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The ARQVA Thursday inaugurated the permanent exhibition of the frigate that can be accessed for free starting this Friday, May 30, until next Sunday, June 8.
It is the first time that the assets recovered coins and remains of this vessel is presented
The Treasure of the frigate Nuestra Senora de la Mercedes already be seen at the National Museum of Underwater Archaeology (ARQUA) that hosts this permanent exhibit after being inaugurated Thursday.
Will be starting this Friday, May 30, until next Sunday, June 8, when the public can enjoy this heritage in the open house with free admission has been organized for the occasion.
It is the first time this treasure that will raise awareness of one of the greatest milestones in the history of underwater heritage completing the discourse of this Museum is exposed, he explained this morning the Secretary of State for Culture, Jose Maria Lassalle, during the inauguration of the show called The oceanic navigation.
For his part, the mayor, Pilar Barreiro, appreciated the work of those who helped to make this project succeed, allowing the city to have an ID in the world in the cultural, tourism and research field.
The ceremony was also attended by the Minister of Culture of the Region, Pedro Antonio López, who supported the fact that Cartagena has managed to reinvent itself and look to the future with ambition through new initiatives and hand of Culture.
About a hundred people, representatives of the municipality and the region, as well as personalities from the Culture, this morning attended the opening of the permanent exhibition that represents a milestone in international equity recovery.
This was emphasized today ARQUA director Ivan Negueruela, who ensured that we fail to understand the magnitude of this exposure, being a single case of recovery of the Underwater Heritage and the fight against theft.
Raise public awareness about the importance of combating illicit trafficking of cultural property is one of the main objectives of this collection's Treasure Mercedes brand.
The importance of the sample also lies in the volume of the collection and cataloging innovative has been done to inventory coins.
It will not be for another two years or so when restored and classify all parts, reported today the museum director.
The centerpiece of this exhibition is made ​​up 8,000 coins and 40 pieces of different kind from the frigate. So all the most significant pieces of this treasure of 14 tons and a half of archaeological remains that were found after the plundering done will be exhibited by the U.S. company Odyssey.
Another batch of 30,000 coins frigate Mercedes temporarily be displayed in the National (MAN) Archaeological Museum and a small representation in the Naval de Madrid.
COINS
The exhibition, which will occupy 330 square meters, is located within the permanent exhibits located in the basement of the museum.
In addition to cultural property recovered from the site of the ship, it will go through the history of this frigate, the shipbuilding era, shipping lanes, and the relevance and need for the protection of underwater cultural heritage.
The 8,000 pieces of the ship are on display in two large windows that occupy the center of the space dedicated to the exhibition.
The first explains the history of the ship from its construction, as well as the trips made ​​and the battle that caused its collapse.
This block set coins appear the way they were found in the deep sea. Nonetheless, these parts are already restored, but not clean to emulate the time of discovery.
Some appear in blocks and loose, some perforated.
In the second case focuses on the study of numismatic coins recovered and the recovery process, research and conservation of these properties is shown.
The pieces are classified according to the kings, and the visitor can find coins of Carlos III and Carlos IV, the latter of which more will be found (75%) and that for the year 1803. Many of them also belong to Lima, although there are of Potosi, Santiago and Mexico, demonstrating the great monetary circulation that existed at that time.
Also in these showcases exceptional commemorative coins as a proclamation of Charles IV or a real of Ferdinand IV and two of these twenty pieces of gold and silver is.
The block of Our Lady of Mercedes also incorporates footage on combat frigate at Cape Santa Maria and an interactive resource on their physical characteristics.
In the center of the sample are also several pieces discovered in the ship, as tobacco gold, gold cufflinks and other bronze, a fixture of the shooter, drawing compass or Spanish pulley.
Several documents were also exhibited as an office of Manuel Godoy, Prince of Peace, and part combat squad leader, Jose de Bustamante.
THE NAVIGATION "N
Other blocks Oceanic navigation and explains the new inter-oceanic trade routes.
Through an interactive world map with the main trade routes to Asia and the Americas, driven by the Crown of Spain and Portugal from the late fifteenth century and consolidated during the modern age are indicated.
Besides the exhibition is complemented by several pieces of pottery and crockery from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that highlight the important role played by the trade at that time with the introduction of new products such as porcelain and silk.
In the area of shipbuilding disclosed visitors this process of ship design incorporating informational and educational items as reproductions of navigation instruments (compass, hourglass) and olfactory resources spices were transported on these ships.
This block is also adapted to braille.
Also included is a cross section of the Mercedes-scale frigate of 11 meters wide and 37 high.
As a final point of the exhibition is a legacy to protect.
This section is intended that the visitor aware of the importance of combating the depredations and defend our cultural heritage.
It is through a panel and an audiovisual takes a tour of the most important moments of recovery Treasury Mercedes.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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