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This site Cartagena lived yesterday, Sunday July 28, a new open day which was attended by about 300 people, who enjoyed a guided tour along the 400 meters of this ancient cave that opened to the public

The visit to the Cueva Victoria in open day which took place yesterday, Sunday July 28, proved to be an entertaining and educational option to combat the high temperature prevailing outside this cavity.

Moisture and cold in some areas permeated the journey of just over 400 meters this deposit formed over a million years.

At half past nine made ​​his entrance the first group of people who, for half an hour, had the opportunity to enjoy and discover the importance of the Cueva Victoria, not only from the point of view of mining, but also, researcher perspective.

And, as an example, and to provide data, is the only site of existing fossil vertebrates in the Region of Murcia.

Thirty minutes through which children and adults discoursed by two of the main galleries of the cave, while this time, as a novelty compared to other years, the exit and entrance to this cavity were stationed in different places which allowed all present to enjoy a real dimension of the Victoria Cave, whose total distance amounts to 4 kilometers.

The s tours happened during this open house every half hour (from 09.30 to 13.30 hours and from 17.30 to 18.30 hours) so about 300 people were fortunate to travel through this site materials whose walls and denote its own history, history, redundant, thanks to current studies, is more present than ever, but can yield very important data for the region.

Thus, the study of calcite deposits, with more than 400,000 years help you know how climate has evolved in this region.

As in previous years, this open house reawakened the interest of hundreds of people, as demonstrated by the fact that, given the demand for reserves, they had to expand to the schedule late in the first times.

This cavity doors are closed to the public in order that researchers continue with their studies and excavations.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena