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The neighborhood of the Roman Forum, located on the southern slope of Windlass Hill is now open to the public.
The Good Friday was the open day of the deposit which manages the tourism consortium Cartagena Port of Cultures. 1,150 people, 80 percent of Cartagena, used the occasion to visit.
Although there were queues, the wait was not too long, since tours were scheduled for groups of 25 people and strengthened the shift to thin.
The visitors came out very happy with those who had seen and the work done.
The event was also open in the rest of the interpretation center Port of Cultures, which were visited by about 3,400 people.
Following this open house, the remains of the District Forum is now open to the public.
Your schedule will also be from 10 to 18.30 hours, Tuesday through Sunday.
However, no closed Easter Monday to take advantage of the influx of visitors during the processions.
General admission cost 5 euros and 4, limited to large families, pensioners, students and unemployed.
The tour lasts approximately one hour and shall include a tour of the Decumano.
FOUR YEARS AND THREE MILLION
The project of recovery and enhancement of the neighborhood of the Roman Forum was launched in 2008 and he has invested three million euros from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Autonomous Region and the City of Cartagena.
The work has been divided into three phases: an initial excavation and recovery, which followed the architectural design of Andres Canovas, for covering and protecting them, ending in the museological and preparation for your visit, the who has worked a multidisciplinary team.
This is a new attraction that adds to the supply of the city and is destined to become a key destination for tourism and archaeological research.
HISTORY FORUM
This archaeological site of ancient Roman colony of Carthage I century and consists of a thermal complex which is accessed by a monumental portico space.
The baths are a succession of cold rooms, warm and hot, the latter heated by furnaces placed adjacent to the street that bounds the block, the remains of these kilns and street can be visited in the Decumano, which also show the remains of arcaded building of a commercial nature.
Separated from this set by a party wall, has found the building's atrium, has two plants and named for distributed around an atrium or courtyard with four columns and accessed by a corridor from the street limits the apple.
This building distributed by the central courtyard in which were about four large rooms, with an exceptional state of preservation of its walls, which in some cases exceeding 4 meters high, and the traces of mural paintings preserved decoration.
One room could be a feature of worship.
The building of the court was probably the site of a known association or private corporation or semi-public and can be held.
The visit of the remains flown is carried out through a gateway that supports the metal structure that protects the joint, giving direct access to some of the most significant.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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