court was composed of itinerant poets, singers, musicians, magicians and alchemists.

Without their intervention might approach today is not important works of Arabic alchemy and Kabbalah learned surrounded by sages.

El Castillo de la Concepción, the emblem of the city and witness its occurrence is a reflection of the power of the Castilian monarch, and in it are hidden the secrets and codes and ciphers that will be unveiled in the initiation night Summer Solstice, which the by expert observers of the Astronomical Society of Cartagena, introduced to the public in the wonders of the cosmos.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena