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The Roman Theatre of Cartagena open on Monday June 24, despite the generally closed on Mondays, to provide the opportunity to visit the memorial to the 4,000 cruise passengers who arrive in the city that day, aboard the Independence of the be one of the biggest cruise ships will call at our port.
The Set museum, which has become an important cultural landmark and tourist city, will remain open in the morning from 9.00 to 14.00 h, showing the recovery project undertaken by architect Rafael Moneo, which is a journey through time and route from the sea to the high levels culminating with the unexpected visit of the imposing appearance Theatre stands.
HISTORY TOUR
The visit begins with the Museum, whose entrance is located at the Town Hall Square, opposite the Town Hall, the tour of their rooms directly leads the visitor to the interior of the monument.
In the museum tour has been great interest in raising awareness of the historical process which meant hiding the Roman theater until its discovery.
After passing through the doors of the museum, visitors will find the corridor of history.
It explains the evolution of the solar urban theater since the XXI century to the first century BC, illustrated both with a selection of artifacts recovered during the excavation and with graphic and audiovisual documentation.
The corridor leads directly to a large room twenty feet high, which serves superb framework for exposure to the elements that make up the monumental architecture of the theater of Cartagena.
Inside the museum, the height of the room allowed recreate the first order of the scenic facade with original elements.
The Corinthian capitals carved in Carrara marble reproduce the models developed in official architecture Urbs in the years preceding the change was.
The bases made of the same material as the capitals are of a compound or double attic and travertine columns are pink, from the quarries of the Hill of jarosite (Mula) about seventy kilometers from Cartagena.
Through escalator leads to the second room, the larger the museum.
This room allows visitors penetrates in the knowledge of the functions of Theatre in Antiquity, as well as its recreational function the theater building was the perfect architectural framework for political and religious propaganda of the emperor.
In the building, the message inscribed in stone, and the monument merge to fulfill this mission, as exemplified by the lintels commemorative crowning the entrance doors, exposed now in this great hall.
So we know that the theater was dedicated to the two young princes, Gaius and Lucius Caesar, grandsons of Augustus and his heirs virtual, who also had to participate in the financing of the building and probably in the choice of ornamental program.
A decorative program s loaded with ideological messages among which the introduction of the cults to the traditional deities of the Roman State through three altars which represent the symbols of the Capitoline Triad, marble carved pieces of great excellence Luni, which preside over the middle of the room.
The Ward 2 binds to the corridor under the church Santa Maria la Vieja, where a house is preserved Roman mosaic amortized by the construction of the theater as well as terracing walls of the XIII century early church and other medieval remains.
This corridor also has a fundamental mission architect, p repair the visitor to contemplate to be the end of their journey: a complete picture of the Theatre, as magnificent as unexpected.
PAINTINGS AND JEWELS EXHIBITION "N
In addition to the monument itself, visitors who come to the museum and enjoy the temporary xhibition FCG, which brings us closer to the artist's work, called by many art critics as humanist color.
You can feel the vastness of the horizon, staring and absorbed the Mediterranean Sea, whitish or pinkish waves of fields Almond Blossom.
The series shows the scenery inside the artist constantly experimenting with fiberglass and format.
The texture of the support becomes an integral part of the work, where matter and pigment in an intimate dialogue to result in marked works expressiveness and plastic force, inviting visitors to an observation changing, depending on the lighting and point chosen view.
Not only can enjoy Gabarron color, also the newly opened signature jewelry exhibition Mythologies Angeles Morejon.'s Collection was inspired by the old Mediterranean myths and presents a personal view from the art of jewelry.
Art and craft Angeles Morejon dominating for more than thirty years, in which the metal work has forged his career.
The jewels of the collection, made with more traditional metals such as gold and silver, combined sometimes with copper laminated playing ancient techniques of ancient jewelry.
However, Morejon Angeles makes this whole legacy of techniques, materials and discipline, completely original works with contemporary designs.
In Mythologies collection the inspiration were the Roman gods.
As sometimes the modeling of the metal itself that inspires the artist, like the waves of the sea in the clasp of Neptune.
In other parts, such as Flora Necklace, is the dialogue between metals and stones that shapes the work in this necklace turquoise stone takes center stage symbolizing the spring bloom.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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