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Reflected centuries of archaeological history in just over a hundred pages.
The Punic Wall, House of Fortune, the Augusteum and other interpretive centers and museums in Cartagena Port of Cultures share book to put the finishing touch to the celebrations of the tenth anniversary of tourism consortium.
Cartagena Port of Cultures, in collaboration with the City Council has prepared a brochure that highlights the work done by the institution to recover and to value the heritage of the city.
The Councillor for Tourism, Palazón Carolina, the director general of Cultural Property, Francisco Giménez, and the manager of the Port of Cultures, Agustina Martinez this morning presented the volume to be sold in museum shops in the city.
The book is written chronologically follows the work of excavation, recovery and musealization of different remains found in the port city.
So the journey begins with the discovery of the Punic Wall and ends at the windlass, whose inauguration will be shortly, according Palazón.
One of the objectives that the consortium has attempted to publish a book is that it not only serves to deepen the city's history, but is a new tourist guide for visitors wishing to visit or Cartagena Cartagena museums.
The Punic Wall, House of Fortune, the Augusteum, the Castillo de la Concepción, Fort Christmas, the Shelter-Civil War Museum and tourist transportation, panoramic lifts, boat and Tourist Bus, besides the Theatre Museum Roman Quarter Roman Forum are part of the catalog.
Apart from telling her story, Port of Cultures has collected opinions of those professionals (archaeologists, restorers, architects, construction companies and guides) who have participated in some phase of the recovery process.
Two million visitors
The volume is divided into the following sections: historical background, excavation and restoration, architectural and museum resources visit the following installed to facilitate the interpretation of the good in question.
The book, 125 pages, is on sale this morning at the stores of the Roman Theatre, the Punic Wall, refugees from the Civil War and the Castillo de la Concepción.
It costs 20 euros and is illustrated by photographs that are a before and an after in the history of the site.
The councilman of Tourism has identified the work of ten years in Cartagena Port of Cultures.
During that time they have gone through the centers of interpretation 2 million visitors.
For this we have invested around 15 million euros in the proceedings of the consortium Port of Cultures.
However, according to the manager, Agustina Martinez, City Hall and the Autonomous Region have made many investments, which has had greater significance was the Roman Theatre, managed through its own foundation.
MONASTERY OF SAN GINA DE LA JARA ‰ S
In addition, the City Council has urged the Hansa, company in charge of rehabilitating the Monastery of San Gines de la Jara, to increase security measures in the building to prevent vandals from sneaking into the building and wrecking or despoil the heritage.
The mayor of Tourism has assured that the City is doing everything in its power to prevent further deterioration of the monastery still: We talked to them and asked them to strengthen monitoring, if we see that this is not true, we will other measures.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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