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Tuesday have begun the first phase of extending the archaeological site of the windlass, the result of an agreement between City Hall and Repsol, which is expected to last nine months and have a higher than average budget million euros
Work on the first phase of the expansion project of the Roman Forum Area Pinwheel
have started Tuesday and have a clear objective, complete the excavation and musealization insula I yacimient or, in particular, of the three rooms of the building of the court and its surrounding streets, as explained by the Councillor for Culture, Rosario Montero.
This project, with a budget of 574,720 euros and a period of 9 months is the result of an agreement between City Hall and Repsol, signed last July 22, the mayor, Pilar Barreiro, and company president, Antonio Brufau, for Neighborhood Recovery of the Roman Forum.
With this agreement, l Repsol Foundation will invest more than € 4 million that will end this archaeological project that will create an area on the main part of the Roman city, with 4,000 square meters of exhibition.
Montero, who was satisfied with the implementation of this action, stressed that the completion of the excavation of the hotel's Atrium building will provide, first, a significant amount of mural painting for the process of collapse and filling with elevations important that could have been preserved in some of them, and on the other hand, c ontinue also allow the study of the decorative programs from the picture groups that were recovered and placed in the building last summer.
For driveways delimiting apple Roman colony of S.
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C, which are The Spa, the arcaded square of access thereto and the Atrium Building, arises regain pedestrian area around the entire block, which will, in the future, visitors to make a transition Neighborhood circular called the Roman Forum.
In addition, the intersection formed by the cardo and decumano be documented, sewer systems and the historical-archaeological sequence in this area will be completed, allowing progress on the development of urban design, the origin of the system of terracing the hill and dated buildings.
The City of Cartagena, through Cartagena Port of Cultures, has awarded the contract for the first phase the company TRECARSA, through a competition held late last year.
The recovery project and the archaeological work will be performed by a team of archaeologists led by M ª José Madrid and José Miguel Noguera, conservators, led by Izaskun Martínez, and architects, led by Andrés Cánovas and surveyors and surveyors interdisciplinary team , among others.
ARCHAEOLOGY IN VIVO
Today's visit to the archaeological site of the first century of the ancient Roman colony of Carthage, will enjoy added value, noted the mayor in charge of Culture, as the visitor can see the excavation and recovery are performing in situ can evaluate the process has to be carried out for the recovery of these spaces.
This also answers a demand for people who want to see how archaeologists work, something almost as interesting and nice to see how the site itself, punctuated Rosario Montero.
FOUR PHASES
Excavation work started today and development are programmed into four stages, which aims to complete the excavation and open to visitors and tourists the ancient Roman Near additional public Cartagena, from the baths to the health center in the Old Town, in whose low center of interpretation of the windlass will open.
After the first phase, which will last nine months, the following will be completed:
Phase 2.
Sector 2: Shrine of the insula II
The goal is the restoration of the sanctuary of the insula II annexed to the insula I, and the adjacent road network.
The estimated budget for Phase 2 amounts to 940,460 euros, anticipating to run a period of approximately 12 months.
Phase 3.
Sector 3: upper terrace of the forum (Capitol)
Recovery and enhancement of comprehensive a raised terrace on which the temple was to rise presiding forum colony pursued.
The estimated budget for Phase 3 is of 916 895 euros, anticipating to run an estimated 12-month period.
Phase 4.
Sector 4: Lower Terrace Forum (curia and square).
The objective is to recover the link of the colony and the implementation of the Interpretation Centre, where the permanent collection of the Archaeological Park will be located and infrastructure for its operation and maintenance is centralized.
The estimated budget for Phase 4 is of 1,717,680 euros, with an approximate running time of 18 months.
FLOCK OF VISITORS AND PRIZES
The Neighborhood of the Roman Forum, since its opening in April 2012, has been visited by some 80,000 people and has enjoyed numerous awards and publications.
It premiered with the National Award for Restoration and Conservation of Cultural Property by the Ministry of Culture, then was granted to cover the Architecture Prize of the Region of Murcia, also has been awarded the Luis Moreno Mansilla award grants College of Architects of Madrid and highlight its nomination Mies Van Der Rohe Award EU.
Japanese The Japan Architect magazine has placed cover Pinwheel Archaeological Park among 49 projects worldwide selected as best of 2013.
In just over a year has established itself as one of the most prized works of the national assembly.
Excavation of the Archaeological Park, together with the actions already taken, as the new urban park on the hill and the remodeling of the Plaza San Francisco, closing a circle of large urban unique archaeological and cultural sites in Spain.
Few cities in our country have in the old town, within little more than a mile, a concentration of monuments and archaeological sites of both historical value.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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